Category Archives: The EU and Europe

The European Web Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Thomas Ohr

Europe’s best digital entrepreneurs are under the spotlight tonight with the presentation of the “Europioneer awards” in Amsterdam. Alexander Ljung & Eric Wahlforss of the Berlin-based “social sound platform” SoundCloud are European Entrepreneurs of the Year. Jon Reynolds of the London-based company SwiftKey is … Continue reading →

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Worth reading: The Kernel, Microsoft, Rocket Internet, Windeln.de

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Thomas Ohr

There are so many interesting stories out there and unfortunately we don’t have the time to cover all of them. With our section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading →

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Europe’s startup accelerators – a complete overview

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Thomas Ohr

It allmost feels like in every week there is a another new startup accelerator getting started. The list below is my attempt to give you a complete overview of the accelerator programs in Europe. Please let me know if there … Continue reading →

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Coming soon: The Startup Kids (Interview)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Luca Mayer

I discovered The Startup Kids more than one year ago, when they launched their project on Kickstarter. After the successful campaign (they raised more than 300% of the goal) I lost them for a while. Now, few weeks before the … Continue reading →

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Porto University’s Incubator wins RegioStars award

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Reinaldo Ferreira

Brussels, January 31st: UPTEC, Porto University’s incubator was awarded the RegioStar award for the Smart Growth category. Quite appropriately named UPTEC, 5 years old Porto University’s Science and Technology Park is Porto’s largest incubator, currently with 97 startups and 12 … Continue reading →

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Pitching opportunities for alpine-region based startups

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Luca Mayer

Are you looking for a prestigious presenting opportunity and, why not, for funding? If you are an independent company with operational headquarter in the alpine region, active in ICT, Life Sciences or Clean technologies and seeking growth funding in the … Continue reading →

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NOAHinsider – the European answer to AngelList?

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

NOAH Advisors, a leading corporate finance advisor with a clear focus on Internet companies in Europe, just launched NOAHinsider – a platform that enables entrepreneurs, investors, and journalists to connect with others in the European technology community. The brand new … Continue reading →

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The Web of Things ruled the Dublin Web Summit 2012

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Reinaldo Ferreira

If you’ve been at Dublin at least once, chances are you know what Temple Bar stands for. So very briefly let me tell you I saw at the Dublin Web Summit this week. The event Paddy Cosgrove brought to life … Continue reading →

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Searching for Mediocre Entrepreneurs

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Reinaldo Ferreira

I’m pretty mediocre. It’s just the first sentence of James Altucher post on Techcrunch. Interestingly and inspirationally dubbed “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre Entrepreneurs”, the post is just a masterpiece. But that’s only my opinion. Last week I … Continue reading →

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Top 15: Europe’s biggest startup cities

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

The first time I tried to come up with a ranking of Europe’s biggest startup capitals was about a year ago. The article generated a lot of interest and there were even two big European venture capital firms that contacted … Continue reading →

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