Lingokids, the Madrid, Spain-based (and U.S. incorporated) edtech startup that helps children to learn a second…
Author: Steve O'Hear
The Zennström manifesto
At almost 86 degrees Fahrenheit, London is enduring a mini heat wave by traditional British summer…
Meet the startups that pitched at EF’s 10th Demo Day in London
Entrepreneur First (EF), the company builder and “talent first” investor, held its tenth London Demo Day…
Picfair gives every photographer on its marketplace their own store
Picfair, the photo marketplace that competes with Getty and Shutterstock by giving photographers a fairer deal,…
Cleo, the ‘digital assistant’ that replaces your banking apps, picks up $10M Series A led by Balderton
When Cleo, the London-based “digital assistant” that wants to replace your banking apps, quietly entered the…
Curve, the all-your-cards-in-one app, adds ‘zero fees’ when spending abroad
Curve, the London fintech that lets you consolidate all of your bank cards into a single…
Twitter’s former Head of People EMEA joins VC firm Atomico as Partner
Atomico, the European venture capital firm founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström, is announcing a number of…
Tandem CEO will tell you why building a bank is hard at Disrupt Berlin
Challenger banks, neobanks or digital-only banks… Whatever we choose to call them, Europe — and the…
Vegan meal delivery startup Allplants is served £7.5M Series A funding
Allplants, a London-based startup that delivers ready-made “plant-based” meals (that’s vegan, to you and me), has…
Ostrichpillow Hood, the latest product from Studio Banana, is no joke
I’m not going to lie, when Studio Banana released the original Ostrichpillow back in 2012, despite…