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Bouwend Nederland wants a firm agreement for 100,000 building permits

The government must make "enforceable agreements" with the national government, municipalities, and provinces that ensure that 100,000 building permits are issued annually, argues chairman Arno Vis

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Table Space eyes $2.5B valuation in India IPO

Table Space is targeting a valuation of $2.5 billion or higher for an India IPO planned planned for 2025.

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Violent home invasion in Hoofddorp, two perpetrators on the run

A violent break-in took place at a house on Hammarskjöldstraat in Hoofddorp on Saturday night, during which two residents were pushed, beaten, and held down.

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PwC Netherlands uncovers exam fraud

Exam fraud has been committed at PwC in the Netherlands, the accounting and consultancy firm reported this in its annual report for 2023 and 2024.

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News Image Europe’s Innovation Ecosystem Can Make It the New Palo Alto

A cluster of European cities within a five-hour train ride of London could become a unicorn factory to rival Silicon Valley, argues tech investor Saul Klein.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Berlin in 2024

The German capital attracts talent from all over the world, and its startups are building endless AI-generated audio apps, virtual pet apps, and sensors for early wildfire detection.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Paris in 2024

The French capital has become the home of Europe's growing AI industry—but alongside giants like Mistral are startups building EV charging infrastructure and trying to revolutionize social media.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Zurich in 2024

The Swiss financial capital might be most associated with fintech, but its startups are also focusing on medical robotics, AI-powered language learning, and the batteries of the future.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Amsterdam in 2024

There are around 4,000 startups in Amsterdam—the best 10 are tackling forest fires, decarbonizing plastics, and building robot bricklayers.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Lisbon in 2024

The Portuguese capital's most exciting startups include a platform to help entrepreneurs get going, a smart punchbag, and the Uber of hair salons.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Helsinki in 2024

The Finnish capital's most exciting startups are building nuclear-powered heating networks, better weather forecasting tools, and an esports streaming platform that lets viewers bet on the outcome.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Madrid in 2024

The Spanish capital is drawing talent from Latin America, and its eye-catching startups are working on smarter payments, eldercare, and an AI-powered virtual nurse.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Dublin in 2024

The Irish capital's embrace of Big Tech is filtering through to its startups, who are building better tools for IT teams, AI content moderation tools, and RNA screening for herds of cattle.

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News Image The Hottest Startups in Stockholm in 2024

The Swedish capital produced Skype, Spotify, Klarna, and Minecraft—its stars of the future are building fintech for businesses, gen AI for lawyers, and full-body health care scans.

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Rerail is a new fintech-focused angel fund from Cocoa’s Anthony Danon

If you’re starting a fintech company, there’s a new, small, early-stage fund looking for investment opportunities. Founded by Anthony Danon (pictured above), Rerail could be called a micro-fund, a solo GP fund, or an angel fund. Danon has been an investor for the past 10 years. He started his career with Anthemis Group in London […]

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Constellation Technologies & Operations wants to work with telecom operators to deliver 5G internet from space

The telecom industry is undergoing its greatest period of disruption since the telegraph, as companies work to open up space as the next frontier for communications. French startup Constellation hopes to take part by repurposing 5G tech to provide a Starlink-like satellite broadband that uses telecoms’ existing assets. Constellation Technologies & Operations, to call it […]

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News Image The Hottest Startups in London in 2024

The UK capital's most exciting startups showcase its strengths in biotechnology and artificial intelligence.

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Dutch worked more last year; 17,000 more jobs

Last year, people in the Netherlands started working more hours on balance. The group of people who started working more hours was slightly larger than the group who started working less.

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Scientists concerned about biodiversity as Cabinet refuses to present nature plan

Scientists from Wageningen University & Research are concerned that the government is not presenting a draft nature plan ahead of a summit on biodiversity, they wrote on Sunday on the nature pl

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