!['Tech.eu writer and Nordic tech connoisseur Neil Murray came to visit our global HQ in Brussels yesterday. Here's a picture of Neil with our COO Leen Segers and editor @[571872717:2048:Robin Wauters] in front of that other Belgian icon, Manneken Pis. :)'](https://ssr-www.pages.dev/web/20151106230014im_/https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-0/p110x80/11924775_1182147795135825_2745044191163936496_n.jpg?oh=287c0819b2ec88bd94bdc9e5c7f78911&oe=56C58464&kwid=1tfa-bq%2560kjuf-lqd)
!['Israel's nanotech startup @[551361381573169:274:StoreDot Ltd.] are probably best known for creating a battery making it possible to charge your smartphone in just thirty seconds, however, today they've announced a fresh round of funding ($18 million) from existing investors to focus on their newly formed Electric Vehicle Business Unit.
Once again, the innovation will focus on giving power to appliances faster using their proprietary FlashBattery technology, with one of their first goals to create a prototype of a car that can be instantly-charged.
http://tech.eu/brief/israeli-nanotech-startup-storedot-raises-18-million-to-fully-charge-electric-cars-in-just-five-minutes/'](https://ssr-www.pages.dev/web/20151106230014im_/https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-0/s160x160/11873424_1173962262621045_2763054293006297188_n.jpg?oh=b7f6e01f1ee1ca26fd2f11ec4db8d5b5&oe=56B61514&kwid=1tfa-bq%2560kjuf-lqd)
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Guest contributor Serkan Unsal has analysed the Turkish startup scene’s ‘performance’ (funding, M&A, trends) in the third quarter of 2015.
http://tech.eu/…/turkish-startup-ecosystem-q3-2015-analysis/
Paris-based consumer electronics maker Netatmo, which sells connected thermostats, weather stations and home security cameras, has secured €30 million in funding.
The bulk of the cash comes from Legrand, a French industrial group that is a global leader in products and systems for electrical installations and information networks, with previous investors such as Iris Capital (Orange + Publicis), Bpifrance and former Apple exec Pascal Cagni chipping in.
Paris-based consumer electronics maker Netatmo, which sells connected thermostats, weather stations and home security cameras, has secured €30 million in funding. The bulk of the cash comes from Legrand, a French industrial group that is a global leader in products and systems for electrical install…
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"We really wanted to move our startup to Stockholm. Here’s why we decided not to actually do it"
Lukas Ohlsson explains why it would make sense for German startup CupoNation to move to Sweden's capital from a business perspective – but why they’re not doing it.
http://tech.eu/…/challenges-moving-startup-stockholm-sweden/
Earlier in 2015