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As COP26 is kicks off, we take a look at the fashion industry — one of the world’s biggest polluters. Clothing and footwear production produces more emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined — but there are startups that could help... That's on the agenda today, plus:
  • How France churns out so many social networking startups
  • The European fintechs heading to India
  • Why Europe doesn't need any more VC scout programmes

\Social Media 

Move over, Facebook: How France became a hotbed for social networks


The conventional wisdom says Europe long ago lost the social networking battle to US tech giants. But it seems a fistful of French entrepreneurs didn’t get the message.

France has become a hotbed of social networking apps, like Zenly, Yubo, Powder, Mindie and Yolo.

Chris O'Brien asks: why is France so good at it?

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Meet the European startups making fashion sustainable


The fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters — and it's under pressure to change. A small but growing number of startups are offering fashion companies a way to decrease their landfill waste by recycling the fibres from discarded clothing.

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\Fintech 

Stripe acquisition leads European fintech's gold rush into India

Stripe announced its first acquisition of an Indian fintech last week, buying payments tracking and automation startup Recko.

Revolut and Tide have also recruited Indian chief executives in preparation for 2022 launches in the country.

So why is it happening now?

\Venture Capital

VCs relying on scouts means founders get the short end of the stick


Europe’s tech ecosystem needs more investors and more diverse sources of capital at the earliest stages. What it doesn’t need more of? VC scout programmes.  

They're being relied on more and more in Europe. Scout programmes are great for VCs, says Anh-Tho Chuong Degroote, but they're not great for founders.

Here's why. 

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So you want CVC investment — now what?


European CVC funding hit $10bn this year and shows no signs of slowing down. There was Visa's backing of Klarna and Salesforce's backing of Hopin.

But as CVC investment gets bigger, so do the options. Startups need to decide which type of CVC fits them best, and how to use it most effectively.

Here's how to do it.

News that Matters

🖥️ Yokoy, an AI-powered spend management platform, has raised $26m in a Series A round led by Left Lane. Spend management software is a growing industry, projected to be worth $4bn by 2027.

🏦 Multiple Capital, the Frankfurt-based fund of funds that invests in seed and micro VC funds, has closed its second fund at €20m. 

💡 The UK energy crisis. Fears are growing that energy startup Bulb could collapse this week, Sky News reports.

💸 Stockholm-based Moralis, a blockchain development platform, has raised €11.5m in seed funding led by EQT Ventures. It can help build things like cryptocurrencies, NFT marketplaces and crypto games.

💰 Attest, a London-based market research platform, has raised $60m in new funding. It uses a no-code approach to research surveys.

💬 Estonian edtech Lingvist has raised 5.1m to scale its language leaning application. It comes as European edtech is speeding up — a French edtech raised one of the industry's biggest rounds last week at $200m. 

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