Berlin Paris London: Building Startup Ecosystems
Summary
To this end, the fast-growing startup has created a tech solution that shapes the Future of Work, finding the best candidates for jobs from a pool of tens of thousands within seconds. Moreover, the French government a unique visa program for technology entrepreneurs in 2017, a simplified scheme for non-EU startup employees, founders, and investors to obtain a residence permit for France. As business school graduates are reported to be increasingly leaning on the entrepreneurial side, there is a promising pool of highly skilled talent with IT, engineering, and management backgrounds available in Paris, and they’re primed to keep developing new products, solutions and companies. Since the start of the year, Upway has grown its sales of electric bikes by 600%, doubled the size of its team and commenced its European expansion by launching in Belgium in March. HumanForest: Founded in 2019, the company raised €1.4 million via Crowdcube in 2020, launched in 2021 and has since partnered with the likes of Deliveroo as it provides sustainable and affordable shared e-bikes across London to fuel an e-mobility movement in the capital.