COVID-19
Silicon Canals brings you the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic. What is the effect of COVID-19 on the European technology industry and startup ecosystem?
This Irish startup secures €2.35M to visualise virally infected cells in great detail
To date, the origin of viruses remains murky for cell biologists and virologists. And the fact it replicates itself within...
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Covid-19: black swan event, black swan innovation
Conversations and media reports about the Coronavirus pandemic usually go hand-in-hand with the word ‘unprecedented’. It got me thinking about...
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Gaston Aussems, ex-CEO of unicorn Mollie, on hyper-growth: ‘Sometimes you have to do non-rational things’
After Mollie raised a massive funding round recently, Amsterdam has a new unicorn. The online payment platform Mollie entered the...
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Google Maps gets a “COVID layer”; here’s how you can use the new feature to avoid COVID-19 hotspots
Google Maps gets a COVID layer to provide essential information about how to get from place to place during the...
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Airwallex raises €34.2M in extended Series D funding to expand its payment service across Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa
Airwallex is a global financial services provider for businesses managing their money internationally. It is one of the companies that...
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Hiring now: These 10 Paris-based tech startups are currently hiring, despite Covid-19 slump
Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has impacted several businesses across the world causing economic turmoil. France is one of the...
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E-scooters on British roads: Slough partners with Singapore-based Neuron Mobility to launch first e-scooter trial
E-scooter startup Neuron Mobility expand its services in Slough’s street, UK. The 12-month trial will see 250 purpose-built e-scooters deployed...
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Autheos’ Christina Caljé wants you to have a beer with someone who doesn’t look like you: here’s why
Whether at her position at Goldman Sachs or as a founder in the Amsterdam startup scene, Christina Caljé always found...
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The office is superfluous; these Amsterdam SaaS-startups offer the future of work
Hard at work? Chances are you are doing so from the comfort of your own home. When the pandemic struck,...
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Barclays, Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco-backed Team8 launches Team8 Fintech for founding & scaling fintech companies
Multiple sectors were heavily affected by the coronavirus pandemic. While some sectors observed a lull period, others recorded heavy user...
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