Infobip Shift, the largest developer conference in Southeast Europe, gathered more than 4,000 attendees in its 11th edition held last week. Developers, software engineers, and IT experts from more than 30 countries worldwide came to Zadar, Croatia for a two-day event featuring more than 75 talks, and almost a hundred speakers.

Vendease, a Y Combinator-backed digital platform that allows restaurants in Africa to buy supplies, access financial services and power their business operations, has raised $30 million in an equity and debt funding round to consolidate its growth and operations in Nigeria and Ghana, and to support its expansion across the continent.

Trescon’s World Cloud Show, a global series of events lands in Dubai this 27 – 28 September 2022 as it aims at bringing together experts and thought leaders to discuss how the innovations have come about in the industry, and how this ecosystem is gearing up for a streamlined growth.

The last decade has seen a huge boom in the global startup ecosystem, with digital and tech startups driving innovation across every industry imaginable. Last year, VC investment in startups hit an all-time high, almost doubling to reach $621 billion globally and shatter historic funding records. In recent years, the UK has created more tech unicorns than any other country except the US and China. Following a turbulent couple of years, post-pandemic investor confidence in startups seemed to have skyrocketed, and it seemed the startup sector was on the path to an unprecedented recovery.

On Wednesday 28th September, at 1.00pm, Phil Fraser, the Business Sounding Board, is delivering a free webinar titled ‘How to prepare to sell your Business...before it is even for sale'.

ElligencIA, the artificial intelligence fintech company and sentiment analysis expert, announces its first partnership with DevanceApp, a B2B financial messaging specialist that facilitates decision-making and the execution of corporate financial risk coverage.

Here we are. It’s 2022 and we’re watching the pandemic slowly disappearing in the rear-view mirror. During the pandemic, being locked down in our homes gave us the opportunity to be more creative, have more quality time and do activities with loved ones.

Following this morning’s fiscal statement by the Chancellor, Startups Magazine collates statements from industry experts reacting to the news and providing insight into what this means to the UK digital economy and wider investment landscape.

Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has revealed 14 start-ups and SME winners to join its Launchpad accelerator programme across three categories, Homegrown, Health and Beauty, and Proptech. The successful companies will now receive unrivalled access to business growth incentives, mentorship programmes and the vast Majid Al Futtaim innovation ecosystem to strengthen their commercial viability across the region.

Members of London’s leading business club Home Grown receive exclusive business support and mentorship packages worth over £5,000.

Lavanda, the global leader in flexible living solutions for institutional real estate, and Spruce, the leading on-demand service provider for multifamily communities, today announce a strategic partnership designed to provide US multifamily portfolios with a comprehensive and industry-defining short-term rental solution.

Bitgreen, the company building blockchain’s epicentre for sustainability, prepares to launch the first phase of its layer-1 network, built to empower climate-action initiatives.

Fifteen women from different countries of the European Union will improve their digital skills to boost the digital age in rural areas themselves.

New global research reveals that over 1000 start-ups have raised media for growth funding in the last two decades to scale up brand awareness, data on audiences, and professional experience from media companies without having to spend cash.

MVP Match, a marketplace and community for matchmaking fast-growing companies with global vetted tech talent, raises €5m in seed funding and expands to Portugal, Georgia and Egypt with new talent hubs.

The new novel by Aaron William Perry is now available everywhere.

Acclaimed technology incubator SETsquared Bristol, led by the University of Bristol, is relaunching its Breakthrough Bursary for the fourth year, continuing its commitment to tech inclusivity. 

The 19th global edition of World Cloud Show, supported by Jakarta Smart City, and Association Partner Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia, is getting ready to scrutinize the transformational technologies that are re-shaping the data center and cloud ecosystems. Setiaji, Juan Kanggrawan, Wahyu Andrianto, Kaspar Situmorang, Kevin Kane, and many other thought leaders and early adopters of emerging tech will be among the important speakers at the event taking place on October 04–05, 2022, in JW Marriott Jakarta.

Hosted by Dan Murray-Serter, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of braincare company Heights, the Secret Leaders podcast focuses on what it’s like to be a top entrepreneur and how to get there.

Prominent startups, VC funds, IT service companies, government institutions, and ecosystem organisations from Ukraine will gather together to show off one of the biggest tech powerhouses in Europe