From November 30th to December 3rd Austria’s Graz will host the European Youth Award (EYA) Festival dedicated to Digital Drivers. We’ll let you know what to expect:

The finale of the Central European Startup Awards, the award to celebrate Central Europe’s startup spirit, will be held in Ljubljana on Dec. 1st. Insiders Jakob Gajsek & Peter Kovacs talk about developments of CE’s entrepreneurial scene:

Eastern Europe is continuously making its way up on the technology map. We’re taking a closer look at the developments of a special gem in Eastern Ukraine: Kharkiv!

European BioTech startups are credited with the creation of almost half a milion jobs & generating €31.6B across EU countries. Reason enough we explain who the brains behind Europe’s red biotechnology movement are:

Startups have finally started to gain some credit for their positive impact on the economy in Europe as well. While the EU was relatively slow in acknowledging this, initiatives have been launched to support innovation and strengthen the startup ecosystem. Hope is on the way!

Tech startups are working their asses off to improve our future. But the question remains: what will it look like? Well, here’s your clue:

Innovation in the financial sector is hitting Europe hard, improving & changing everyday life. But who are the FinTech startups behind this revolution?

That Bitcoin is not the only innovation based on Blockchain technology is nothing new. What’s new is the Blockchain Startup Contest encouraging startups to submit & improve the ideas they’re working on:

Spain’s aircraft startups are shooting for the drone industry. Apart from a testing center open to anyone interested, there’s a whole lot more to discover:

Data Pioneers, eine Initative des Open Data Portals und des BMVIT, bietet sowohl für Unternehmen als auch Start-ups Workshops zum Thema Open Data. Was dahinter steckt:

Roughly a third of tech unicorns in the U.S. will see a decrease in valuation according to SharesPost, a leader that specializes in the private securities market. Let us see why this is, and why FinTech startups might prefer to avoid becoming unicorns.

Banks working with startups. As unlikely as it may sound, cooperation between these two is critical when it comes to FinTech. Still, the relationships formed tend to be tense. Join us as we explore the pro’s and con’s of this uncommon partnership!

“Where would you start-up if you could begin all over again?”

Latvian Startup Association, Startin.LV uniting 52 Latvian startup ecosystem players has developed a plan to double Latvian startup dealflow by 2020