Europe Correspondent · Berlin

Tomás Ferreira

Covers: European expansion, ecosystems

Tomás covers European scale-ups crossing borders and the ecosystems that help them do it, from Lisbon to Berlin to Stockholm. Born in Porto, he began his career at a Portuguese financial newspaper before moving to Berlin to report on the city's startup scene. He writes about founders, accelerators and the events where cross-border deals actually start.

Latest from Tomás

Gloved hands examine compacted soil beside young onion rows on a UK farm, with a tractor in the distance.

B2B Commercial Expansion

Muju Earth starts paid UK trials for soil-aerating Aeropod

Nine UK farmers will test Muju Earth’s Aeropod this autumn, with more than 30 on a waiting list for a device designed to reduce cultivation costs.

25 Sept

An IT worker prepares laptops beside equipment boxes for new employees in a Paris office.

Expansion Funding

Primo raises €6.9m to expand AI-led IT platform in Europe

Paris-based Primo will use the funding to hire and deepen its presence in the UK, Germany, Benelux and the Nordics as it develops autonomous IT agents.

22 Sept

A person places a secondhand clothing parcel into an outdoor locker on a residential street in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Companies Entering New Markets

Vinted enters three European markets as revenue hits €1.1bn

Vinted added Latvia, Estonia and Slovenia in 2025, with investment in expansion, delivery and payments reducing profit as trading grew.

21 Sept