May 16, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
TechCrunch May 16, 2014 Arnaud Montebourg has a huge responsibility now. He’s France’s minister of the economy, industrial renewal, and the digital economy. He just signed a decree that allows the government to prevent acquisitions of French companies by foreign firms...
May 15, 2014 | France, Western Europe
Decanter May 1, 2014 LVMH has acquired 8.66 hectares of Clos des Lambrays, located in Morey-Saint-Denis and one of the largest grand cru vineyards in Burgundy. While the deal has not come as a surprise to many, particularly seeing as Clos des Lambrays was known to be...
May 15, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
Formerly known as Novapost, French startup PeopleDoc raised a $17.5 million round led by Accel Partners. Existing investors Alven Capital and Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet’s Kernel Investissements also participated. PeopleDoc lets you paperlessly manage all your HR...
May 13, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Western Europe
TechCrunch May 13, 2014 Earlybird, the Berlin-based VC, turned a spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe earlier this year when it announced the launch of a new $130 million fund dedicated to tech startups specifically from the region — an area full of talent but...
May 9, 2014 | News, Western Europe
As mobile payment startup Square faces reports that it’s delaying an IPO amid growth problems and other pressures, iZettle, the Swedish mobile payments company that has been referred to as the Square of Europe, has raised another €40 million ($55.5 million). In an...
May 8, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 8, 2014 Down to its last £100 in November 2012, UK startup Hassle.com (then called Teddle) was at a crossroads: Exit the consumer space altogether, where it had been offering a local services marketplace, and try to flog its scheduling and CRM...
