Category Archives: The EU and Europe

Crunchgate: What happens to TechCrunch Europe now?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington just got fired from AOL and will no longer work for the famous technology blog. A few of the latest press reports mentioned the possibility that some of Arrington’s loyal staff members could follow him. TechCrunch writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Startups in general, The EU and Europe | Tagged editor, Mike Arrington, Mike Butcher, TechCrunch, TechCrunch Europe | 2 Comments

Why returns in Europe are now outpacing the U.S.

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The venture capital firm Earlybird has recently published a 40-page report demonstrating that European venture capital funds have actually generated comparable or better returns than their U.S. counterparts over the period of the last two years.

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Why you shouldn’t move your company to Silicon Valley

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Martin Varsavsky (founder of FON) held a very good speech this month at the Venture Days 2011. The topic of this speech was “Why you should not move your company to Silicon Valley”. Martin Varsavsky founded 7 companies in the … Continue reading →

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EU wants to force online retailers to European shipping

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

For quite some time now the European Union tried to remove barriers of the pan-European mail order. With a new policy, the EU-Parliament now wants to force online retailers to offer their goods in all 27 EU countries. If the new policy would be actually enforced, the … Continue reading →

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The future of European tech startups

Posted on December 14, 2010 by admin

The DW-World recently covered the situation of European tech startups in general. The conclusion of this story is that European tech startups continue to lag behind. As an indication for this statement the website mentioned the dominance of Silicon Valley-players at this … Continue reading →

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The EU Commission started an investigation into Google

Posted on November 30, 2010 by admin

The governing body of the European Union, the European Commission, announced today that it just has begun investigating allegations that Google has abused its dominance as a search engine. In detail, the European Commisiion is going to investigate whether Google has purposely lowered the search rankings of … Continue reading →

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Seedcamp starts a second fund over 3 million €

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

The London-based incubator and seedinvestor Seedcamp has collected 3 million € for a second fund that helps young startups to get started. In addition to the existing investors the second fund is supported by some new names as well. The list of … Continue reading →

Posted in The EU and Europe | Tagged fund, Lars Hinrichs, London, Seedcamp, Team Europe Ventures | Comments Off

The Festival: Europe grows together through its people

Posted on November 13, 2010 by admin

Is there a European feeling – a European identity? The Festival is a platform where people from all over Europe can create and experience a European identity together. The vision behind: Europe grows together through its people. The first big event of … Continue reading →

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Upcomming: The Europas – award night in London

Posted on November 7, 2010 by admin

The TechCrunch Europe Awards (The Europas) will take place in London on the 19th of November. The event is a must-see for everbody that is into the EU-startup scene. The event will honour the best tech companies and startups across the web and … Continue reading →

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HackFwd: Just to mention it again!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by admin

This Post isn’t about something brand new. Hopefully many of you allready heard about HackFwd before. But for those of you who didn’t: Hackfwd is a pre-seed fund for passionated geeks out of europe. The project was startet this may … Continue reading →