In the first two quarters of 2018, we’ve seen three European unicorns go public, with a much-anticipated IPO for Spotify on the NYSE, as well as an oversubscribed IPO for the Dutch payments startup Adyen, and one of the LSE’s biggest ever tech IPOs for the Czech cybersecurity company Avast. Here’s a breakdown of some […]
Fintech and medtech have long been the top verticals for European tech funding, attracting the most rounds and the largest ones. As finance and medicine are both industries with constant demand and innovation, it comes as no surprise that tech entrepreneurs keep bringing new solutions to the market, and that startups in these categories are […]
2018 is shaping up to be a strong and steady year for European tech funding, with €5.8 billion raised in each of its first two quarters. This means European tech startups raised €11.6 billion total for H1 2018, which is exactly the same amount that was raised in H1 2017. However, don’t expect tech funding […]
The recent news about Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion has resulted in quite some dismay on the software developers’ side. Although it’s not likely that GitHub will suffer the same fate as Skype, which is borderline unusable these days, a lot of people seem to have migrated, or at least backed up their data […]
Finding new friends who share your aspirations and have similar goals is always exciting—especially when you can do things together to add value to the community. It looks like Tech.eu has found one just now, and we’re happy to discover a new way in which we can be of use to the community. Some of […]
Taxify, the Estonian ride-hailing app, has reached unicorn status with a $1 billion valuation after raising $175 million in a round led by German automaker Daimler. China’s Didi Chuxing, the European VC Korelya Capital, and TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus also participated in the round. Daimler will join Taxify’s board as part of the deal. Prior to this […]
A bit of news of our own today, as we’re announcing that two people are on-boarding the Tech.eu train, as well as the launch of an entirely new European tech jobs section in partnership with Portugal’s Landing.Jobs. We’re also thrilled to be on the road quite a lot in the coming weeks and months, so […]