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Berlin’s IFA tech conference will go ahead in-person this September
After months of news about large-scale event cancelations, Berlin-based mega-conference IFA announced today that it will go ahead with a planned in-person event, from September 3 to 5. With the future of the COVID-19 pandemic still uncertain around the world, the show will come with some major caveats. For starters, More
Call for EU state aid rules to flex for startups
European startups are calling for more flexibility in EU state aid rules to allow national governments to provide liquidity for the region’s fledgling digital businesses during the COVID-19 crisis.In a joint letter addressed to Commission EVP Margrethe Vestager, more than a dozen startup associations from across the bloc have called More
Workvivo, a platform for employee culture, raises a $16M Series
Workvivo, an employee communications platform founded only three years ago, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding, in a round led by Tiger Global which is best know for large growth-oriented rounds.Also participating is Frontline Ventures and Enterprise Ireland, previous investors. The Series A round follows on from More
How will Europe’s coronavirus contact-tracing apps work across borders?
Solutions should allow Member States’ servers to communicate and receive relevant keys between themselves using a trusted and secure mechanism.Roaming users should upload their relevant proximity encounter information to the home country backend. The other Member State(s) should be informed about possible infected or exposed users*.*For roaming users, the question More
UK’s ANNA raises $21M for its SMB-focused business account and
Small and medium businesses and sole-traders account for the vast majority of businesses globally, 99.9% of all enterprises in the UK alone. And while the existence millions of separate companies, with their individual demands, speaks of a fragmented market, together they still represent a lot of opportunity. Today, a UK More
Target Global has a 1M ‘super seed’ pot incoming to
Target Global is backing a 1 million support fund for tech talent in Spain laid off or furloughed as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The aim is to provide pre-seed financing to help crisis-hit tech workers switch gears and build out a startup concept over the next four More