On Wednesday we reported that the digital business policies of Britain’s two biggest political parties, Labour and the Conservatives, were similar verging on inseparable. This morning the country is waking up to…
Uniplaces co-founder Kostelec: “Prove your Concept in Select Markets”
Ben Grech, Mariano Kostelec and Miguel Amaro met at university in London, where they discovered that finding good student accommodation was often a nightmare. In 2012 the trio built a website customized…
BUX CEO Nick Bortot: “Our Main Challenge wasn’t Tech, but Human”
Nick Bortot is CEO of Bux, an Amsterdam-based mobile app aiming to take the complexity out of stock markets, and make trading fun. What began as a solution for inexperienced traders has…
Seedrs Searches for Crowd Fund Success on Berlin’s Silicon Allee
It’s been a good year for equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The British firm, launched by Jeff Lynn and Carlos Silva in 2012, already had locations in London, Lisbon and New York City…
Six Startups to Join EY Blockchain Initiative
Six startups will contest a challenge laid down by accounting giant EY, to develop blockchain solutions for energy trading and digital rights management. The EY Startup Challenge, a six-week program beginning September…
Queen Elizabeth II: High-Speed Broadband for all Brits
Queen Elizabeth II has pledged that every British household will have access to high-speed broadband Internet. The pledge, made during the monarch’s annual opening of parliament, included plans to give automatic compensation to…