Businesses are like castles – they can stand on their own but without something to defend them, they are open to attack.

This post was co-written by Paul Klemm from Earlybird Venture Capital and me. It’s our attempt to break down why going to space is important, why we are at a turning point and why Europe is perfectly positioned to win the industry. Going to space is the Holy Grail

Earlier this week, Heartcore released Consumer Technology Trends 2020, a 42-page report combining quantitative analysis of consumer tech in Europe, their predictions and an articulation of their investment thesis. Heartcore is an early stage VC fund focused on consumer technology investments, they backed over 70 companies, and their portfolio has

“Imagine the most profitable restaurant in your city has no tables, no chairs, and no patrons. Chances are you just pictured the future of dining.”That’s the first line of Do you know where your food comes from?, one of my favorite blog posts–back in April 2019. Things

Last week, Microsoft President Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood and CEO Satya Nadella announced Microsoft’s plan to be carbon negative by 2030. "By 2030 Microsoft will be carbon negative, and by 2050 Microsoft will remove from the environment all the carbon the company has emitted either directly

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” - A Moveable Feast, 1964That quote comes from A Moveable Feast, one of Ernest Hemingway’s

Earlier this week, e-bike DTC brand Cowboy announced Jeremy Le Van is joining the team as VP of Product. Jeremy co-founded (and later sold) calendar app Sunrise to Microsoft, so he is kind of a big deal. Cowboy has raised a €10 million Series A funding round from Tiger Global,

Earlier this week, the boards of Just Eat and Takeaway.com reached an agreement to combine their two European food delivery businesses. Per Techcrunch: "While, following completion, Just Eat Shareholders will own approximately 52.15% and Takeaway.com Shareholders will own approximately 47.85% of the combined group — which is

In the Summer of 2013, a media company named BigBalls launched a Youtube channel titled COPA90, with the hopes of providing football-related content. Thanks to their conversations about recent games, transfer news, documentaries about the football culture and interviews, it became one of the largest football channels in the world

The world is full of counterintuitive ideas – ideas that seem to be good but once you dig deeper, aren't. A great example is 0% unemployment. No one wants people without jobs, so that's a good thing, right? Not really. 0% unemployment drives inflation and stalls economic growth so having a

How come we all like to buy stuff online so much? And when we do, we want it fast and we don’t want to pay a lot for it. What’s worst, our standards are getting higher. Every day that passes, we want online shopping to be faster, cheaper,

Earlier this week, Flash, the scooter startup from Delivery Hero founder, re-branded as ‘Circ’ and announced 1M rides. 24 hours later, Tier, the Berlin-based e-scooter rental startup, unveiled new hardware and announced 2M rides. The scooter craze hasn’t slowed down for a second. Scooter startups have raised €1.24

Two weeks ago, Fnatic announced a 19M Series B. A couple of days later, Immortals announced an acquisition and a 30 million Series C. If you don’t know who Fnatic is, then you are in for a ride my friend. Fnatic is the Esports equivalent to football's FC Barcelona.

Imagine the most profitable restaurant in your city has no tables, no chairs, and no patrons. Chances are you just pictured the future of dining. Last week, Berlin-based Keatz announced a $13.5 million raise, on top of the nearly $8 million it raised last month. Keatz is one of

Everyone knows the Dollar Shave Club story. A guy launches a business selling razor blades online for $1, their video goes viral, they profit and sell to Unilever for $1b. “Are our blades any good? Nope. They’re f**king great”People don't shop like they used to. New research