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Why 2025 Looks Like A Big Year For Venture Capital
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The Man Who Would Be King
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Meet The Under 30 Unicorns Building Fintech Fortunes
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Despite a troublesome couple years for fintech startup funding, Forbes Under 30 alumni have grown their companies—big enough to land on the 10th annual Fintech 50 list.
Meet The Under 30 With A Bold Solution To Fight Egg-Flation
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Under 30 Company Accern Gets Acquired By “Hotter” AI Startup
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How This Under 30 Is Tapping Into Super-Fandom With AI
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How ‘Professional Flirting’ Helped Steven Bartlett Build A Massive Podcast Following
Steven Bartlett's key to success? Hiring. Plus, the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire, why you should quit dairy and more on this week's U30 newsletter.
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Why The Diary Of A CEO Founder Turned Down A $100M Deal To Build A Podcast Empire
How 30 Under 30 Europe alumni and The Diary of A CEO host Steven Bartlett is growing his independent podcast empire.
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Wars, Regulation, And A Capital Crunch—Still, These Young European Founders Are Building
This year’s Forbes Under 30 Europe class contends with complex conditions, from trade tensions to policy shifts.
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Tired Of Ticketmaster? This Entrepreneur Is Giving Power Back to Event Organizers And Raised $65 Million To Do It
Venting about Ticketmaster’s stranglehold over concert tickets seems to be a global pastime. The founders of Vivenu are doing something besides griping. Cofounded by Simon Hennes in 2018 as a white-label ticket marketplace, German-based Vivenu lets customers like Stanford University and the Grammy’s Recording Academy sell tickets under their own name and branding, while the startup takes care of sending out the passes and managing the process behind the scenes. It also gathers and shares useful data—like what demographics are buying tickets—so brands can plan smarter marketing for future events. “This is one of the most passionate industries you can think of, it's about how people spend their leisure time,” said Hennes. “It was just odd to me, seeing outdated technology.” Initially bootstrapped out of a small village near Frankfurt, the startup has now raised over $65 million from investors including Balderton Capital and Activant Capital and serves over 700 ticket-selling clients across more than 40 countries.
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How We Make The Forbes 30 Under 30 List
The full methodology behind the coveted Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
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By The Numbers: Meet The Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Class Of 2025
Trade wars, real wars, and an AI revolution. For Europe’s young gamechangers, there is no better time to build the world’s next great companies.
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30 Under 30 Europe Sports & Games 2025: The Stars Breaking Records On The Field And In The Boardroom
30 Under 30 Europe 2025 Sports & Games: These rising stars are scoring goals, partnerships, and investments to shape the future of the sports and gaming industries.
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30 Under 30 Europe Media & Marketing 2025: How Today’s Top Startups Are Tapping Tech And Consumer Data To Build Massive Brands
30 Under 30 Europe Media & Marketing 2025: The engineers, YouTubers, and authors winning over niche audiences to achieve massive growth.
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30 Under 30 Europe Entertainment 2025: Ella Purnell, Alan Walker, Lola Young And The Rising Stars On Screen And On Stage
The 2025 Forbes Under 30 Europe list features rising talent in film and music—from 14-year-old movie stars to tech entrepreneurs, all reshaping the entertainment landscape.
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This Entrepreneur Is Using AI To Automate Financial Regulatory Compliance
Let's face it, compliance is boring--but not Lisa Gradow. For her, it's an exciting opportunity to give the industry a much needed AI upgrade. She founded Fides, a software company, to tackle the often monotonous work of financial regulations. Fides’s safe and secure tech spares us humans the drudgery of tracking deadlines, sourcing regulatory data, and creating legal documents. “Nobody gets claps for doing it very well,” says Gradow. “So it's something that can be and should be automated.” She started Fides in 2021 and has raised $7.6 million in funding from investors including Sequoia and General Catalyst. Current clients include Allianz, Haribo, Faber-Castell, and Sequoia. Says Gradow: “For us it’s very important to stay a European company, but with a global footprint.”
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How 'Fallout' Star Ella Purnell Navigated Child Stardom To Hollywood Success
Actor Ella Purnell grew up too fast: "You shouldn't really have to ask yourself about your career and your taxes when you’re 15," jokes the 28-year-old Brit. She landed her first film at just 13, playing the young Keira Knightley in the sci-fi "Never Let Me Go." From there, Purnell quickly gained recognition as the child star who could pull off action-packed features in "Kick-Ass 2" or enchant the screen with roles in fantasy films "Maleficent" and "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children." But it wasn’t until her 20s that she truly hit her stride, breaking into television with shows like suspense-filled series "Yellowjackets." "I've fallen in and out of love with my job a thousand times," she told Forbes. "It wasn't really until my early twenties that I redefined my profession and decided to do it on my own terms." Now Purnell is really stepping into the spotlight: She's starring in Amazon Prime’s sci-fi series "Fallout"—which was viewed by 65 million in its first two weeks of release last April and then renewed for a second season—and Sky Atlantic's psychological thriller "Sweetpea," a project Purnell executive produces. Off screen, she’s built a following of 1.8 million and forged partnerships with iconic brands including Prada Beauty, MiuMiu and Chanel.
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Machine Learning Meets Motherhood: This Entrepreneur Is Changing The Future Of Fertility
Mixing machine learning with fertility technology could be a science fiction plot. It can also be a company. Felicia von Reden started Ovom Care in 2023 to build software to make the often strenuous IVF process more efficient and more affordable. Ovom uses artificial intelligence to help doctors determine the right medication and dosage for each patient, and even identify the most viable eggs and sperm in a patient's body. “What makes this company unique is that we have two parts: technical innovation with AI and data, and medical care at the clinic,” she said. “Only if you bring the two together can you develop innovation that brings that value to the patient.” Valued at $22 million, Ovom has brought in $8 million in funding to develop the technology. Investors, including Alpha Intelligence Capital, have invested $8 million at a $22 million valuation. In 2024, it opened its first clinic and has treated more than 350 women.
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This AI-Powered Startup Helps Brands Like Coca-Cola And Unilever Get Inside Their Customers' Heads
Want to truly know your customer? Check out Bounce Insights. The Irish startup claims its software can determine exactly where your customers are, what they’re looking to buy, and even what packaging draws their attention. How? AI-powered software, of course. Founded by Charlie Butler, Rónán Dowling-Cullen, Joshua Stafford, and Brandon Dooley, Bounce Insights is a market research firm that gathers consumer habits to help brands like Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Tesco better develop and promote products. This type of customer research is far from new. What is new: The speed at which Bounce can gather and analyze data. The team says their software can deliver insights seven times faster than traditional surveys. “That's the way research has to go if it's going to have any chance of competing at the highest decision levels,” said Butler. Bounce has generated $6.5 million in funding from investors, including ACT Venture Capital. Next stop: the U.S. market.
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The Founder Of Kílẹ̀ńtàr Is Redefining Luxury Fashion With African Craftsmanship
You never know when inspiration might hit. For Michelle Adepoju, lightning struck during a post-college trip in Western Africa. As a teen Adepoju, who was raised in the UK. in a Nigerian immigrant family, liked to craft new clothes from thrift store finds. During her African trek, Adepoju realized she could turn her hobby into a business. She merged contemporary designs with traditional African techniques like weaving to create her brand Kílẹ̀ńtàr in 2019. Kílẹ̀ńtàr sells luxury statement pieces from gowns to swimwear to jewelry. “When we think of luxury, it's usually Chanel or Hermès,” says Adepoju. We are putting African craftsmanship on the map for luxury fashion.” The brand has dressed celebrities including Tracee Ellis Ross, Naomi Osaka, and Victoria Monét. Adepoju debuted her designs at New York Fashion Week in 2024.
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How This Young Entrepreneur Built A $100 Million Fitness Brand In Just Ten Years
Running just one fitness fashion business is for wimps. So Lukas Kurzmann started another. In 2020 the Austrian entrepreneur cofounded Oner Active to make women’s workout clothing. Thanks to the social media clout of his creator cofounder Krissy Cela—and her 4 million fans—Kurzmann has scaled Oner Active to a brand that brought in $100 million in revenue last year. Kurzmann’s entrepreneurial experience in the space helped, too. As a teenager, he cofounded Women’s Best, a viral sportswear and nutrition supplement company, in 2015. He’d been a fan of online gym communities and noticed not much happening in the women’s market. “Everything regarding fitness was heavily towards male and men’s fitness,” he says. “There was nothing for the women.” Nearly 10 years later, Women’s Best has expanded to a brick-and-mortar location in Austria and an Instagram following of 3.2 million. “Because we started so early, we have a unique touch point in the market.”
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This Startup Is Coming For Your CO2-Spewing Furnace
Olli Kangas is coming for your CO2 spewing furnace--or at least help you find you a cleaner, maybe cheaper, way to power your plant. With cofounder Pasi Hakulinen, he launched Finnish software startup Intergrid in 2023. It has digital tools that let factory owners estimate their energy use, find the best sustainable alternatives, and forecast the cost of the switch. Since launching, Intergrid has secured $13 million in funding from funds including True Ventures and Lifeline Ventures. “Fossil fuels offer a very good customer experience,” he said. “What we need to do is not only match that experience, but build something that is as simple, easier, cheaper for the customer.”
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How Payment Platform Dealflow Increased Transactions By 10,000% And What’s Next With AI
Plus: Public Safety Drone Startup Brinc Raises $75 Million From Index Ventures and more Under 30 funding news.
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