Business
What ‘WE’ want: Changes ‘W’omen ‘E’ntrepreneurs would like to see in Amsterdam startup ecosystem to foster gender balance
Recognising the existence of a problem is usually the first step to solving it.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam & Innovation districts: An interview with Prof. Jacques van Dinteren, President, IADP
Campus Amsterdam is a sustainable regional network of innovation areas and campuses.
Business
UK’s Sonantic launches new AI-based speech tech that allows video game characters to express emotions
Sonantic launched the first AI-powered speech technology with true emotional depth, conveying complex human emotions from fear and sadness to joy and surprise.
Funding
Partech, Index Ventures partake in Czech e-grocery startup Rohlik’s €190M funding round
Rohlik has also announced that it will close FY2020 with €300M in revenue, representing 101 per cent annual growth, and 750,000 customers.
Business
Shell to acquire German energy company Next Kraftwerke as it aims to be a leading provider of clean power-as-a-service
Shell Overseas Investments BV (Shell) is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Next Kraftwerke from VC investors, from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), among others.
Funding
Amsterdam-based Tellow’s parent company raises €60.2M: An interview with Thomas Vles, Tellow’s new CEO
Tellow is an automated accounting program specially designed for micro-businesses and self-employed people.
Business
This all-female founded startup bridges gender divide in coding with its wearable device; raises €250K
Sweden-based imagiLabs is an all-female founded startup that makes coding more accessible to young girls.
Business
Amsterdam-based Founda Health raises €12.3M to build infrastructure for global healthcare sector; here’s how
Founda Health is a technology company that builds infrastructure for the global healthcare sector.
Business
Austria’s App Radar acquires Spanish competitor TheTool to be the one-stop-shop for app marketing products
The acquisition follows App Radar recording a second straight year of turnover doubling.
Funding
Dutch lab-grown meat startup Meatable raises additional €2M from London-listed Agronomics
Meatable is a Dutch cultivated meat company that intends to change the meat industry’s impact on climate change and animal welfare by offering cultivated meat.
Business
Manchester-based HRtech startup Orka raises €33.5M to scale; will double its headcount in 2021
Orka builds products designed specifically for hourly workers, in order to solve challenges around high-turnover, high-volumes and high-velocity employment within traditional industries, such as security, cleaning, and other service industries.
Business
From a napkin doodle to having KFC, PepsiCo as clients, Manchester-based Peak has come a long way; raises €17.4M
Peak is an AI company that helps businesses make informed commercial decisions using its AI software.