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The UK leads Europe and are fourth in the world for scaleup investment after US, China and India, according to the Tech Nation Report for 2019.  Tech Nation, a leading scaleup-network for UK entrepreneurs, has announced the release of its 2019 Tech Nation Report with data from partners including Companies House, PitchBook, GitHub, the OECD and Streetbees, and in associati...
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The growing reputation of the French tech scene is clearly under the spotlight at this year’s Web Summit in Lisbon, with more than 140 French startups exhibiting and 52 top-calibre French speakers on the conference stage during the event. Keen to find out more about the French tech scene, and what you might expect to see at La French Tech Web Summit booth, Startacus took some time to do jus...
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As speculation about the fate of the uk tech industry continues, Amit Shah, CEO of HIROLA, weighs in... It’s no secret that investment in tech is declining globally, and it has been for a while. The number of deals being closed is at its lowest since 2012. Some commentators are speculating that the tech bubble is about to burst in a manner not dissimilar to the dotcom bust in 2000. However...
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Startacus takes a look at the 10 women-led startups, announced as the finalists of the Women Startup Challenge Europe. A month or so ago, we wrote about The Women Startup Challenge Europe - a pitch competition that showcases and funds innovative, women-led tech startups that are solving problems for people, businesses, and the planet. Organised by Women Who Tech, and held in partnership with Cra...
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How’d you like to go to Europe’s leading innovation festival?    The uniquely titled ‘new.New’ festival will take place in Karlsruhe Germany from September 20 - 22 2016, welcoming digital pioneers, startups, innovators, big business, investors, media, and politicians from all over the world. From Google and Cyborgs to Game of Thrones: There will be unbridled...
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What’s Next After Brexit: Why The Business World Won't End Now That We've Left The EUWritten by Alexandra Isenegger - Alexandra is the Founder and CEO of Linkilaw"It’s been a tumultuous last few weeks. One of uncertainty, of resignations and of surprises. Only a few days after the result - and the shock is just setting in. On the eve of the referendum, most of the media...
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With the aim to create a true “West Coast of Europe” Startups scene, Startup Fest Europe is looking for 50 top Startups and Scaleups to Pitch to over 100 partners of toptier Euro & US-based VCs at an event next Month in Amsterdam. From 24-28 May 16, the Netherlands will host a marathon of matchmaking between startups, investors, developers and corporates with fourteen regional inn...
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There are many similarities between the business culture in the United States and Europe and we can learn a great deal from the way both conduct their business. There are however a few subtle differences that many business experts have picked up on and here's just a few that may well just ring true... Financing a Business Endeavour First of all, within the private sector, European business owner...
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Fast Friday? Sometimes you can just start something and it can somehow grow into something much more - it can symbolise a complete new start or change. We aren’t 100% sure what Fast Friday have to do necessarily with Startacus, however both do embody and symbolise change, so that's perhaps why we like it! Fast Fridays is a community cycling ‘gang’ based in Athens who each F...
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