Winners will receive 30.000€ in total prize money as well as a spot in a four months long acceleration program and the opportunity to co-develop their solution. The accelerator is powered by the ZKW Group, one of the world’s leading providers of lighting and headlight systems for the automotive industry.

Climate-KIC, the largest acceleration program for European climate innovators, opens its application on June 18th. Entrepreneurs that counter climate change have the opportunity to win equity-free financial and mentoring support worth up to 95.000€.

Alipay, the worlds largest online and mobile payment platform with over 600 million active users in China, and Blue Code, the first pan-European mobile payment solution, are excited to announce a system integrator partnership in Europe.

Catalyst Belfast FinTech will include 70 permanent and hot desks, a coffee area, and a unique event space inside the Danske Bank’s former safe that will seat up to 50 people for meet-ups and workshops.

It’s no secret that emerging FinTechs learn from the mistakes of the financial establishment. Petal, in particular, already has and now offers an alternative to the traditional personal loan industry.

Der Gewinner des ersten Durchgangs ist ThinkSono aus Großbritannien, der zweite Batch startet bereits im September.

Labstep is an electronic record keeping tool for science, research, and processes. We spoke to Founder & CEO Jake Schofield about how the startup improves lab experiences & keeps protocols and experimental data secure.

Digital accounting is now integrated into Holvi business account. steueragenten.de takes over the complete bookkeeping and guarantees fiscal security for entrepreneurs.

High performing Italian and south-eastern European scaleups can apply for ScaleIT until 15th June.

Education is gradually switching to digital platforms enabling people from across the globe to access educational content without being physically present. We take a look at the startups driving this transformation.

BIND, a new Manchester-based marketing business, is set to change the way small businesses interact with marketing agencies with a revolutionary and disruptive idea centered around utilizing the gig economy.

2018 wird der KAEFER-Zukunftspreis zum ersten Mal verliehen. Forschungsprojekte in den Bereichen Emissionsreduzierung, Energieeffizienz, Isolierung, Lean Construction, Materialforschung und Prozessoptimierung können noch bis 29. Juni eingereicht werden.

Cristian Dascalu, Advisor for Techcelerator and Partner at Gapminder, talks about Romania’s most promising tech startups and the benefits Techcelerator offers as the only VC-backed accelerator in the region.

Stocard will use the investment to launch its payment capability, expand geographically, and double its team, recruiting 40 new employees globally, across Engineering, Sales and Marketing.