Green startups find it harder to attract investors and funding opportunities because short term expected return on capital is often lower. The real added value of a green startup will only be apparent after some time. The focus of investors in green startups should therefore not be on short-term return…
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According to the technology and investment advisory firm, GP Bullhound: London is still home to the largest number of technology companies of 1 billion dollars in Europe, but maintaining that leadership after Brexit can be more difficult. Currently, London hosts 13 unicorn businesses That is more than Madrid, Stockholm and…
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According to the analysis, Switzerland had 356 fintech companies in 2018, as opposed to 220 in the previous year. The growth is reported to depend on Fintech Distributed Ledger (DLT) companies, which triples in number. More specifically, “out of a total of 356 companies, 122 are Distributed Ledger Technology, 66…
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Signify, the world’s largest lighting company, has been selling equipment for the horticultural industry for decades and is expanding its greenhouses business, where plants such as tomatoes, lettuce and roses thrive. Recently, however, the demand for a different breeding has exploded: Hash. A cannabis boom that began several years ago…
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The Swedish electric scooter landlord Voi has completed another round of financing. Just last November, the company raised 44 million euros. This time, 26 million euros will go to the account of the mobility startup. Lead investors are the Berlin VC Project A and Creandum. The old investors, including Balderton…
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Once upon a time there was an abandoned lot in Palo Alto, California. Once upon a time there was a university that opted for its students and encouraged them to develop their own technology companies. That’s where Silicon Valley came from, with pioneers like Hewlett-Packard. California, United States. First state…
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Often, large banks are able to offer services that can make life easier for them and help them make better decisions. And BBVA has developed a whole range of products and services, which is a clear example of them, with functions such as the award-winning Bconomy and ‘fintechs’ developed internally…
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The Munich startup Ridebee wants to develop a carpooling app for daily commuters. The first customers were already able to convince the three founders Tobias Reinerth, Fabian Seitz and Lukas Mohs. When driving their startup, Xpreneurs and LMU EC were certainly also helpful for the founders of Exist. What else…
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The company’s vice president is impressed by the regulatory framework of Bermuda, and hoped to work with the government to help promote the growth and expansion of the digital asset and FinTech industry. Signature Bank, a banking entity based in New York, will soon offer full banking services to financial…
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Amazon is taking big and silent steps in the automotive sector, and we’re not talking so much about its massive sales of car products ranging from motor oils manufactured by the same company, to new cars in its Amazon Vehicles section. First, he invests millions in autonomous car startups, then…
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