Magdalena GołębiewskaMar 23, 20202 minRecession can... no - recession WILL bring new unicorns! The current coronavirus outbreak is a crisis on a scale most of us have never seen in our lifetime. Cities and countries are on lockdown,...
Magdalena GołębiewskaDec 20, 20191 minGood news for startups - The European Parliament comes to agreement on new crowdfunding rulesThe European Parliament (EP) has achieved an agreement with the European Council on new EU-wide rules for crowdfunding. Its new criteria w...
Magdalena GołębiewskaDec 6, 20195 minMorocco - FinTech and Startups landscape (yes, there is much more there than camels :)) Recently I went for a short trip to Marrakesh. While staying in this beautiful city, I had a chance to observe not only different cultur...
Magdalena GołębiewskaDec 6, 20191 minTop-funded startups in Europe! Glad to see so many in EE region.The top-funded startup in Europe is global communications company OneWeb in the UK, with almost $3.5B in total disclosed equity funding. ...
Magdalena GołębiewskaSep 30, 20191 minRevolut ready to go global through new deal with VisaRevolut is set to double its global footprint, pushing into 24 new markets thanks to a global deal with Visa. Revolut says the expanded r...
Magdalena GołębiewskaSep 26, 20191 minTransferWise for Banks lands in USTransferWise has signed up the first US financial institutions to integrate its international money transfer service directly into their ...
Magdalena GołębiewskaSep 9, 20192 minThe Most Well-Funded Tech Startups In Asia & The PacificSix of the 19 companies featured in below map are unicorns valued at $1B or more. Again - unicorns seem not to be so rare as we could exp...
Magdalena GołębiewskaSep 5, 20191 minPaysend reaches one million customers in two years (Go Paysend!)UK-based fintech Paysend has reached one million customers for its global transfers service after launching just two years ago. Paysend h...
Magdalena GołębiewskaSep 5, 20192 minUK card consolidator fintech Curve raises £6m via crowdfunding round, in just couple of hours!UK card consolidator fintech Curve has raised nearly £6m from 9,565 investors through its first crowdfunding campaign on the Crowdcube pl...
Magdalena GołębiewskaAug 29, 20192 minUnicorns all over the world - 393 of them! There are 393 private companies around the world valued at $1B+. These companies are collectively worth more than $1.2T and have raised a...
Magdalena GołębiewskaAug 23, 20194 minThe Startups 100 2019: the UK’s best and most exciting new businesses revealedMeet 2019's top UK startups. From finance and recruitment to AI and future tech, this year's list has raised a collective £1 billion. The...
Magdalena GołębiewskaAug 21, 20192 min100Top Startups in Germany! Is DE startup capital of Europe or still it is London?UK or DE? In which camp are you? Which country is a startup capital of EU? Below, list of the best startups in DE, to check UK list click...
Magdalena GołębiewskaAug 7, 20193 minFinTech 100 is published! Again. If you missed that incredible report (it is 5th edition already so shame if you did miss it :)), here quick explanation what it is in the...
Magdalena GołębiewskaJul 30, 20193 minSoftBank Group's $108 billion Vision Fund 2 draws in Microsoft, AppleSoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) has secured pledges from Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and other investors of around $108 billion for a second Vis...
Magdalena GołębiewskaJun 21, 20192 minNaspers Foundry - what it exactly is?Last year (2018) Naspers announced launch of Naspers Foundry. And today (21.06) we have a first investment made by the entity. So what ex...
Magdalena GołębiewskaJun 19, 20194 minIs there any FinTech outside of UK and DE? A lot of people are selling "London is FinTech hub. Maybe followed by Berlin, Sweden. On other markets there is nothing besides copycats"...
Magdalena GołębiewskaApr 17, 20191 minWomen vs StartupsTEA! And I am not talking about Earl Grey Female start-ups Estimates by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring Consortium show the propor...