Start-Up

Creator Of Online Black Market Silk Road Faces Life Behind Bars After Guilty Verdict

Ross Ulbricht AKA Dread Pirate Roberts was found guilty of seven federal charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering

9 years ago

TransferWise Racks Up Further Investment

Andreessen Horowitz funding values London-based company at close to $1bn

9 years ago

Amazon In Talks To Buy Israeli Chipmaker

Israeli chipmaker Annapurna Labs eyed up for possible £244 milion deal

9 years ago

How Can Your Business Take A Slice Of The Sharing Economy?

With a quarter of UK adults now using online marketplaces, Zeeshan Feroz, head of marketplace sales at Skrill, tells TechWeekEurope…

9 years ago

‘Social’ Cloud Storage Platform Hive.im Raises $500,000

Focuses on personal content discovery and sharing rather than the traditional pay-per GB model

9 years ago

‘Floodgates Have Opened’ For Biometrics Industry Following Christmas Demand

Seasonal mobile payments surge this Christmas, research predicts 4.8bn biometric devices by 2020

9 years ago

“World’s First” Automated Password Changer Launched

Dashlane's password manager enhanced with the world’s only automated password changing software

9 years ago

Digital Catapult Boss Urges UK Commitment In IoT Race

The UK could lose out if it slips in the global race to develop the Internet of Things

9 years ago

Why Cesc Fabergas, Robin Van Persie And Thierry Henry Helped Raise $2m For A Media Technology Startup

Grabyo has helped broadcast the FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon, ATP World Tour, The Ryder Cup, UEFA Champions League and the…

9 years ago

Could ‘Tinder For Grannies’ Save Elderly People’s Lives?

A mobile service for Finland's elderly residents crowdfunds as it aims to resolve the 'largest problem in social and health…

9 years ago

Why Banks Should Take Notice Of Startup Innovation In The Fintech Industry

Toby Young, CTO at Ebury, tells TechWeek Europe what fintech trends banks should be keeping up with

9 years ago

European Commission Set To Modernise Education Through IT

‘Opening Up Education’ initiative will aim to equip young people with digital tools and skills

11 years ago

Bizcamp Tel Aviv To Send One Lucky UK Start-Up To Israel

The second annual Bizcamp competition is now open for submissions

11 years ago

UK Audience Technology Start-Up Affectv Secures £2 Million Funding

The company will bring its mix of mathematics and marketing to Europe and Asia

11 years ago

Intel Buys Into Gesture Recognition With Omek Acquisition

The chip manufacturer will pay close to $40m for an Israeli gesture recognition start-up

11 years ago

UK Team Wins Imagine Cup 2013 Innovation Prize

Colinked from the UK managed to win the prestigious award and a $50,000 grant with their music sharing app

11 years ago

‘Capital On Stage’ Tries To Galvanise Venture Model In London

Investors pitching to start-ups - you certainly don’t see that every day

11 years ago

Wayra London Kicks Off Its First Start-Up Internship Fair

The start-up accelerator thinks young companies should hire interns as soon as they can

11 years ago

Demo Europe: VCs Get Their Pick Of Hungry Start-ups

Eric Doyle watched start-ups compete for venture cash in the first Demo Europe, in Moscow

11 years ago

Google Said To Consider Waze Acquisition

First it was Apple, then Facebook, and now Google is reportedly interested in the Israeli start-up

11 years ago

Facebook To Buy Mapping Firm Waze For $1 Billion – Reports

Facebook is said to be buying navigation start-up Waze, previously courted by Apple

11 years ago

Microsoft Imagine Cup Finds Innovation In Eastern Europe

What makes startups spring up in the former Soviet bloc?

11 years ago

US Start Up Accelerator TechStars Comes To London’s Tech City

Tech City attracts a world leading entrepreneur nursery

11 years ago

Cabinet Office Announces Funding For “Social Incubators”

Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd gives money to socially positive start-up incubators

11 years ago

LeWeb London To Bring Together “Digital Hippies”

The summer event will explore transparency, authenticity, and could even involve meditation rooms

11 years ago

Start-Up Tawkon Rides Radiation Scare To Build Phone Coverage Maps

Tawkon feeds paranoia for the benefit of mobile users everywhere

11 years ago

TotalBooX Sells eBooks By The Page

An Israeli start-up wants to stop people from buying books before they read them

11 years ago

Tel Aviv – Where Start-Up Culture Has Its Time Machine

Israel's government and private sector nurture new talent at the Time incubator

11 years ago

Dreamforce 2012: JP Rangaswami – I Hope Salesforce Stays A Start Up Forever

Salesforce is still a start-up and should remain so, chief scientist JP Rangaswami tells TechWeekEurope

12 years ago