Fiverr International has released major products. This continues a more than decade-long tradition of product innovation to provide talented individuals and professional agencies access to new opportunities and for businesses of all sizes to access much-needed talent.

J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking has announced its first Ireland-based hire today as part of its continued growth to support the Innovation Economy across EMEA. Adrian Mullett joins as a Senior Banker dedicated to serving Ireland-based, venture-backed companies with high-growth potential in industries like Disruptive Commerce, Technology, Life Sciences, Healthcare IT and ClimateTech.

During the last year, small and medium businesses (SMBs) have experienced the biggest amount of ransomware attacks, according to a report by NordLocker.

The Berlin-based climate-tech startup Swobbee and the Greek fleet service provider Evedima will henceforth work together to charge and operate micromobility fleets more sustainably in various cities in Greece. The first Swobbee station has already been installed, with more to follow in the coming weeks.

From 4 to 7 September 2023, the capital will host the new edition of the largest innovation and entrepreneurship event in Europe/Hopeful Spain.

Digitalisation is impacting all aspects of our lives, including the way we work, rest, and pay. It has also become a major disruptive force especially, for the payments industry.

HeavyFinance, a climate tech investment marketplace, has financed €40 million in agricultural loans across Europe.  

QV Systems, the SaaS asset finance software provider, has extended its partnership with Time Finance to unify and modernise credit origination to support high growth businesses.

TechChill, the Baltic-born startup conference, is returning to Milan for the second time on September 25-27, 2023. This comes at a crucial time of self-discovery as the Italian startup ecosystem shifts its focus more toward international markets – welcoming international investors, media, and entrepreneurs into its community.

Singapore witnessed a successful convergence of global tech leaders, cutting-edge innovation and insightful deliberations on the latest trends that dominate the emerging technology space. Day 1 of the World AI Show, World Blockchain Summit and World CX Summit (#TresconABC) concluded with resounding success at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, whetting the appetite of attendees for an even more exciting Day 2.

bp ventures has made a £4 million investment in Dynamon, a UK-based software company that specialises in developing advanced data analytics and simulation tools for commercial transport and logistics companies. The funding forms part of Dynamon’s Series A round, being raised to fully commercialise and scale up its platform and expand its operations in Europe and into North America.

Meta’s launch of Threads(.com) has seen traffic to a Slack competitor, also named Threads(.net), explode from 88,011 monthly visits to over 10 million in two weeks, according to analysis of SimilarWeb data.

Silicon Catalyst has announced the winners of the just-concluded ‘Silicon Startups Contest’ in partnership with Arm. The top winner was Equal1 from Ireland, and the two runners-up finalists were SpiNNcloud from Germany and weeteq from Scotland.

Almost half a million new startups have already been launched and registered with Companies House, new figures show. 

Around two-thirds (67%) of tech workers in the UK believe women are the answer to bridging the tech talent gap, yet only 40% stated their company has a plan to improve the gender split in their IT teams, according to research.

Small Business Britain’s popular ‘Small and Mighty Enterprise Programme’ is being expanded to help 1,000 more small businesses across the UK as applications open for its next round.

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has invited startups from across the UK to showcase their cutting-edge technologies aimed at making rail travel even better, offering the opportunity to share their tech solutions to challenges facing the industry.

Almost half a million new startups have already been launched and registered with Companies House, new figures show.

Twilio, the customer engagement platform that drives real-time, personalised experiences for today’s leading brands, has announced it will enable companies to create personalised, customer-aware experiences powered by OpenAI.

"It is becoming more difficult to find employees, especially for physically demanding and at the same time monotonous tasks. The turnover of skilled workers is particularly high in these types of tasks," says Gerhard Müller, responsible for the regions Germany, Austria and Switzerland within KUKA's robotics division.