Richa Singh was at college in Guwahati when her roommate, worried about a place in India’s skyrocketing jobs market, took her own life. It was a tragedy—and, for Singh, a call to…
Red Herring Asia Kicks Off in Manila
The Red Herring Asia conference is under way in Manila this morning – and promises to feature some of the continent’s most exciting startups. The event, which began this morning with a…
A New Coworking Space Comes to Afghanistan’s Capital City
Times are tough in Kabul. Just as the Afghan city was becoming used to a period of relative quiet a bomb blast, claimed by ISIS, claimed more than 80 lives at a…
Iceland’s Startup Scene Punches Above its Weight
For Iceland, size is rarely an issue – just ask England’s overpaid soccer stars, who were roundly and embarrassingly beaten by Strákarnir Okkar (‘Our Boys’, the national team’s nickname) at this year’s European…
Paris’ Station F to Become Europe’s Largest ‘Tech Campus’
Located in a former freight station, in an industrial corner of central Paris, sits what is soon to become the world’s biggest startup campus. When completed early next year, the huge space…
Italy’s Startup Scene: Will Slow Growth Continue?
Italy has the fourth largest population in the E.U. and its fourth biggest economy. Ask anyone in the tech industry, however, which countries they’re most excited about this year, and few will…
In Kabul, Three Generations of Startups Make Plans for a Future without Donors
In 2005, when Farshid Ghyasi founded NETLINKS, Afghanistan barely knew IT. The market, he generously says, was “virgin…there were no players.” It doesn’t take a Silicon Valley VC to know that founding…
Surrounded by Security, Afghanistan’s First Coworking Space Aims High
Few tech hubs are hidden behind concrete blast walls, barbed wire and a team of gun-toting security guards. There again this is Kabul’s – and Afghanistan’s – first ever coworking space. Berlin…
Norway’s Startups Out of the Depths: How an Oil Dip Became a Tech Boom
Norway isn’t usually the first place on anyone’s list of European tech centers. Even in the Nordics it usually falls behind Finland and neighbor Sweden, whose band of hip, new unicorns have…
In Kabul, More Women Are Drawn to the Emerging Tech Sector
For Fakhria Ibrahimi Momtaz, finding clients for her tech company was just a tiny, first step. It was 2010 and Momtaz’ startup, Momtaz Host, had just registered with the government. Even that…