From starting to scaling in Europe
The European Investment Bank, Nesta, and Crunchbase have partnered to publish From Starting to Scaling: How to foster startup growth in Europe. High growth startups are widely recognized as key...
Tech Nation and Crunchbase Cover Emerging Tech in the UK and Globally
Crunchbase and Tech Nation have partnered to bring spotlights to data-driven insights on emerging technologies in UK Tech for a Changing World – Tech Nation’s latest annual UK tech report....
Amid the pandemic, some Western investors take a closer look at Eastern European tech companies
Crunchbase and East-West Digital News are teaming up to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. This column by EWDN chief editor Adrien Henni highlights the...
Rise and fall! – A look at the Russian VC market in 2019
The record volume of transactions, the growth of the average round, and the development of deep tech – such trends are cited by Dsight analysts in the latest report on...
25 Startups to See at RSA Conference 2020
RSA Conference 2020, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, takes place February 24th-28th in San Francisco. We’ve curated this list of 25 startups to see at RSAC from the...
Europe Needs to Wake Up to the Potential of Start-ups and Scale-ups
Start-ups and scale-ups play an important economic role. These firms are drivers of aggregate investment activities, carriers of innovation, and an important source of labour demand. However, the European Investment...
2019 in Eastern Europe: Russia moves towards digital isolation, neighboring countries export IT services and gifted entrepreneurs
Crunchbase and East-West Digital News are teaming up to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. This column by EWDN chief...
Announcing the GovTech 100 for 2020
Last week, Government Technology magazine released its fifth annual GovTech 100 list. The GovTech 100 was created to recognize technology companies that were primarily focused on state and local government...
Brookings & Crunchbase: What’s your city’s economic development frontier?
America’s innovation sector is critical to regional and U.S. prosperity, but a recent Brookings report finds that five U.S. metro areas accounted for 90% of the nation’s innovation-sector growth between...
City.AI Creates AI Ecosystem Wiki, Featuring Crunchbase Data
Through a data partnership with Crunchbase, City.AI launched the AI Ecosystem Wiki. The AI Wiki aims to aggregate relevant artificial intelligence startups, events, influencers, and groups in 26 active ecosystems....
November 2019 in Eastern Europe: Sberbank expands its empire, Baring Vostok cancels new fund, IT firms merge in Belarus and Ukraine
Crunchbase and East-West Digital News are teaming up to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. This monthly column by EWDN...
Roma Tre University launches database for researchers looking to step into entrepreneurship
Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy) is excited to announce the launch of the ResearchInno database, powered by Crunchbase data. This project was developed in partnership with the National University of...
Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Collaborates With Crunchbase to Track Alumni Startups
In 2019, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship launched a new online platform called MIT Orbit. This site serves as a “one-stop-shop” for MIT student entrepreneurs. It allows them...
Introducing the World’s First Global Ranking of Fintech Ecosystems
Findexable launched the Global Fintech Index City Rankings 2020 Report, the first global, real-time, objective ranking of all cities with a fintech cluster. The report, which evaluates 230+ cities and...
October 2019 in Eastern Europe: JV proliferation in Russia; a unicorn from Ukraine; weird esports fund in Belarus
Crunchbase and East-West Digital News are teaming up to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. This monthly column by EWDN...
Dsight Releases Report on Venture Activity in Russia for 1H2019
With contribution from Crunchbase, Dsight published Venture Russia 1H2019, covering venture activity during the first half of 2019. Research found that transactions on the Russian venture market were slightly lower...
Sept. 2019 in Eastern Europe: BlaBlaCar acquisition; State support and venture repellent from Russia
Crunchbase and East-West Digital News are teaming up to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. This monthly column by EWDN chief...
Money Where Our Mouths Are Publishes Report on Female Funding in Agri-FoodTech
New Money Where Our Mouths Are (MWOMA) report analyzes the female funding gaps in Agri-FoodTech. In 2018, only 3% of funding dollars and 7% of deals went to female-only founded startups...
Finnish Venture Capital Association Releases Study on Impact Investing
Through partnership with Crunchbase, Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) released a new study covering Impact Investing in Private Equity. The study defines impact investing as investing that focuses on financial...
In Partnership with Crunchbase, Dell Publishes Women Entrepreneur Cities Index
Dell has partnered with Crunchbase and IHS Markit to release the annual Dell Women Entrepreneur Cities (WE Cities) Index. This is the only global study rating the ability of cities...
