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On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Quite a few acquisitions involving UK, Belgium, Germany and Finland-based startups - A lot of funding rounds as usual, so we will focus on Germany’s HelloFresh, Israel’s Lumus, Finland’s Visedo and Denmark’s Cardlay. - Robin had a chance to catch-up with James Clark from the London Stock Exchange - Our last startup feature of the year: UK-based Ba...

On this episode we discuss the following topics: – The upcoming Station F hub in Paris – GoDaddy’s acquisition of HEG for €1.7 billion – German hotel booking site Trivago updated its plans for a US IPO – Funding for Partech, eFounders, Lilium and Pepo – An interview with Dominik Krabbe, head of the EIT Digital Challenge – Interesting research reports from both Atomico/Slush and Balderton For infor...

On this episode we discuss the following topics: – Ctrip's acquisition of Scotland-based travel tech firm Skyscanner - Latvia's new startup law and tax regime - Funding for Wynd (France), PatSnap (UK) and Parasut (Turkey) - We recently interviewed both Marie Ekeland from Daphni and HotelTonight's Amir Segall in Paris - Our featured startup this week is France-based Agricool For information regardi...

On this episode we discuss the following topics: – Tesla’s acquisition of Germany-based Grohmann Engineering – The EU Commission and EIF kick off a new pan-European fund of funds – Funding rounds for Teamleader, CurrencyFair and Job Today – We interviewed Peter Bialo from Poland-based DocPlanner – A feature on Berlin-based auto and AI tech startup German Autolabs For information regarding your dat...

On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Recent acquisitions in Europe, including Spotify's purchase of Preact and Foodpanda's sale of Delivery Club to Mail. Ru - A new European venture fund called KEEN Ventures - Several rounds of funding including Unbabel, Otonomo and Second Home - Jonathan Keane had a chance to catch up with Italian cloud company ClouDesire - We discuss the Brexit eff...

On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Recent acquisitions in Europe, including Qualcomm's $47 billion purchase of NXP and Heptagon's big exit - Recent funding rounds for Finland's KNL, Russia's Busfor and France's Chronocam - UK fintech firm Misys pulls it IPO - We interviewed Algolia co-founder and CEO, Nicolas Dessaigne - Allbright launches new platform to fund female entrepreneurs...

On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Q3 2016 was a great quarter for European tech exits- or was it? - New VC funds in Europe: K Fund, Daphni - A look at freshly funded startups SmartFog, ContentSquare and Navya - An interview with Till Faida, CEO of Eyeo (the company behind Adblock Plus) - Martin Varsavsky's new ($200 million) project: Prelude Fertility For information regarding you...

On this episode we discuss the following topics: – UK startup Lystable adds PayPal co-founder Max Levchin to its already notable list of investors – French startup Zenly has announced a $22.5 million round with Benchmark – A big week for Spotify – We had a chance to catch up with sex-toy startup MysteryVibe – We wrap it up with a look at AI and machine learning tech in Europe For information regar...

On this episode, we discuss: – Israeli startup OurCrowd secures a $72 million series C round – 2 Spanish startups acquired by Airbnb and Twilio, respectively – The Netherlands’ Takeaway.com prices IPO at over €1 billion – We caught up with the founder and CEO of Workable at SaaStock – We take a look at Denmark’s Spiri and its new carpooling vehicle For information regarding your data privacy, visi...

On this episode, we discuss: - Amazon Echo and Echo Dot arrive in the UK and Germany - Northzone has closed a €300M euro fund and is eyeing UK startups - A number of acquisitions from across Europe including locations like Romania, Greece, Serbia and more - Robin had a chance to catch-up with Funding Circle - We wrap up with a discussion of a new startup hub to be launched in Stockholm, Sweden For...

On this episode we discuss: - Danish price comparison portal Samlino.dk raising funding from Peter Thiel and others - UK-based Songkick raising $15 million for international expansion - Central and Eastern Europe is on the rise again (in terms of funding) - We caught up with Quentin Nickmans from startup studio eFounders - We review the European names on WIRED's Global 100 list For information reg...

On this episode we discuss: - Rovio’s not-too-shabby financials for the first half of 2016 - Mozilla making an investment in a German software startup called Cliqz - Latvia seeking to double its startups by 2020 - A chat with Daniel Blomquist from Swedish VC firm Creandum - French and German calls for decryption laws, targeting apps like Telegram and WhatsApp For information regarding your data pr...

On this episode we discuss: - Facebook’s Oculus Rift, which is coming to Europe - Health startups in Scandinavia heating up with funding for Swedish KRY and Finnish Brainshake - Autonomous buses called EasyMile take to the streets of Helsinki - We caught up with Fergal Mullen of VC firm Highland Europe - We wrap up with a discussion of whether or not the UK is really Europe’s leading fintech marke...

On this episode we discuss: - Food delivery startup Deliveroo's massive $275 million funding round - Uber's investments into four European startups - Estonian startup Skeleton Technologies raises €13 million for innovative energy storage solutions - Hailo and Daimler-owned MyTaxi have merged to fend off Uber - Broadband access will become a legal right under EU telecoms law For information regardi...

On this episode they discuss: - Three big European tech acquisitions (ARM, VocaLink and Opera's consumer business) - Square appears to be gearing up for a UK launch - A look at the Slovakia's startup ecosystem - An interview with Belgian 'scale-up' Showpad - Tech.eu's European tech funding report for Q2 2016 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Robin Wauters and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - Austria's $204 million startup program - German HR software startup Personio lands €2.1 million in seed funding - Russian services marketplace YouDo.com raises $6.2 million - An interview with Mangrove VC's Mark Tluszcz...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - Avast's acquisition of AVG for $1.3 billion - An overview of startup funding and M&A activity in Belgium - Self-driving delivery robots hitting the streets in Europe - An interview with UK fintech startup Yoyowalle...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - One week after the UK’s Brexit vote - the race is on for Europe’s next startup capital - Partech Ventures secures a new 400 million euro fund and a few new partners - Austrian fund Speedinvest makes its first Croatian...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - Brexit and what it means for European & British startups - Finnish mobile games maker Supercell becomes Europe’s most valuable company valued at $10.2 billion - Twitter acquires London-based machine learning startu...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: Lots of movement at Twitter in Europe - update on what’s going on there DFJ’s European arm DFJ Esprit went public - yes, a venture firm Spain’s JobAndTalent secured a 42 million Series B round Our Editor Robin catches up...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - A massive round of funding for Copenhagen-based Tradeshift - Updates from two top European startups : iZettle and Prezi - Accel Partners new hire - Our Editor Robin catches up with Prezi - We wrap up with a discussion...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - European and Israeli startup funding continues to rise - Paypal having to halt operations in Turkey - Berlin-based smart heating startup Thermondo raises 23.5 million euros - Our Editor Robin catches up with Pipedrive...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - Ebay’s acquisition of Spain’s Ticketbis for $165 million - Transferwise officially becoming a unicorn, raising $26 million at a $1.1 billion valuation - Google’s Paris office being raided for tax non-compliance - Our E...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - The new Angry Bird’s movie - A few new European funds, including Russia’s Runa Capital and e. Ventures (an international fund which operates out of Germany in Europe) - European fashion tech startups have raised a whop...

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - Berlin’s online auction house Auctionata merges with a US company - Startupbootcamp has announced it will launch a food tech accelerator in Italy this November - Norwegian startup Timely has secured seed funding from S...