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The Brexit Storm Is Still Raging; Can AON’s 3 Step Programme Help Firms “Navigate” Through The Choppy Waters?

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In Centuries to come people will no longer talk about Pandora’s Box and how the furies a little girl unleashed visited pandemonium upon the ancient world. They will, instead, talk about “Boris’ Brexit” and how it unleashed furious Farage upon the world, thus paving the way for a society in which we have a PEOTUS …

The Truth Behind UK’s Love Affair With Online Shopping – It’s Driven By Golden Oldies, Not Millennials!

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It’s official – the UK loves shopping online! According to recent research from Colliers International, the Real Estate services company headquartered in London, the UK is by some distance the largest European market for e-commerce. Collier’s research reveals that Brits spend around £130bn every year shopping online – in fact, Brits, alongside the Japanese and …

On 3 Month Anniversary of Brexit, London VC Partner Sees Good Prospects For London’s Tech Industry To Ride Out The Storm

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One of the earliest angel investors in CityMapper, the London based journey mapping app which has gone on to raise $50m in 3 rounds of funding, says that 3 months on, he believes Brexit has left the nation “in limbo” and falling behind countries such as Germany, France and Sweden but that a post Brexit …

Airbnb Concierge Service Hostmaker Is Looking To Europe After Securing $1m From Initial Capital & Others

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A hospitality management service for Airbnb’ers who want to outsource the hassle of short-term-letting their homes has raised $1.1m of funding in a round led by Initial Capital, a group of serial entrepreneurs, with existing investors DN Capital and DSG Consumer Partners also joining the round. Hostmaker was founded by hospitality professional Nakul Sharma, who …

Woah Big Betty! 31 Tonnes Of Pure Esports Gaming Theatre Is About To Hit Germany’s Autobahns – Followed By Rest Of Europe

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According to research the size of the market for esports – professional gamers playing against one another in front of live crowds – is expected to reach $463 million in 2016, and grow as big as $1.1 billion by 2019. Small wonder then, that tech entrepreneurs and gaming companies from all over the world are …

Techstars Publishes Map Of Europe’s Digital Investors – Shows 500+ VCs Investing In Startups Across The Continent

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Europe has $23bn of VC investment into European startup’s since 2014, according to Dealroom, and Techstars has tracked most of it Techstars, one of the world’s most prominent mentor-driven startup accelerators, whose 800 or so alumni have raised more than $2.3bn between them since 2006, has released a map tracking all of the VC companies …

Silicon Roundup; First Q2 VC Funding Figures Released – Worst Fears Confirmed About Brexit Inspired Drop-off In Europe?

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VC Funding is falling in Europe but remains steady or increasing elsewhere, according to the latest figures from Pitchbook – it is hard, but far from impossible, to pin the blame on Brexit VC funding into European startup’s has fallen by one third in Q2 2016, according to data from Pitchbook; the total amount raised, …

5 Things You Must Know About Brexit; What Happens Now, Who Suffers? (Clue, We All Suffer!)

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The Vote Leave campaign pandered to little Englander’s fears about immigration and being controlled by an unelected Brussels elite. The Remain camp launched the divisive “Project Fear”, warning of the disastrous consequences of a Brexit, but forgetting to explain what the EU actually does. It was depressing fare from both sides, and nobody, on either …

A Rating Agency For Startups and Innovative SMEs Is Coming To London

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can Early Metrics do what many VC and Angel investors can’t and identify and rate startups’ growth potential accurately? Opening a new office in London will surely help. Startups are strange beasts; they come in different shapes and sizes and it is notoriously hard to pick the winners from the losers (clue; the stats suggest …

Global VC Financing Down Again in Q1 2016, Europe Steadies, Says Latest CB Insights / KPMG Report, Blaming Concerns Over China Slowdown, American Elections

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The latest global downturn in global VC funding activity may only be temporary, suggests a new report from CB Insights / KPMG The global downturn in Venture Capital financing activity has continued into Q1 2016, according to the latest report from CB insights, in conjunction with KPMG. After experiencing a significant correction in Q4 2015, …

London (and Europe’s) Biggest Tech Startup Funds And What They Are Buying

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It’s raining funding in Europe – but where are the puddles forming? Sometimes startup founders must feel a little bit like Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner and his stranded crew mates, who stared at the ocean surrounding their lost ship and cried out in desperation: “water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink!” “Funding, …

Mistakes On A Plane – Why Airlines Can’t Capitalise On Digital Add-on Services

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They are the ultimate captive audience, sitting on board one of mankind’s greatest inventions, but in a strangely anachronistic twist if a passenger on a flight requires food, drink, entertainment or assistance they must run the gauntlet of the food trolley, sharp edged metal doors flapping, blocking off at least two of the available bathrooms. …

The Google Bashing Continues In Earnest In Europe – But Will EU Regulators Take Action?

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Which way to the Lobby? Try the European Commission Troubles always come in 3’s. After its new parent company, Alphabet briefly became the most valuable listed company in the world at the beginning of February, the problems for Google, in Europe at least, have mounted. The company is now looking at 3 charge sheets from …

London or Berlin – Which is Best For Startups?

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Is Berlin about to take London’s crown as Europe’s number 1 startup hub? They are two of the most thriving startup scenes in Europe; international, cosmopolitan and playing by hipster rules. That means parties, super-strong coffee, beards and craft beers; maybe even a Daschund or two. But don’t be fooled, it also means determined, ambitious …

With $14m Series B Fundraising Planday Are Leading Wonderful Copenhagen’s Startup Charge

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All eyes on Copenhagen; the city’s startup scene is one of the most talked about in Europe London isn’t the only European capital with a thriving startup scene; Copenhagen’s entrepreneurs are every bit as resourceful as their British counterparts, although until recently raising large funding rounds in the Danish capital might have been considered a …