January 29th, 2013

Euro Accelerators: UK’s Dotforge And Lithuania’s StartupHighway Open Applications

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Europe has gone accelerator crazy. If putting burgeoning startups through a 13 week mentor-led boot camp and throwing a few euros their way is the key to economic growth, then the Euro crisis is all but solved. I jest, of course, and you arguably can’t have too much idea-stage money and support. But, seriously, I can barely keep up with these… → Read More

June 18th, 2012

Look Who Called — Publisher Platform Sellfy Lands Angel Funding From Skype Co-Founder, Others

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The startup talent in Estonia, particularly on the technical side, has taken on near-mythical status in Europe thanks to its association with the heady days of Skype. But as TechCrunch European editor Mike Butcher recently discovered, the tiny neighbouring Baltic nations of Lithuania and Latvia also have the potential to punch above their weight.

To that end, news comes today that Latvian… → Read More