Karthekayan Iyer

Mumbai

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Articles

How the Dutch Startup Visa launched Estefania Hernandez's HR tech revolution

5 days ago | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

In January 2024, Estefania Hernandez packed her bags and left Mexico City behind, embarking on a journey that would see her launch her third startup in an entirely new ecosystem. With approval for the Dutch Startup Visa in hand, she arrived in Rotterdam ready to build a company with global ambitions. Today, just over a year later, her HR tech platform Everday is working with paying customers across two continents and has secured significant funding to fuel its growth.
East Germany's startup capital! Meet Leipzig's 12 fastest-growing innovators

2 months ago | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

Just 150 km from Berlin, Leipzig is not only the fastest-growing city in Germany but also an emerging hub for startups. Part of Central Germany, the region is set to become Germany’s 6th largest city by 2040 with nearly 700,000 inhabitants and is pushing the envelope in the field of science and technology.
How SolarDuck is powering the next wave of renewable energy

2 months ago | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

Transitioning to renewable energy sources while coping with an increasing energy demand has emerged as one of the immediate challenges of the 21st century. Driven by global population growth, urbanisation, extreme weather events, digitalisation (data centres, AI, blockchain), and electrification (EVs, smart grids), the challenge of energy demand is immense and multifaceted.
10 years of Dutch Startup Visa dreams: A look back with Denis Chernobaev

Mar 20, 2025 | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

On March 4, 2015, Finn Hansen became the first recipient of the Dutch Startup Visa. Introduced on January 1, 2015, the Dutch Startup Visa is a ticket for non-European startup founders to set up their businesses in the Netherlands and put an end to the arduous process that startup founders had to go through to procure the Self-Employed Visa to start on their own in the Netherlands.
How Gen Z affects B2B social media

Mar 17, 2025 | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, are redefining the B2B social media landscape. It would be an understatement to say they are everywhere, and in many ways, it is their world, and we all live in it. There are many stats to back that, with Gen Z representing 32 per cent of the global population and accounting for 27 per cent of the workforce in 2025.
Cottonwood’s plan to fuel innovation

Mar 12, 2025 | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

On March 5, 2025, Cottonwood Technology Fund announced the first close of its fourth fund. With the new €80M fund, the deep tech VC focusing on the Southwest United States and Northwest Europe is further strengthening its support for early-stage IP-driven deep tech startups. The first close is at €25M and the VC already has soft commitments for another €25M from LPs and plans to reach the goal before the final close in March 2026.
Sigli's AI-driven approach to digital transformation

Feb 24, 2025 | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

Is your company embracing AI or falling behind? This question is dominating every organisation and is the key question in every boardroom and conference room. While AI was always on the cusp of upending everything, not many saw it dramatically change our lives in such a short period. For businesses, the arrival of AI has been a wake-up call to not only adopt AI but rethink their digital transformation goals.
How Leipzig became a hub for energy and medical tech startups with IRL and SpinLab support

Jan 28, 2025 | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

When three students from a Swiss university joined SpinLab, a startup accelerator based in Leipzig, Germany, they hoped to grow their startup and as entrepreneurs. However, they were in for a pleasant surprise when their startup – Mementor – went from being dubbed the future of sleep medicine to being acquired by ResMed, a $36B global leader in sleep technology, digital health and connected medical devices. “This is how an ecosystem starts to grow,” says Eric Weber, CEO and founder of SpinLab.
How GROW with SAP is helping European businesses scale the startup mountain

Jan 28, 2025 | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

In 1972, five entrepreneurs embarked on a mission to create enterprise software that integrated all business processes and enabled data processing in real-time. They called their company SAP, and little did they know that they were creating a German software giant that is now the largest tech corporation in Europe. Five decades later, SAP now serves more than 400,000 customers globally and is a de facto leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
Donald Trump’s inauguration: The 47th POTUS’s global tech and startup ripple effect

Jan 20, 2025 | siliconcanals.com | Karthek Iyer |Karthekayan Iyer

On Monday, January 20, Donald Trump will take oath as the 47th President of the United States. The inauguration, set to start at 6PM CET/12PM ET/9AM PT will see Trump return to the White House after losing to Joe Biden in 2020. Unlike his previous victory, Trump is returning with a resounding victory, where he not only swept the electoral college but also won the popular vote, a sore point from his 2016 win.