Steve O'Hear

Steve O'Hear

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Steve O’Hear is best known as a technology journalist, currently at TechCrunch where he focuses on European startups, companies and products.

He first joined TechCrunch in November 2009 as Contributing Editor for TechCrunch Europe, where he worked alongside Editor Mike Butcher to help build TechCrunch’s coverage in Europe.

In June 2011, Steve took a break from journalism to co-found the London and Prague-based startup Beepl. In his role as CEO, he helped the company raise its first VC round, along with seeing the Question & Answer site through development, private alpha and a high profile public launch. In November 2012, Beepl was acquired by Brand Embassy.

Along with TechCrunch, Steve has written for numerous publications, including ZDNet (where he wrote the well-respected blog ‘The Social Web’), The Guardian, Macworld, TES, Last100 and ReadWriteWeb. He also wrote and directed the critically acclaimed Silicon Valley documentary ‘In Search of the Valley’, which was released in September 2006.

In 2002, Steve was made a fellow of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. He’s also one half of ProtoBake Labs, an ‘ideas incubator’ he co-founded with Pete Harris.

Disclaimer: Steve owns a small amount of cryptocurrency, and doesn’t generally write about crypto currencies. If and when he does, he will always disclose any potential conflict of interest.

The Latest from Steve O'Hear

Normative closes a $2.1M seed to help companies automate carbon reporting

Steve O'Hear
Normative, a startup that lets companies automate their carbon reporting — and in turn help them decrease their environmental footprint — has picked up $2.1 million in seed funding. Backin

Festicket enables group festival bookings with ‘Pay with Friends’

Steve O'Hear
Festicket, the U.K.-headquartered festival booking platform, is launching a new feature that allows users to pay for festival tickets as a group. Described as removing the pain of being the lead booke

GoCardless launches US debit payments solution and opens San Francisco office

Steve O'Hear
GoCardless, the London fintech that aims to become the one-stop shop globally for businesses that want to let customers pay via recurring bank payments, has launched a U.S. debit solution. The company

Holidu raises €40M Series C for its holiday rentals search engine

Steve O'Hear
Holidu, the Munich-headquartered holiday rentals search engine that is now active in 21 country markets, has raised €40 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Prime Ventures, with partici

Beekeeper raises $45M Series B to become the ‘Slack for non-desk employees’

Steve O'Hear
Beekeeper, the Switzerland and U.S.-based startup that provides a mobile-first communications platform for employers that need to communicate with blue-collar and service-oriented workers, has raised

Mitto, the payment card and app for ‘Gen Z’ teens, raises €2M seed round

Steve O'Hear
Mitto, a debit card and app designed for “Generation Z” teens, has raised €2 million in seed funding. Backing the round is Spanish bank Banco Sabadell via its innovation and venture arm

Veo raises $6M Series A to bring its ‘AI camera’ for soccer matches to the US

Steve O'Hear
Veo, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based startup that offers an “AI camera” to make it easier for amateur soccer clubs to video and stream matches, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Backi

Bux launches ‘BUX Zero’ to begin offering fee-free trading in Netherlands

Steve O'Hear
Bux, the Amsterdam-based fintech that wants to make investing more accessible, is launching its fee-free trading app today. Dubbed “BUX Zero,” the new offering is available first to users

JobTeaser scores £45M for its graduate recruitment platform

Steve O'Hear
JobTeaser, the graduate recruitment and career guidance platform, has raised £45 million in new funding to help it expand its careers service to more students across the U.K. and Europe. The investme

Pento raises $2.8M seed round for its payroll SaaS

Steve O'Hear
Pento, a Danish startup working on a better payroll experience for companies and employees, has raised $2.8 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Point Nine Capital and Seedcamp, with particip

Uizard scores $2.8M seed round for its app wireframe to prototype dev tool

Steve O'Hear
Uizard, the Copenhagen-based startup that is using “machine intelligence” to quickly turn app sketches into prototypes, has raised $2.8 million in seed funding. The round was led by Nordic

Huboo raises £1M to take the pain out of e-commerce fulfilment

Steve O'Hear
Huboo, a U.K. startup that operates a multi-channel fulfillment service for e-commerce businesses of varying sizes, has raised £1 million in seed funding. Backing the majority of the round is London

Railsbank raises $10M Series A for its open banking and compliance platform

Steve O'Hear
Railsbank, the open banking and compliance platform co-founded by CEO Nigel Verdon, who previously founded Currencycloud, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The new injection of capital will

European banking app Monese partners with deposits marketplace Raisin

Steve O'Hear
Monese, the European banking app aimed at customers with a “thin” credit file or those who have moved country, is launching “Monese Savings” in partnership with fintech Raisin.

Urban, the on-demand wellness platform, adds physiotherapy to its roster of on-demand services

Steve O'Hear
Urban, the London-headquartered company that lets you book a growing range of “wellness” services on demand — spanning massage, osteopathy, to various beauty treatments — is adding phy

Spotawheel picks up €5M for its online used car dealership

Steve O'Hear
Spotawheel, a startup operating in Greece and Poland with a car dealership model quite similar to Carvana in the U.S., has picked up €5 million in new funding. Backing the online used car dealership

Koru Kids raises £10M Series A for its childcare platform

Steve O'Hear
Koru Kids, the London-based startup that helps you find and manage childcare, has raised £10 million in new funding to scale its platform. The Series A round is led by Atomico, with Atomico partner N

Residently raises £7M to digitise the rental experience

Steve O'Hear
Residently, the U.K.-based “proptech” startup that is building a platform to improve the rental experience, has picked up £7 million in seed funding. Backing comes from Felix Capital, Loc

Azimo appoints new CEO as money transfer service reaches profitability

Steve O'Hear
Azimo, the U.K.-headquartered money transfer service backed by Japan’s Rakuten Capital, amongst others, is seeing a change at the top: founder Michael Kent is stepping sideways to become “exec

Raisin, the platform for savings and investments, acquires pension startup Fairr

Steve O'Hear
Raisin, the well-capitalised fintech startup that offers a pan-European marketplace for savings and investment products, has acquired Fairr, a German startup disrupting the pensions industry. Terms re
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