europe's hottest startups 2022

In 2001, the company lawyers had arranged a meeting with RIAA and MPAA—big teams of lawyers flying in from the East Coast to meet in their lawyers’ office in Beverly Hills on a Friday. On that Wednesday, they found an internal memo leaked…

Tel Aviv’s startup scene underwent a transformation around 2019, moving from a system of “Holy Grail exits,” as Eli David, CEO of StartUp Link, puts it, to “building companies not looking to sell to Google right away.” As has always been…

“Amsterdam is a global city—with a population of less than 1 million,” says Ferdinand Goetzen, CEO of Amsterdam-based digital customer-insight business, Reveall. That, in a nutshell, is how Amsterdam has become a tech powerhouse, boasting…

Finland has had many unicorns, from gaming giants Rovio and Supercell to database management system MySQL and food delivery service Wolt. And it’s home to one of the world’s most renowned startup events, Slush, which is held every year at…

Dublin has long been home to Big Tech’s European outposts, drawn by low taxes and Ireland’s position as the only English-speaking country in the European Union. Historically, however, this has negatively affected local startups: Big…

“Barcelona has triumphed over Madrid as Spain’s startup capital because of the deal flow and the talent,” explains Miquel Martí, Tech Barcelona’s CEO. “International talent is attracted by the lifestyle, the strength of the ecosystem, and…

Serial entrepreneurs Mila Suharev, Nils Henning, and Mitya Moskalchuk had been involved in the German startup scene for more than 15 years, successfully exiting four companies with valuations above €100 million (around $98.5 million) before…

Johan Pihl and Mathias Wikstöm, cofounders of climate fintech Doconomy.Photograph: Christopher HuntDoconomyClimate fintech Doconomy calculates the environmental cost of every purchase made on its DO credit card. Fed through its API, each…

One Saturday in February 2022, the phones of European venture capitalists began to light up as WhatsApp groups exchanged sarcastic comments about a piece that had appeared in the weekend edition of the Financial Times. The consternation was…

Despite the Covid epidemic, Brexit disruption, and Westminster’s never-ending political drama, the success of London’s tech scene continues unabated. According to a report by Startup Genome, London remains the second-best place…