Mike Butcher

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From tech pioneers to ‘extremists’: Belarusian founders face exile and statelessness

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Mike Butcher

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From tech pioneers to 'extremists': Belarusian founders face exile and statelessness

2 weeks ago | techcrunch.com | Mike Butcher

In 2013, Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova opened the doors to Imaguru, a startup hub in Minsk, Belarus that would go on to launch some of Eastern Europe’s most prominent tech success stories. A decade later, they’ve been sentenced ‘in absentia’ to a combined 23 years in prison by Belarusian authorities. Their property has been seized. Their work was declared “extremist.” Marynich’s passport has expired and revoked, leaving her stranded and stateless in Spain. Their crime?
Grouphug is a stealth-mode startup that plans use AI inside WhatsApp groups

2 weeks ago | gadgetsnews.link | Mike Butcher

Grouphug is a stealth-mode startup that plans use AI inside WhatsApp groups IT総合 2025.04.29Veterans of the European startup scene, who’ve launched multiple consumer apps in the past, are partリンク元
Grouphug is a stealth-mode startup that plans use AI inside WhatsApp groups

2 weeks ago | techcrunch.com | Mike Butcher

Veterans of the European startup scene, who’ve launched multiple consumer apps in the past, are partly coming out of stealth Tuesday with a new app. On the face of it, Grouphug will simply generate memes from the archive of a group WhatsApp chat. However, that masks a wider play. Grouphug is led by Felix Petersen, one of the most experienced and seasoned B2C founders in Europe, who built the Amen and Plazes apps.
Are EWOR fellowships the real project Europe is looking for?

2 weeks ago | gadgetsnews.link | Mike Butcher

Are EWOR fellowships the real project Europe is looking for? IT総合 2025.04.29Supporting super-early stage entrepreneurs in Europe seems to be suddenly in vogue. Back in March, “リンク元
Are EWOR fellowships the real project Europe is looking for?

2 weeks ago | techcrunch.com | Mike Butcher

Supporting super-early stage entrepreneurs in Europe seems to be suddenly in vogue. Back in March, “Project Europe” was launched to great fanfare by podcaster and VC Harry Stebbings with a small $10 million fund to back founders aged only 25 and under, riffing on the ‘Peter Thiel Fellowship’ model of old. Now a new fund hopes to go one better — but this time with $68 million.
A bigger project europe? EWOR launches 'founder fellowship' program with $68M

2 weeks ago | au.finance.yahoo.com | Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher Mon 28 April 2025 at 11:00 pm GMT-5 2 min read Supporting early-stage entrepreneurs seems to be suddenly in vogue in Europe. Back in March, podcaster and venture investor Harry Stebbings launched “Project Europe” to great fanfare, aiming to back founders aged 25 and under with a small $10 million fund — riffing on the ‘Peter Thiel Fellowship’ model of yore. Now, a new fund hopes to go one better, this time with $68 million.
UK fintech Sprive closes $7.3M round to facilitate mortgage overpayments

2 weeks ago | gadgetsnews.link | Mike Butcher

UK fintech Sprive closes $7.3M round to facilitate mortgage overpayments IT総合 2025.04.28Most mortgage lenders would rather people didn’t pay off their mortgages early. After all, that’s thリンク元
UK fintech Sprive closes $7.3M round to facilitate mortgage overpayments

2 weeks ago | techcrunch.com | Mike Butcher

Most mortgage lenders would rather people didn’t pay off their mortgages early. After all, that’s that’s how they make their money. Indeed, overpayment is positively discouraged and sometimes even penalized. What if there were a solution that solved the technology behind it, alongside the financing arrangements? That’s the idea behind the Sprive fintech app.
Volution doubles-down on booming UK fintech with new $100M fund

2 weeks ago | gadgetsnews.link | Mike Butcher

Volution doubles-down on booming UK fintech with new $100M fund IT総合 2025.04.28The UK fintech sector is on a bit of roll. Allica Bank – a London-based fintech – recently announcedリンク元