Liam Boogar
European Commission accuses Debit Card suppliers of price fixing
In an announcement made today, the European Commission stated that it will pursue suspicions of Debit Card suppliers of price-fixing in order to keep prices high. Reported by Challenges, the accusations may bear a penalty of up to 10% of the revenue of the suppliers if proven true. This lays just another brick in the wall that […]
Eventbrite closes $60M round: “No IPO for you!”
In what can only be described as unnecessary financing that reminds us of Facebook’s later stage investments, Eventbrite has announced a series C, D, E, F, G H round of funding from existing investors Tiger Global Management and new investors T. Rowe Price. Eventbrite has been aggressively (read: with a high marketing budget) tackling the European market, after its […]
TNW’s Startup World global search for the next Zuckerberg comes to Paris April 30th
The Startup World global competition “to find the next Jobs or Zuckerberg” is coming to Paris April 30th at 7PM at LeCamping. Organized by TheNextWeb’s Hermione Way & Erick Davidson, regional winners from each of the 36 cities competing in the global competition will be flown to Silicon Valley and compete for a chance to be incubated […]
The Startup Career Launchpad conference brings out passionate students to meet entrepreneurs
Last week I had the pleasure to speak at the Startup Career Launchpad, a conference which invited students to come listen and learn from a pretty great selection of Europe’s Startup Ecosystem. During the conference, I moderated a panel on the impact of startup accelerators with SeedCamp, TechStars, StartupBootCamp, and the London City Incubator (LCI). […]
Social Payments startups Leetchi launches MangoPay, a full stack payment solution for Marketplaces
Just last month, when I spoke to Leetchi CEO Celine Lazorthes in their offices about their iPhone app release, I could feel the air was buzzing in the offices about something greater, and it seems that MangoPay is exactly what all the buzz was about. A full stack online payment solution, MangoPay is the result […]
It’s not just Free that’s ratcheting bandwidth from YouTube and other sites. It’s a global issue.
Earlier this year, things got a little crazy when ISP and Mobile operator Free put in place a ISP-level opt-out ad blocker which mysteriously blocked mainly Google Ad properties. In the end, this became part of a bigger story, that of the ISP war against Google, which has included many ongoing accusations that Free “ratchets,” or […]
Caphorn Invest: Adding value to investment with its 130 backing investors
As hard as it is for a startup to raise a round of funding (especially early stage), it’s even harder for startups to assess which Venture Capital firms (or Angel Investors) to approach for investors. Key strategies often include looking for firms or individuals who have invested in the same sector or business model in […]
How European Developers and Engineers can get access to the Stanford Knowledge Pool & Why you should
These days, there’s no better profession to have than that of a developer – hell, I’m still kicking myself in the butt for dropping my Minor in Computer Science in favor of a Pure Mathematics degree; however, it isn’t enough just to be a developer. There are still plenty of dead-end IT engineer jobs out there that […]
Why the Rude Baguette is rolling out Sponsored Content
I love what I have been able to do with the Rude Baguette for the past year and a half. In the first 9 months, I rejected the idea of putting ads on the site – I wanted the experience to be about reading engaging content, and I felt that ugly display ads lessened the […]
“Failure by Omission” and other topics discussed by Failcon Zurich
What a great event – if you have never been to a Failcon event before, I highly recommend it. It was a bit of a ‘full circle’ moment for me, given that one of the first events I attended, and the reason I originally met my former cofounder for Rude Baguette was at Failcon France […]