Mirko Heide’s Post

Introducing ... The first Ecosystem Partner of the Belgium Startup Awards! 👇 Syndicate One They're championing ambitious Belgian founders with early-stage investments, invaluable mentorship, and a vibrant community. Together, we share the same: 🟢 Vision of think big, act small 🟢 Willingness to empower the next generation of tech companies to thrive 🟢 Commitment to make our 🇧🇪 startup ecosystem shines like never before Super proud to have them onboard. Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

Let's make an open-innovation experiment: 1) tag a startup disruptive in their industry 2) I'll tag the startups with whom I think a collaboration will be awesome. Rule of the game: at least one has to be Italian. Why? We need to implement more, in Italy, the open innovation concept in new development. Ready? I'll go first in the comments! #startups

🎉📃 Last week, we proudly unveiled our landmark research, The Australian Startups Financial Confidence Report. 🇦🇺 Earlier this year, our Airwallex for Startups team identified a gap in understanding the financial health and knowledge of founders across Australia. 🚀 To bridge this, we surveyed 500 founders nationwide on their financial confidence—an industry-first! Curious to learn more? Download the full report here 📊👇 https://bit.ly/3XBFE4m #AirwallexANZ #AirwallexforStartups #AussieStartups #Startups

They are leading by example. They know startups. So they can help scale yours. They are a Belgian 🇧🇪 collective across all borders. We are thrilled to announce our first Ecosystem Partner for the Belgium Startup Awards: Syndicate One! They think big. They act strong. They are openly ambitious and super talented. They are fostering our 🇧🇪 startup ecosystem by making early-stage investments in the most ambitious Belgian entrepreneurs, wherever they are building the next generation of technology businesses. As an engaged community collective, they empower 🇧🇪 Belgian innovators with seed capital to start, hands-on operational advice, tools, mentorship and events to grow, and access to a broad network of founders, operators, investors and industry experts to scale. We couldn't be more aligned ❤️ Let's scale it up! 👏 #startups #scaleups #buildingbridges

The role of #mobility #startups. To investigate this, World Economic Forum mapped the mobility startups founded in Nordic countries over the past decade. The current landscape consists of over 600 startups, all within the mobility sector. We found several common factors among the companies we mapped: https://lnkd.in/efXrmfUg visual: Beta Mobility

📊 Ranked: The Top 20 Startup Cities Around the World (over a 6 year time period from 2018 to 2023, including funding and exit values) It's frustrating to see that only #Berlin as the only EU city that made it onto the list (20th). London is 7th. The world’s leading startup ecosystems, based on analysis from PitchBook. Cities were analyzed over a six-year period ending in the second quarter of 2023, taking into account factors such as deals, exits, and fundraising to assess the size and maturity of each ecosystem. #startups

🎯 𝗔𝘅𝗲𝗹𝗿𝗮'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 Since 2019, Axelra has accelerated over 45 ventures, co-created 20 startups, and developed 8 portfolio companies. In 2024, we were recognized by the 🏆 Financial Times as one of Europe’s Leading Startup Hubs. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝗔𝘅𝗲𝗹𝗿𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. This shift reflects our commitment to agility amidst the challenging Swiss funding landscape for early-stage tech. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: 🔑 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: We focus on the strategic development of our co-created portfolio ventures. 💼 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲: Our seasoned venture builders provide in-depth expertise in management, growth, and product, ensuring startups achieve accelerated success. 👉 Check out our new website: www.axelra.com #SwissStartups #Innovation #Tech #Startups #Axelra #MicroTechVC

How has 2024 been for startups in Thailand? 🤔 It is not that different from other markets in SEA. However, as the regional startup ecosystem fights through the funding winter, we continue to see reasons to be hopeful. Find out more in this piece, available exclusively for e27 Pro members. #e27Pro #Thailand #startups

Attending the Startup Italia Open Summit in Milan was a reminder of what drives the startup ecosystem in Italy — ideas, collaboration, and people. The momentum is good - more investors are coming into the ecosystem, more skilled founders are launching startups and more successful exits are happening. #Startups #SIOS24

Team 24 and Loom: Capturing Lightning in a Bottle - Discover how Team 24 and Loom innovate and set new standards. #Innovation #Startups https://oal.lu/u5xeU