Startup/Scale-up

EIT Food, part of the European Institute for Innovation & Technology, announces the expansion of its flagships programmes with fifteen new agri-food startups joining in

The Swiss Lead Impact Foundation supports young entrepreneurs in building impactful ventures. CEO Katarzyna Wilk talks to Impact Investor about impact startups and funds, regulation, ESG data, and greenwashing 

The Zinc 2 fund, which will support 500 entrepreneurs to create high impact ventures, has reached a first close at £28m with UK government’s British Business Bank as anchor investor

ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund, INCO Ventures and NGO ACTED have participated in the latest fundraising round for crowdfunding platform Lendahand which backs entrepreneurs in emerging countries

The Norrsken22 invests in tech startups across the African continent, with fintech, healthcare and education as key target sectors. The fund, backed by leading tech founders, is about to make its second investment

We meet with Eva Gouwens, the Dutch entrepreneur shaking up the smartphone space, who believes a fairer electronics industry is possible, by manufacturing products which lasts longer, from ethically-sourced materials

Mike Quinn’s heart-rending story of entrepreneurial failure takes us on his personal journey of founding a purpose-driven startup, seeing it fail, and all the hard-learned lessons along the way

Dutch cooperative lender Rabobank and venture capital fund Future Food Fund have invested in Clear, a health-tech company which has developed a self-help app for type 2 diabetes patients

The Hague, best known as the city of peace and justice, wants to put itself on the map as the leading impact city in Europe. We talk to ImpactCity The Hague about their accelerator programme for startups that want to change the world

Rubio Impact Ventures closed its second fund last week at €110mn, almost 40% over target. It added a new seed facility to invest in earlier-stage companies.