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Deutsche Telekom’s Hubraum opens programme in Tel Aviv
Deutsche Telekom startup support venture Hubraum is teaming up with peers in Tel Aviv to bring early-stage Israeli tech startups to Europe. The new initiative, announced today, is a three-month acceleration programme in Tel
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US to EU – PRISM isn’t mining Europeans’ personal data in bulk
Europe wants to know to what extent the US National Security Agency (NSA) is tapping into internet companies to spy on its citizens – and has received an assurance that Europeans’ personal data at
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Get kids into coding – Code Club World kicks off with support from Codecademy, Mozilla and Google
Codecademy, Google and Mozilla are throwing their weight behind Code Club World, a new non-profit global initiative to get kids aged nine to 11 into coding. The initiative is based on existing scheme Code Club
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Delivery Hero invests $5m in India’s TastyKhana
Berlin-headquartered online food ordering empire Delivery Hero is delivering a new $5m investment to its partner in India, TastyKhana. The news – with the size of the deal confirmed by TastyKhana founder and CEO Shachin Bharadwaj
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European Commission’s Tech All Stars – top three new startups in Europe announced
The winners of the first stage of the European Commission’s Tech All Stars startup competition are out: Ecochain, Snap Fashion and Trustev will go on to compete for the top spot this week in London. Tech
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Swedish payments company iZettle closes new deal with Banco Santander to go global
Swedish mobile payments company iZettle has secured €5m in investment funding as part of a new deal with international banking group Banco Santander – one of the largest in the world – as it works
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Rosy times – Atlantic Ventures and Otto Capital back online flower shop Bloomy Days
Bloomy Days, the first online subscription flower service in Germany, now has a few new backers: Christophe Maire’s Atlantic Ventures and Ulrich Otto’s Otto Capital. The size of the funding round is small – a six-digit
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YPlan – HotelTonight for events – raises $12m to tackle the Big Apple and beyond
Last-minute event finder app YPlan now has a fresh $12m to play with as it expands from home base London to New York and beyond. The Series A venture funding round, announced yesterday ahead of YPlan’s
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“People don’t know what they want until you show it to them” – Xyo takes Steve Jobs’ advice to heart with new social app search
“A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them” – Berlin app-lovers Xyo are taking Steve Jobs’ oft-quoted advice to heart with their new social search platform for mobile
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