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And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 💻 Buoyed by the Covid-19 crisis, Switzerland-based software firm Nexthink raises $180 million at $1.1 billion valuation 🛒 Target Global leads $150 million round for Amazon Marketplace consolidator Branded ❓ New consumer tech startup Nothing raises $15 million Series A led by GV 📱 Klarna launches bank accounts in Germany 📂 Napster to ma...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🍷 Vivino raises $155 million for wine recommendation and marketplace app 🤖 Software maker UiPath raises funds at $35 billion valuation 🗃 Box to buy Dutch startup SignRequest for $55 million 🏦 BBVA sells Holvi to co-founder 🐷 Card retailer Moonpig soars 25% after pricing $1.64 billion London IPO 🚘 SoftBank-backed used car marketplace Au...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 💰 SAP to acquire business process intelligence company Signavio (and the Bloomberg report ) 🍕 Finnish food delivery scale-up Wolt secures $530 million in new funding round led by ICONIQ 🗞 Twitter buys Dutch-founded newsletter platform Revue 🔐 Polish locker company InPost worth €9.5 billion after buoyant Amsterdam debut 🎙 Interview: Nalin...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🇩🇪 German HR tech company Personio raises $125 million at $1.7 billion valuation 🛵 Turkish on-demand delivery leader Getir raises $128 million at a ∼$850 million valuation as it gears up for launch in the UK and Latin America 🏫 School startup Ironhack raises $20 million to “disrupt the way we learn about technology” 💳 PPRO nabs $180M at...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 💰 Israel-born fintech company Rapyd lands $300 million in financing , doubles valuation to $2.5 billion 3️⃣ Checkout.com nearly triples value to $15 billion after funding 🚚 Berlin-based digital freight forwarder Sennder bags $160 million at a $1 billion+ valuation 💳 Curve seals $95 million equity round 👩‍💼 French startup iziwork snags...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 💻 Hopin buys livestreaming startup StreamYard for $250M as it looks to expand its product line-up 🛵 Delivery Hero raises €1.2 billion in new share offering 💸 French fintech startup Pennylane snags €15 million in Series A funding 🍖 Too Good To Go raises $31 million to fight food waste 🏦 Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS...

In this episode, we’ve prepared an interview with Stan Boland , CEO of the UK-based autonomous driving startup Five . The company has been around since 2015, and I was really curious to learn more about its recent pivot and get a snapshot of what the industry is like these days. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, sug...

Here are the links to the profiles of our interviewees: 🎙 Jean Marc Feghali , R&D lead at WeWALK 🎙 Tushar Agarwal , co-founder and CEO at HubbleHQ We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler .

In this episode, we’ve prepared an interview with Andrew Bud , founder and CEO of face verification firm iProov and an engineer who's witnessed first-hand a big chunk of the modern computing and communications history. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_e...

We've talked to Jade Francine , co-founder and COO at WeMaintain , and Matti Rönkkö , founder and CEO of Cooler Future . Check them out to learn more about sustainable finance, carbon footprint of your savings, and the market of lift maintenance. 

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🛴 Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa 0️⃣ UK-based Zilch raises $30 million for its BNPL platform with a twist 👀 Croatian startup Microblink leaves bootstrapping behind; collects $60 million first round 🏎 EA acquires UK-based game developer Codemasters in $1.2 billion deal 🐦 MessageBird a...

Welcome to an interview special episode of our podcast: a format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem. Before we get to the episode, a quick announcement: you've still got time to leave a voice message for our team, to be featured on Friday in the 200th episode of the show! Head to tech.eu/voicemail —...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 💰 Catawiki raises €150 million in Permira-led round for its ‘curated online marketplace’ 🏎 MTG acquires UK game developer Hutch for $375 million 👔 TransferWise to create 750 jobs globally in the next six months 📱 Swedish entrepreneur behind OnePlus raises $7 million in all-star round for new venture in London 🦄 eToro joins Israeli unico...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🛴 Voi, the European ‘micromobility’ rental company, raises $160 million additional equity and debt funding Bolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter 🐼 UK-based HungryPanda raises $70 million to expand its online Asian food delivery business worldwide 🏦 Monzo, the UK challenger bank, picks up additional £60 million in funding 🔬 UK edtec...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: ❗️ Kahoot! has acquired language learning mobile game maker Drops for up to $50 million Tech.eu Podcast — Interview Special : Daniel Farkas (Drops) and Janosch Sadowski (Kolibri) 🍽 HelloFresh plans to buy US meal delivery company Factor for up to $277 million 🍄 Peter Thiel backs psychedelic drug developer Atai in $125 million raise 💵 Fra...

This time, we talked to Bogdan Iordache , founder of How To Web ; Adelina Peltea , VP Growth of Holded ; and Robin Geers , founder and CEO at Alliance Europe . We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler .

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🚌 UK electric vehicle company Arrival set for $5.4bn Nasdaq listing Tech.eu Podcast #192: Let’s talk about SPACs … 💳 Santander buys Wirecard’s core European business for €100 million Former Wirecard boss Braun stonewalls German lawmakers’ inquiry 🏗 Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240 million Tec...

Welcome to an interview special episode of our podcast: a format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem. In this episode, Tech.eu’s founding editor Robin Wauters talked to Tara Reeves , partner at OMERS Ventures Europe, and Michael Kent , CEO of Azimo and co-founder of Tandem Bank. We hope you enjoy this...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 💎 Farfetch secures $1.1bn backing from Alibaba and Richemont 📅 Hopin raises $125 million at $2.1 billion valuation as virtual events become the norm 🦄 Estonian-born Pipedrive achieves unicorn status with $1.5 billion valuation 👷 HR tech startup Remote raises $35 million Series A from Index, Sequoia and others 🛴 TIER Mobility raises mam...

This time, Tech.eu’s founding editor Robin Wauters talked to two entrepreneurs who founded very different ventures — the language-learning startup Drops and the gaming company Kolibri Games , which was acquired by Ubisoft earlier this year. We hope you enjoy this special format — please let us know what you think! Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at podcast@tech....

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🍽 Meal kit company Gousto hits unicorn status , but founder Timo Boldt doesn't care all that much about valuations. 🔋 Skeleton Technologies, the Estonian startup developing the “SuperBattery,” has raised a €41.3m Series D funding round 💸 The pandemic’s impact on private equity so far: New report shows strong raising but lower investing 🇹🇷...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🧳 GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm 🏡 Helsinki proptech scale-up Kodit.io secures €100 million in equity and debt funding 🎶 Spotify recovers from early-pandemic slump ⚖️ Pressure grows for antitrust action against German software giant Italian watchdog investigates Google...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 📈 European venture picks up in Q3 following slow start 🎓 Irish elearning company LearnUpon closes €47.4 million investment 🇨🇳 China urges Sweden to reverse its Huawei, ZTE ban to avoid harming its companies 🌖 Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon 💰 London explores hopping on Spacs bandwagon Almost every...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🇳🇴 Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform ⚖️ Klarna under investigation by UK regulator for ‘unsolicited’ emails PayPal takes aim at Klarna with ‘Pay in 3’ service for UK shoppers 🇪🇺 EU targets Big Tech with ‘ hit list ’ facing tougher rules France and Netherlands join forces to back EU move...

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode: 🗠 Seedrs and Crowdcube plan to merge into one £140 million company European Union approves new crowdfunding rules that apply to member states, funding cap set at €5 million Finally, a pan-European set of rules on crowdfunding: here’s why this is a huge step for the industry 🐛 Insect farming startup Ÿnsect tops up Series C round to $372 mil...