Some said it would never last.

From Switzerland’s Founderful to Italians Founders Fund and the Dutch Operator Fund, a new crop of European VC firms claim to operate as “entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs.” Although it might still be early to call it a trend, Swedish fund Node.vc has now joined this group, with €71 million in funding to deploy into startups across […]

The story of life.

The story of life.

Graffiti that changed the world.

Graffiti that changed the world.

The Oost Brabant court in Den Bosch

Sophia Tung set up a livestream this past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking lot near her apartment at all hours of the night. As a kind of apology for the nuisance, Waymo threw an ice cream party in Tung’s building and gave Tung, a software engineer, some promo codes […]

A garbage truck ran over a tourist on Passeerdersgracht in Amsterdam on Monday afternoon. The victim, a 69-year-old woman from the United States, died at the scene.

Meet Storio, a French startup that’s focused on providing smart energy storage for commercial and industrial customers. Founded in 2023, the startup raised a €5 million seed round earlier this year (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) and has signed its first client. Storio believes solar panels have a bright future. But the company […]

More and more Netherlands residents are struggling to combine their work and private life.

"I know this is difficult to hear."