Start-up

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us.

Can your sex life be more sustainable? These German entrepreneurs think so – and have grown a vegan condom brand into a multimillion-euro business to prove it.

As societies age, death will be a growth business. Now young French entrepreneurs are introducing new services to the traditionally conservative industry.

Saunas at tech and business events are causing a heated debate in the Nordics, where critics say the traditional Scandinavian habit is dampening efforts to improve diversity.

Four years ago, Kiev was known more for bloodshed and protest than start-ups. But that’s changing – the city has a booming tech sector where IT workers earn 10 times the average wage.

There's an argument to be made against reproducing the Valley and rolling out its culture worldwide

The ping-pong tables, climbing walls and scooters dotted around the offices of firms like Google have some surprising origins

Maybe many of the assumptions we make about Gen Y aren’t unique to this generation. Maybe they’re specific to young people in general, writes Amanda Ruggeri