European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has opened the Web Summit event by pledging to overhaul the way Brussels regulates the tech industry. Speaking on the first day of the influential…
Treasure8 Scales its Revolution Against Food Waste
Humans waste around 1.3 billion tonnes of food each year – that’s enough to fill around two-thirds of Lake Eerie. Agriculture contributes almost a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and…
Belgian Port Workers to Wear COVID-19 Tech Bracelets
Europe’s second largest port will road-test special-made bracelets, as the continent tries to revive its economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of workers at the port of Antwerp, in Belgium, will…
London VC Basinghall Partners Announces $109m European Fund
London-based venture capital firm Basinghall Partners has announced its its first VC fund, aimed at early-stage startups across Europe. The Basinghall Tech Fund, which totals $109 million, will invest between $550,000 and…
Thai Workplace App Eko Wins $20m Funding Round
Bangkok-based workplace app firm Eko has secured a $20 million Series B funding round, as it expands into the European market with a London office. The round was led by Indonesian VC…
More than Ever, Tech Giants Must Beware China’s Human Rights Record
This week, a fortnight after he mysteriously vanished, Beijing confirmed that it has detained Meng Hongwei, the President of Interpol. The move, which Human Rights Watch says shows that “no one’s immune…
Nokia and Ericsson’s Baltic Battle a Barometer for the Future of 5G
This June, Finnish mobile giant Nokia’s shares plummeted almost 10% after missing profit predictions based on its 5G solutions. CEO Rajiv Suri claimed that the company’s fortunes would pick up in the…
Slow Growth and a European Exodus – But Don’t Ring Facebook’s Death Knell Yet
Facebook is having a week to forget. On Wednesday the social media giant revealed that revenue growth would “continue to decelerate in the second half 0f 2018” – and that it had…
Samboat Raises Anchor on European Peer-to-Peer Boating Expansion
The first boat Pierre Le Poulain listed when he co-founded Samboat was his own. It was 2014, and Le Poulain, then working in Paris, France, wasn’t spending enough time on the sea.…
US Tech Stocks Tumble – And Look Set to Continue Doing So
American Big Tech shares took one of their biggest hits of the year this week, as crises on multiple fronts threaten to topple the dominance of the sector’s big leaders. It leaves…