TNW Conference is coming back with a bang — and 6 thrilling new themes

2025 marks Amsterdam’s 750th birthday. It also marks the 19th TNW Conference, which will take place on June 19 and 20 at — and you’re all invited. The show returns…

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TNW Podcast: The tech, market, and culture of videogames with Ilkka Paananen, Supercell

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…

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Kylian Mbappe joins growing squad of footballers investing in European tech

Gone are the days of elite footballers buying pubs. Today’s star players prefer to put their money into tech. Kylian Mbappe is one of the new generation’s leaders. The French…

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Northvolt suspected of manslaughter in latest blow to flailing battery startup

Swedish prosecutors are set to serve Northvolt with a suspicion of gross manslaughter notice following the death of a worker at the EV battery-maker’s struggling gigafactory in the country’s icy…

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Spain’s tech sector offers a view into Draghi’s ‘Innovation Gap crisis’

This month, the European Commission published Mario Draghi’s long-awaited EU competitiveness report. Its key finding? The EU must overcome the innovation gap to prevent economic slowdown. According to the report,…

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London, Paris, Amsterdam are the leading VC ecosystems in Europe, report finds

London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin are the leading VC ecosystems in Europe, but the region is significantly lagging behind the US and Asia. That’s according to the latest report by…

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