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In addition he is involved in a project to bring European technology entrepreneurs and investors together in a club environment called TechHub (@TechHub), in London initially. A long time journalist, Mike has written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. He is a former editor of New Media Age magazine, the leading new media weekly in the UK, and the European edition of The Industry Standard magazine. Since 1996 he has launched or re-launched numerous media web sites and in 2000 he was nominated as NetMedia’s European Internet Journalist of the Year. In 2004 he was voted ‘One of the 100 Innovators of the UK Internet Decade’ by GfK NOP, the fourth-largest custom research business in the world. In July 2008 he was put at No. 47 out of the Top 100 people in London’s creative industry by The Independent newspaper and The Hospital Club. In August 2008 TechCrunch Europe was awarded the best “Web 2.0 and business blog” in the UK, by the readers of Computer Weekly magazine. In 2009 it was named as one of the Top 10 blogs out of the UK. Also in 2009 he was named one of the Top 10 bloggers on Twitter in the UK. In October 2009 he was named one of the Top 50 most influential Britons in technology by The Daily Telegraph. In April 2010 he was named as one of Britain’s Top 100 “digital power-brokers” by Wired UK magazine. Mike is a regular commentator on the technology business, appearing on BBC News, Sky News, Channel 4 and Bloomberg. 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In addition he is involved in a project to bring European technology entrepreneurs and investors together in a club environment called TechHub (@TechHub), in London initially. A long time journalist, Mike has written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. He is a former editor of New Media Age magazine, the leading new media weekly in the UK, and the European edition of The Industry Standard magazine.</p> <p>Since 1996 he has launched or re-launched numerous media web sites and in 2000 he was nominated as NetMedia&#8217;s European Internet Journalist of the Year. In 2004 he was voted &#8216;One of the 100 Innovators of the UK Internet Decade&#8217; by GfK NOP, the fourth-largest custom research business in the world. In July 2008 he was put at No. 47 out of the Top 100 people in London&#8217;s creative industry by The Independent newspaper and The Hospital Club.</p> <p>In August 2008 TechCrunch Europe was awarded the best &#8220;Web 2.0 and business blog&#8221; in the UK, by the readers of Computer Weekly magazine. In 2009 it was named as one of the Top 10 blogs out of the UK. Also in 2009 he was named one of the Top 10 bloggers on Twitter in the UK. In October 2009 he was named one of the Top 50 most influential Britons in technology by The Daily Telegraph. In April 2010 he was named as one of Britain&#8217;s Top 100 &#8220;digital power-brokers&#8221; by Wired UK magazine. Mike is a regular commentator on the technology business, appearing on BBC News, Sky News, Channel 4 and Bloomberg. Mike&#8217;s personal blog is mbites, while he Twitters as @mikebutcher.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://www.crunchbase.com/person/mike-butcher" target="_blank">Crunchbase profile &rarr;</a> </div> </div> <hr/> <h2 class="section-title">Featured Picks from Mike Butcher</h2> <!-- loading feature island --><!-- testing model --><!-- grabbing featured items --><!-- checking for posts: have posts = true --><!-- testing first post = 1512251 --> <!-- Begin: Featured Island --> <div class="island plain-island"> <div class="plain-feature block block-inset"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/what-its-like-to-drive-a-car-while-its-being-hacked/" data-omni-sm="hp_featureddl"> <img class="thumb" data-aspect-ratio="500x369" height="369" width="500" alt="What it's like to drive a car while it's" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://img.vidible.tv/prod/2017-07/07/595fb93592fdde6bcab05c25/595fb99ae9399f7778c57eef_o_U_v1.jpg?w=500&amp;h=369"/> <div class="block-title"> <h2 class="h-alt icon-play icon-play-box">What it's like to drive a car while it's</h2> <div class="byline">10 hours ago</div> </div> </a> </div> <ul class="plain-item-list"> <!-- outputting post 1466168 --> <li class="plain-item block block-small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/20/online-giants-must-bolster-democracy-against-its-abuse-or-watch-innovation-die/" data-omni-sm="hp_featureddl"> <img class="thumb" data-featured-thumb="1" height="90" width="145" alt="Stop abusing free speech" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/democracy1279.png?w=145&amp;h=90&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all"/> <div class="plain-title"> <h2 class="h-alt">Stop abusing free speech</h2> <p class="byline">Mar 20, 2017</p> </div> </a> </li> <!-- outputting post 1463668 --> <li class="plain-item block block-small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/11/at-the-geneva-motor-show-the-beautiful-and-the-damned/" data-omni-sm="hp_featureddl"> <img class="thumb" data-featured-thumb="1" height="90" width="145" alt="At the Geneva Motor Show, the beautiful..." src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/geneva-auto.jpg?w=145&amp;h=90&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all"/> <div class="plain-title"> <h2 class="h-alt">At the Geneva Motor Show, the beautiful...</h2> <p class="byline">Mar 11, 2017</p> </div> </a> </li> <!-- outputting post 1460554 --> <li class="plain-item block block-small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/05/lets-face-it-mobile-world-congress-isnt-about-the-mobile-any-more/" data-omni-sm="hp_featureddl"> <img class="thumb" data-featured-thumb="1" height="90" width="145" alt="MWC isn't about mobile anymore" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/shutterstock_258075431.jpg?w=145&amp;h=90&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all"/> <div class="plain-title"> <h2 class="h-alt">MWC isn't about mobile anymore</h2> <p class="byline">Mar 5, 2017</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <!-- End: Channel Archive Page - Primary Island --> <!-- resetting query --> <hr/> <div class="tab-control"> <div class="tab-panel active" id="latest"> <h2 class="section-title">Latest from Mike Butcher</h2> <div class="tab-panel active" id="latest"> <ul class="river river-big"> <li class="river-block " id="1512251" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/what-its-like-to-drive-a-car-while-its-being-hacked/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2tR7Jr0" data-sharetitle="What it’s like to drive a car while it’s being hacked"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,1"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/what-its-like-to-drive-a-car-while-its-being-hacked/" class="thumb"> <div class="feature-video"> <img data-lightbox-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/video/hacked-while-driving/595fb93592fdde6bcab05c25/lightbox" data-show-adjacent="~ .play-banner" alt="Hacked while driving" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://img.vidible.tv/prod/2017-07/07/595fb93592fdde6bcab05c25/595fb99ae9399f7778c57eef_o_U_v1.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/300x169.png" width="300" height="169"/> <div class="play-banner" style="display: none"> <span class="icon-video-play"></span> <span class="play-callout">Play Video</span> </div> </div> </a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/what-its-like-to-drive-a-car-while-its-being-hacked/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,1">What it&#8217;s like to drive a car while it&#8217;s being&nbsp;hacked</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-07-07 10:46:35" class="timestamp"> 10 hours ago </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Ever been driving a car when both the brake and the gas pedal failed, and the dashboard go nuts? I just have, and it isn&#8217;t fun. What are we going to do when our cars are targets for hackers? The problem with most modern cars is that to offer many more kinds of services (live traffic data for sat navs, etc.) they need to be connected. Once that happens then they are, by definition, hackable. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/what-its-like-to-drive-a-car-while-its-being-hacked/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,1">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1512190" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/diabetes-platform-mysugr-exits-to-roche-for-as-much-as-100m/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2tycXWn" data-sharetitle="Diabetes platform mySugr exits to Roche for as much as $100M"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,2"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/diabetes-platform-mysugr-exits-to-roche-for-as-much-as-100m/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Diabetes platform mySugr exits to Roche for as much as $100M" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-11-at-1-40-48-pm.png?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/diabetes-platform-mysugr-exits-to-roche-for-as-much-as-100m/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,2">Diabetes platform mySugr exits to Roche for as much as&nbsp;$100M</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-07-07 09:36:49" class="timestamp"> 11 hours ago </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">mySugr, a popular digital diabetes management platform which emerged from Austria a few years ago, has been acquired by health giant Roche. It now becomes the heart of Roche Diabetes Care&#8217;s new patient-centered digital health services. Roche plans to maintain its acquisition as an open and independent platform for health insurance companies, medical technology companies, and&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/diabetes-platform-mysugr-exits-to-roche-for-as-much-as-100m/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,2">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1509690" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/techcrunch-pitch-off-rocked-tel-aviv-winner-olfaguard-now-heads-to-disrupt/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2tAw4Bn" data-sharetitle="TechCrunch Pitch-Off rocked Tel Aviv, winner OlfaGuard now heads to Disrupt"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,3"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/techcrunch-pitch-off-rocked-tel-aviv-winner-olfaguard-now-heads-to-disrupt/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="TechCrunch Pitch-Off rocked Tel Aviv, winner OlfaGuard now heads to Disrupt" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/tlv_highlight.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/techcrunch-pitch-off-rocked-tel-aviv-winner-olfaguard-now-heads-to-disrupt/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,3">TechCrunch Pitch-Off rocked Tel Aviv, winner OlfaGuard now heads to&nbsp;Disrupt</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-07-02 12:10:15" class="timestamp"> Jul 2, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Last Wednesday TechCrunch hosted the TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off in Tel Aviv, and a good time was had by all! Over 700 people packed into the Trask venue to see on-stage interviews and 10 companies pitching to win tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt. The startups had only one minute to pitch their product (with no slides) to a panel of local VC judges and TechCrunch editors. The winner of the&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/techcrunch-pitch-off-rocked-tel-aviv-winner-olfaguard-now-heads-to-disrupt/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,3">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1510412" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/30/harver-raises-8-1m-to-replace-the-tedious-trawl-though-resumes-with-an-ai/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2usgAw7" data-sharetitle="Harver raises $8.1M to replace the tedious trawl through résumés with an AI"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/30/harver-raises-8-1m-to-replace-the-tedious-trawl-though-resumes-with-an-ai/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Harver raises $8.1M to replace the tedious trawl through résumés with an AI" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/harver.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/30/harver-raises-8-1m-to-replace-the-tedious-trawl-though-resumes-with-an-ai/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,4">Harver raises $8.1M to replace the tedious trawl through résumés with an&nbsp;AI</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-30 11:39:09" class="timestamp"> Jun 30, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">The problem of dealing with CVs during the hiring process is a perennial one. There are a number of approaches and there are various assessment companies and recruitment companies providing human services to do so. But it&#8217;s tough to get around the fact that having to read a lot of CVs is often just pure grunt work. Imagine instead if you could apply machine-learning and a platform&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/30/harver-raises-8-1m-to-replace-the-tedious-trawl-though-resumes-with-an-ai/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,4">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1508735" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/27/acquired-io-launches-with-2m-funding-to-take-the-grunt-work-out-of-user-acquisition/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2uefR1o" data-sharetitle="Acquired.io launches with $2M funding to take the grunt work out of user acquisition"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,5"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/27/acquired-io-launches-with-2m-funding-to-take-the-grunt-work-out-of-user-acquisition/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Acquired.io launches with $2M funding to take the grunt work out of user acquisition" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/acquired-io.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/27/acquired-io-launches-with-2m-funding-to-take-the-grunt-work-out-of-user-acquisition/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,5">Acquired.io launches with $2M funding to take the grunt work out of user&nbsp;acquisition</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-27 08:20:13" class="timestamp"> Jun 27, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Acquired.io launches today with a funding round of $2M. Founded by the team behind AppScotch (acquired by App Annie), they claim to be taking the grunt work out of user acquisition. It allows publishers to manage user acquisition channels from a single place and also help them discover new ones. The investors include Jonathan Zweig, founder of AdColony (acquired by Opera), and John&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/27/acquired-io-launches-with-2m-funding-to-take-the-grunt-work-out-of-user-acquisition/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,5">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1508488" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/promorepublic-raises-1-2m-for-ai-which-creates-social-media-for-small-businesses/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2ubP45O" data-sharetitle="PromoRepublic raises $1.2M for AI which creates social media for small businesses"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,6"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/promorepublic-raises-1-2m-for-ai-which-creates-social-media-for-small-businesses/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="PromoRepublic raises $1.2M for AI which creates social media for small businesses" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/promorepublic.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/promorepublic-raises-1-2m-for-ai-which-creates-social-media-for-small-businesses/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,6">PromoRepublic raises $1.2M for AI which creates social media for small&nbsp;businesses</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-26 11:57:44" class="timestamp"> Jun 26, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">As AI slowly seeps into various sectors, it was fairly inevitable that we would start to see the &#8220;AI for X&#8221; startups begin to appear. Thus &#8220;AI for small business social media&#8221; is now a thing, in the shape of PromoRepublic, a US/Finnish/Ukrainian startup which has now raised a $1.2M investment round. More specifically, they bill themselves as a &#8220;WIX for a small&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/promorepublic-raises-1-2m-for-ai-which-creates-social-media-for-small-businesses/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,6">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1508052" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/techcrunch-london-meetup-pitch-off-applications-close-in-one-week/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2tMAHFT" data-sharetitle="TechCrunch London Meetup + Pitch-off applications close in one week!"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,7"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/techcrunch-london-meetup-pitch-off-applications-close-in-one-week/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="TechCrunch London Meetup + Pitch-off applications close in one week!" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/london_469x266.png?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/techcrunch-london-meetup-pitch-off-applications-close-in-one-week/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,7">TechCrunch London Meetup + Pitch-off applications close in one&nbsp;week!</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-26 06:54:15" class="timestamp"> Jun 26, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">London! If you missed the news, here&#8217;s your reminder that we&#8217;re returning for a TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-off on 19 July, in conjunction with the incredibly fun conference, Unbound. Looking to pitch your startup to the TechCrunch team, local VCs and the local tech community? This is the moment you&#8217;ve been waiting for, but hurry because applications close in one week. Ten&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/techcrunch-london-meetup-pitch-off-applications-close-in-one-week/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,7">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1507858" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/asdasd/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2rTaV1a" data-sharetitle="Startup veteran founder/investor Wendy Tan White joins BGF Ventures"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,8"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/asdasd/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Startup veteran founder/investor Wendy Tan White joins BGF Ventures" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bgfv-partners-medium-res.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/asdasd/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,8">Startup veteran founder/investor Wendy Tan White joins BGF&nbsp;Ventures</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-26 03:30:04" class="timestamp"> Jun 26, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">If there are some noticeable gaps in the European venture scene, the first is there is still a small number of European entrepreneurs who have built products and scaled and exited and then went on to become investors, relative to the size of the market. The second is the dearth of VCs genuinely obsessed with product over &#8220;the growth numbers&#8221; as they are in Silicon Valley. The third&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/asdasd/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,8">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1507927" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/25/yoyo-wallet-raises-12m-series-b-led-by-metro-group-to-expand-in-europe/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2tc2XET" data-sharetitle="Yoyo Wallet raises £12M Series B led by Metro Group to expand in Europe"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,9"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/25/yoyo-wallet-raises-12m-series-b-led-by-metro-group-to-expand-in-europe/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Yoyo Wallet raises £12M Series B led by Metro Group to expand in Europe" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/yoyo.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/25/yoyo-wallet-raises-12m-series-b-led-by-metro-group-to-expand-in-europe/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,9">Yoyo Wallet raises £12M Series B led by Metro Group to expand in&nbsp;Europe</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-25 11:00:59" class="timestamp"> Jun 25, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">The race to digitise the loyalty card just got a shot in the arm with the news that Yoyo Wallet, the European-based mobile payment and customer loyalty platform, has raised a £12 million Series B round, led by the US wholesale and food retail giant Metro Group. The round is joined by the UK-based Woodford Investment Management and Touchstone Innovations. The deal is subject to FCA&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/25/yoyo-wallet-raises-12m-series-b-led-by-metro-group-to-expand-in-europe/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,9">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1506900" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/22/abbyys-new-version-of-textgrabber-is-a-super-useful-ocr-and-translation-app/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2sFQ82r" data-sharetitle="ABBYY’s new version of TextGrabber is a super useful OCR and translation app"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,10"> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/22/abbyys-new-version-of-textgrabber-is-a-super-useful-ocr-and-translation-app/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,10">ABBYY&#8217;s new version of TextGrabber is a super useful OCR and translation&nbsp;app</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-22 11:45:13" class="timestamp"> Jun 22, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">ABBYY has been being doing optical character recognition software since forever, but it&#8217;s now brought its software to mobile. If you want to capture text and make it actionable (click on links or ping out to map directions) this is an extremely useful app. Its new ABBYYs TextGrabber 6.0 for iOS has just gone live on the Apple App store and it has real-time recognition capabilities and&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/22/abbyys-new-version-of-textgrabber-is-a-super-useful-ocr-and-translation-app/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,10">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1506532" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/russian-freight-service-deliver-closes-seed-round-of-8m-with-european-plans/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2rT34Vu" data-sharetitle="Russian freight service Deliver closes seed round of $8M, with European plans"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,11"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/russian-freight-service-deliver-closes-seed-round-of-8m-with-european-plans/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Russian freight service Deliver closes seed round of $8M, with European plans" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/deliver-trucklogo.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/russian-freight-service-deliver-closes-seed-round-of-8m-with-european-plans/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,11">Russian freight service Deliver closes seed round of $8M, with European&nbsp;plans</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-21 05:10:00" class="timestamp"> Jun 21, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Russia-based online freight service Deliver (formerly iCanDeliver) has closed a seed round of $8 million. The startup automates the process of ordering freight transport and makes things more efficient by finding the closest sender. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/russian-freight-service-deliver-closes-seed-round-of-8m-with-european-plans/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,11">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1506076" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/mytutor-raises-3m-series-a-led-by-mobeus-to-attack-uk-tutor-market/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2sQ8AaA" data-sharetitle="MyTutor raises £3M Series A led by Mobeus to attack UK tutor market"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,12"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/mytutor-raises-3m-series-a-led-by-mobeus-to-attack-uk-tutor-market/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="MyTutor raises £3M Series A led by Mobeus to attack UK tutor market" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/online-classroom.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/mytutor-raises-3m-series-a-led-by-mobeus-to-attack-uk-tutor-market/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,12">MyTutor raises £3M Series A led by Mobeus to attack UK tutor&nbsp;market</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-21 06:21:42" class="timestamp"> Jun 21, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">The online tutoring market in the US is well-developed. Varsity Tutors raised $50m; Wiseant $20m; Tutor.com sold to IAC and InstaEdu was recently bought out. So it makes sense that this model would be big in other markets. This is the thinking behind MyTutor, a London-based edtech company that connects school pupils to high-performing university students for one-to-one, online&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/mytutor-raises-3m-series-a-led-by-mobeus-to-attack-uk-tutor-market/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,12">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1505404" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/arduino-developers-get-extra-support-as-codeanywhere-acquires-codebender/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2rze462" data-sharetitle="Arduino developers get extra support as Codeanywhere acquires Codebender"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,13"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/arduino-developers-get-extra-support-as-codeanywhere-acquires-codebender/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Arduino developers get extra support as Codeanywhere acquires Codebender" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/press55.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/arduino-developers-get-extra-support-as-codeanywhere-acquires-codebender/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,13">Arduino developers get extra support as Codeanywhere acquires&nbsp;Codebender</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-20 06:42:26" class="timestamp"> Jun 20, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Codeanywhere, a cross platform cloud IDE for creating web apps and sites has acquired Codebender, another cloud IDE that enables users to develop for Arduino devices. This is Codeanywhere&#8217;s first acquisition and financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Codebender and its additional services edu.cobebender.cc and blocks.cobebender.cc will continue to operate and be supported&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/arduino-developers-get-extra-support-as-codeanywhere-acquires-codebender/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,13">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1505368" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/finalprice-raises-4m-for-subscription-based-travel-booking-platform/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2sLcO3l" data-sharetitle="FinalPrice raises $4M for subscription-based travel booking platform"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,14"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/finalprice-raises-4m-for-subscription-based-travel-booking-platform/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="FinalPrice raises $4M for subscription-based travel booking platform" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/526568728.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/finalprice-raises-4m-for-subscription-based-travel-booking-platform/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,14">FinalPrice raises $4M for subscription-based travel booking&nbsp;platform</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-20 05:35:37" class="timestamp"> Jun 20, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Look out HotelTonight. Oh, and Booking.com, Expedia, Skyscanner, Hopper and a few others. Coming out of LA there is a new kid on the block. FinalPrice, a new subscription-based travel app, has today both launched and announced its $4 million fund-raising from Almaz Capital, Sistema VC and private investors. For an annual $99 charge, the offer here is that users get access to &#8220;the best&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/finalprice-raises-4m-for-subscription-based-travel-booking-platform/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,14">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1503765" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/19/creator-of-elvie-to-discuss-hardwares-new-wave-at-disrupt-berlin-2017/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2tDU2bx" data-sharetitle="Creator of Elvie to discuss hardware’s new wave at Disrupt Berlin 2017"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-berlin-2017/" title="Disrupt Berlin 2017" class="tag"><span>Disrupt Berlin 2017</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,15"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/19/creator-of-elvie-to-discuss-hardwares-new-wave-at-disrupt-berlin-2017/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Creator of Elvie to discuss hardware’s new wave at Disrupt Berlin 2017" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/tania-boler.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/19/creator-of-elvie-to-discuss-hardwares-new-wave-at-disrupt-berlin-2017/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,15">Creator of Elvie to discuss hardware&#8217;s new wave at Disrupt Berlin&nbsp;2017</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-19 02:00:28" class="timestamp"> Jun 19, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Disrupt Berlin 2017 is a few short months away, and we&#8217;re thrilled to begin announcing this year&#8217;s crop of extraordinary speakers. Chiaro CEO Tania Boler started the company out of a belief that advances in sensor technology and connected devices can help break down stigma and change the lives of women everywhere. Chiaro&#8217;s first product, the Elvie Kegel exercise tracker&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/19/creator-of-elvie-to-discuss-hardwares-new-wave-at-disrupt-berlin-2017/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,15">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1504279" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/16/the-hottest-tech-startups-of-2017-rocked-london-at-the-europas-awards/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2sx6dJz" data-sharetitle="The hottest tech startups of 2017 rocked London at The Europas Awards"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,16"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/16/the-hottest-tech-startups-of-2017-rocked-london-at-the-europas-awards/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="The hottest tech startups of 2017 rocked London at The Europas Awards" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/europas_winners2017.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/16/the-hottest-tech-startups-of-2017-rocked-london-at-the-europas-awards/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,16">The hottest tech startups of 2017 rocked London at The Europas&nbsp;Awards</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-16 05:43:04" class="timestamp"> Jun 16, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">This week The Europas Startup Conference and Awards once again pulled together the best startups in Europe for a day of conversation, networking and partying. The conference day is rounded out by the evening awards where the hottest startups in Europe are honoured, based on the merged votes of 10,000 people in the industry and 30+ judges. You can check out all the pictures on Flickr here&hellip; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/16/the-hottest-tech-startups-of-2017-rocked-london-at-the-europas-awards/" class="read-more" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_readmore,16">Read&nbsp;More</a></p> <div class="social-cluster"> <ul class="social-share social-cluster-list"> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="facebook icon-facebook"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="twitter icon-twitter"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="linkedin icon-linkedin"></a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="external" class="reddit icon-reddit"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clear" style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="river-block " id="1502866" data-permalink="https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/13/mrs-wordsmith-raises-2m-to-scale-its-innovative-edtech-platform/" data-shortlink="http://tcrn.ch/2snB4ch" data-sharetitle="Mrs. Wordsmith raises £2M to scale its innovative edtech platform"> <div class="block block-thumb "> <div class="tags" data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_category"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/europe/" title="Europe" class="tag"><span>Europe</span></a> </div> <div class="block-content"> <span data-omni-sm-delegate="gbl_river_image,17"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/13/mrs-wordsmith-raises-2m-to-scale-its-innovative-edtech-platform/" class="thumb"><img data-omni-sm="gbl_river_image" alt="Mrs. Wordsmith raises £2M to scale its innovative edtech platform" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/ambitious.jpg?w=210&amp;h=158&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all" data-tc-lazyload="deferred" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330im_/https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/210x210.png" width="210" height="210"/></a> </span> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/13/mrs-wordsmith-raises-2m-to-scale-its-innovative-edtech-platform/" data-omni-sm="gbl_river_headline,17">Mrs. Wordsmith raises £2M to scale its innovative edtech&nbsp;platform</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2017-06-13 03:13:26" class="timestamp"> Jun 13, 2017 </time> by <a href="/web/20170708035330/https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/" title="Posts by Mike Butcher" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Mike Butcher</a> </div> <p class="excerpt">Something appears to have gone wrong. In our race to create newsfeeds full of angst and bile about Brexit and Trump, or photos full of pouting-teens against which ads can be sold, we&#8217;ve forgotten something. Namely, the power of the written world. 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