Following an order by the Dutch government, ASML — the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end chipmaking equipment — will curb shipments of two of its machines to China. Specifically, the government has partially revoked the export licence of the NXT:2050i a
This year was challenging for the financial technology, or fintech, sector. Interest rates rose and funding fell, continuing the shift in focus from growth to profitability. But what does 2024 have in store? Will AI revolutionise the industry? Will f
It has been a rough year for climate tech. While it fared slightly better than other sectors, total venture and private equity investment in planet-saving technologies fell 40% this year, down to a five-year low. It’s not all doom and gloom, howeve
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Recent technological advances are transforming the medtech sector. European companies and research institutions are working on solutions aimed at improving our knowledge and response to genetics, diseases that impact millions of people, and public health em
As the world becomes increasingly globalised, maintaining compliance while embracing global mobility will be the key to retaining talent as we move into 2024. This is according to Hanna Asmussen, CEO and co-founder of Localyze, a global mobility pl
Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023. The watershed moment arrived at the end of the previous year, with the November 30 release of ChatGPT. Just two months later, the OpenAI system was reaching an estimated 100 million active users. According to a
In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we’re featuring two interviews with notable European VC players: Kinga Stanislawska, founder of European Women in VC and co-founder Experior VC. We talked about the state of diversity in European VC, the issues we’re fac
Virgile Raingeard is the co-founder and CEO of Europe’s leading compensation benchmarking platform Figures, founded in 2020 and based in France. 1. The end to ‘competitive salary’ on job adverts Pay transparency has been the talk of the town this year fo
2023 has been a tough funding year for European startups — even being characterised as the “most depressed” in VC exit value in a decade. Amid uncertainty and a staggering macroeconomic environment, VC activity and deal value also, unsurprisingly, dropped.