Fresh Startup Stories & Opportunities

Hi there!

To spice up your Friday morning, here are some fresh startup stories and opportunities that could be interesting to you:

???Pitch Competitions:?We just launched the application phase for our dedicated?Metaverse & Web3 Pitch Competition ?- powered by Silicon Castles, which will take place at this year's EU-Startups Summit! Also, we're still accepting applications for our?main Pitch Competition ?until February 16.

???European Agritech & Foodtech startups:?EIT Food support you every step of the way with their three hands-on, equity free programmes: From launch (EIT Food Seedbed Incubator), to business acceleration and tech validation (EIT Food Accelerator Network) to commercial capabilities upscaling EIT Food RisingFoodStars.?Learn more & appy now !

???Frosty Finland:?Earlier this week we introduced you to?10 fantastic Finland-based startups to watch in 2023 !

?? New Speaker Highlights:?Shrestha Chowdhury , Co-Founder and CTO of the Berlin-based unicorn Razor will speak at this year’s EU-Startups Summit! Also, we'll be joined by the investor and adult entertainment legend?Fabian Thylman , the founder and CEO of SeedLegals,?Anthony Rose ,?and?Johnny Quach , the CPO/CMO of the traveltech scale-up Hostelworld.

?? Equity Crowdfunding Panel:?Also at this year's EU-Startups Summit we'll have?a high-profile panel discussion ?with Europe's leading equity crowdfunding platforms. The panelists will be?Matt Cooper, Co-CEO of Crowdcube, Kirsty Grant, Managing Director and CIO of Seedrs and Carmen Sebe of CEO SeedBlink.

?? Greentech Report:?Earlier this week we published our?European GreenTech overview ?(by Net Zero Insights) regarding all greetech related, deals, milestones and news we've tracked in January 2023.

? Delightful Denmark:?Today, we had a close look at the Danish startups scene with the goal to introduce you to?10 super exciting Danish startups ?to watch in 2023!

???Fresh Funds:?Berlin’s?Planet A Ventures ?closed its new fund at €160 million to back impactful GreenTech innovation, and the?Parisian VC firm?Partech ?raised €245 million for second Africa fund.

???Tech Nation, a leading UK-based non-profit that focused on startup/tech ecosytem building, is about?to shut down its operations ?as it didn't receive more governmental funding. Our Head of Content, Patricia, had a closer look.

?? Milestone & Hiring Updates:?Here ?you'll find a list with some interesting European startup milestones we tracked last week. And?here ?we listed?European startups that are currently on a hiring sprint and the tech companies that recently announced layoffs.

?? Internationalisation:?Our new contributor Meike Neitz just published an interesting article sharing?8 top tips to successfully expand to new markets ?and plan your internationalisation strategy.

♀? Flourishing FemTech:?Last but not least, my colleague Patricia took a close look this week at?European FemTech trends and startups ?to watch in 2023 - with insights from Essity Ventures.

That's all I had to share with you today. Have a nice rest of the day and week!

Your EU-Startups Team