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Witnessing The Rebirth Of The Greek Startup Ecosystem
Thousands of years ago Greeks plied the waters of the Mediterranean as traders and merchants. They were, perhaps, amongst the first ever entrepreneurs. But somewhere along the line between then and now...
View ArticleRemixing Culture And Why The Art Of The Mash-Up Matters
Ben Murray Contributor Ben Murray is the editor for The Space, a digital art non-profit organization in the UK and was a former BBC digital editor. More posts by this contributor 10 Art Apps To...
View ArticleDJI Engineered The Phantom 3 Drone To Be More Plug-And-Play
With a bit of fanfare today, DJI announced the Phantom 3 Drone at a launch event in New York City. But it was a worldwide affair at one point when they showcased its live stream capabilities with...
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Universal Avenue Gives Businesses On-Demand Access To A Direct Sales Team
B2B startups often rely on word-of-mouth and online advertising to get the word out about their products. Over time, they often add a marketing and sales department, but they typically don’t have the...
View ArticleBeware Bitcoiners Bearing Gifts
During patches of turbulence, pilots are trained to steer into the airborne trouble, much like when a driver encounters black ice. To increase the odds of coming out unscathed in either scenario, it’s...
View ArticleAmid A Collapsing Economy, Greek Entrepreneurs Band Together To Keep Business...
Greece went to the brink this week. And the country’s entrepreneurs wasted no time in stepping into action. Failing to reach an agreement with its creditors to extend the deadline to pay back a $1.7...
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Interview: Tim Draper Doubles Down On Europe
DFJ, the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has built out a global presence not just through direct investments but through a network of firms that are affiliated with the mothership yet...
View ArticleGreek Crisis Underscores Value Of Cloud In Startup Ecosystem
There was a ton of fallout as the Greek economic crisis worsened this week week and the country struggled to come up with answers to its growing predicament. As Alexia Tsotsis explained in an article...
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Anchors Away And Shiver Me Timbers! Antlos Puts You And And Your Friends On A...
Yachting has an image problem. When you think of big old sailboats you mostly imagine rich leathery men in boat shoes who smoke big cigars and try to hit rare pink dolphins in the head with with their...
View ArticleBitcoin Provider Cubits Aims To Help Greeks Move Their Money
Bitcoin services provider Cubits.gr and Greek exchange BTCGreece have teamed up to help Greek citizens move cash out of the country to suppliers and business partners. Founded by Julian Mautner, Tim...
View ArticleAthens gets a new venture fund
Raising money for a venture fund is almost never easy, but it’s a whole lot harder in certain places that are struggling economically, like Greece. Thankfully for the country, a new seed-stage firm has...
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Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ride-hailing...
Nathan Lustig Contributor Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago, Chile. More posts by this contributor Latin America’s...
View ArticleGoogle has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome...
In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the...
View ArticleWelcome Pickups lands €3.3M funding to offer ‘in-destination’ travel services
Welcome Pickups, an Athens-based startup offering a range of “in-destination” travel services from the point of pickup onwards, has raised €3.3 million in Series A funding. The backing comes from...
View ArticleChina’s Didi kicks off expansion in Latin America with moves into Chile and...
The wheels are turning on Didi Chuxing’s first major expansion in Latin America after the Chinese ride-hailing firm announced moves into Chile and Colombia to double its presence in the region. Didi...
View ArticleVoter manipulation on social media now a global problem, report finds
New research by the Oxford Internet Institute has found that social media manipulation is getting worse, with rising numbers of governments and political parties making cynical use of social media...
View ArticleExtra Crunch is now available in Greece, Ireland and Portugal
We’re excited to announce that we’ve added Extra Crunch support in Ireland, Portugal and Greece. That adds to our existing support in Europe as we are already in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany,...
View ArticlePlum raises $10M for its ‘smart’ money management app
Plum, the London and Athens-based fintech that offers a “smart” money management app to help you improve your “financial resilience,” has raised a further $10 million in funding as it gears up for...
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Ride Vision raises $7M for its AI-based motorcycle safety system
Ride Vision, an Israeli startup that is building an AI-driven safety system to prevent motorcycle collisions, today announced that it has raised a $7 million Series A round led by crowdsourcing...
View ArticleGreece’s Marathon Venture Capital completes first close for Fund II, reaching...
Marathon Venture Capital in Athens, Greece has completed the first closing of its second fund, reaching the €40 million / $47 million mark. Backing the new fund is the European Investment Fund, HDBI,...
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