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Every story from the Sesamers desk — funding rounds, data, interviews and opinion across European tech.
Startup Funding Guide: From Pre-Seed to IPO
Utrecht’s Guideways raises €1.2M for medtech compliance
Regulatory compliance is devouring three-quarters of medtech companies’ budgets, creating a bottleneck that’s particularly acute for European startups navigating both EU MDR requirements and FDA approvals for global market access.…
How to Find Startup Events That Don’t Waste Your Time
Last year I spent 11 hours scrolling through Eventbrite, LinkedIn Events, and random newsletters trying to find startup events worth attending. Found 47 “amazing opportunities.” Went to 8. Got ROI…
Startup Event: The Founder’s No-BS Guide to Events That Actually Matter
I dropped $4,700 on my first startup event trip to London. Flight, hotel, conference pass. Know what I got? Three business cards from people who never replied to my emails…
How to sign distributors at B2B events for startups
Signing distributors and international partners through specialized B2B events is the fastest, most cost-effective path for startup founders to crack international markets without draining resources. With 81% of trade show…