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Start-up Essentials

Start-up: Glue, Finland, 2014

April 10th, 2019

Glue aims to improve conference calls by using VR avatars to represent body language and non-verbal communication

Start-up: On Rewind, France, 2015

April 10th, 2019

Back in 2013, Biarritz-based skate fans Romain Violleau and Rémi Chasles found themselves frustrated by what a fiddly task it was to isolate and...

Start-up: iKast, France, 2018

April 10th, 2019

iKast uses blockchain to offer an independent rights management marketplace, complete with verification.

Start-up: Showtag, Norway, 2016

April 9th, 2019

The idea for Showtag came to founder Ewald Bos almost eight years ago as he attempted to track down a pair of sunglasses that...

Start-up: StringersHub, Belarus, 2015

April 8th, 2019

Belarus is now home to more than a hundred tech start-ups, which were galvanised recently by a decree from the country’s five-term President, Alexander...

Start-up: Choicely, Finland, 2015

April 8th, 2019

Frustrated with the number of steps he needed to take to use an online TV voting app, Kaius Meskanen started to sketch more user-friendly...

Start-up: Metaliquid, Italy, 2016

April 8th, 2019

Milan-based Metaliquid was spun out of Italian consultancy Metreta, which collects data by combining IT deep learning with artificial intelligence across a number of...

Start-up: Culture Genesis, USA, 2018

April 4th, 2019

From the SoCal coast, a new kind of company has emerged that fuses content creation with app development and live video streaming.

Start-up: Sceenic, Israel, 2016

April 4th, 2019

Paul Bojarski came up with the basic principles for co-viewing technology, Watch Together, while heading up MTV’s ad operations in Buenos Aires. 

Start-up: BIGUMAKU, United Kingdom, 2018

April 1st, 2019

Mobile gaming is having its moment, thanks in part to the launch of triple-A gaming sensation Fortnite, which its publisher Epic Games released on...