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Over the past decade, Amsterdam-HQ'd accelerator Rockstart has backed upwards of 280 startups, seen nine exits, and €150 million raised by portfolio companies culminating in an alumni value of approximately $1 billion. Traditionally focusing on Energy and AgriFood startups, in April of this year the firm opened the application process for its newest fund, Emerging Tech . We sat down with Rockstart...

In a special post-TechBBQ episode, Dan sits down with  Neil S W Murray , founder of The Nordic Web, founding partner at The Nordic Web Ventures, and co-founder and CEO at Playmaker. Up first, Neil and Dan weigh in on the rise of the east and how the CEE region, east to west, north to south is finally experiencing what Western Europe saw in the VC scene some 15 years ago, particularly in regard to...

Well alright, alright, alright, everyone's back from holidays, and it's time to get down to business. First this week we look at Northzone's appointment of World Economic Forum sustainability expert and programme creator, Anna Skarborg as Head of Sustainability and the growing trend of ESG officers in-house at VC firms. Former Revolut execs Alan Chang and Charles Orr have assembled a mighty impres...

Earlier this year, smart data capture firm Scandit raised $150 million in a Series D  round, providing the company with a valuation north of $1 billion, a valuation that despite recent market upheavals, still holds. But how do three researchers at ETH Zurich spin out a company that in just 13 short years grows from an idea in a lab to one that's trusted by 5 of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies, an...

Europe may be on holiday, but that isn't stopping the deal flow. This week Celonis pulled in $1 billion in liquidity at a $13 billion valuation, and Web3 investments take centre stage. Nine-month-old thirdweb raised $24 million as it facilitates the creation of Web3 apps across popular blockchains, including games, NFT drops, DAOs, token gated membership clubs, and more. And despite Bitcoin droppi...

Aaaaaand we're back! Robin takes a stab at the lead in this week, while Dan says it's got a good beat and that he can dance to it, but let's rewind the tape. Normally around this time of the year tech news stories are a bit thin, but the summer of 2022 isn't letting up on the pace. This week Robin and Dan wax poetic about what happened, or is happening, with Wallbox's acquisitions , how it's flown...

With around $600 million in funding raised to date, and close to 1,000 people on the payroll, UK tech scale-up Improbable probably (ha) needs little introduction to our audience. In many ways, though, a decade into its existence the really exciting days for the 'metaverse technology' company seem to be still ahead of them. That's also a sentiment shared by Herman Narula , the affable co-founder an...

We asked you answered, and it's now definitively The Drive at Five , Tech.eu's show where we ponder what went down in European tech this past week and try to make sense of it all. Today, Robin and Dan wax poetic about what happened, or is happening, at Deliveroo and what's up with pulling the plug in the Netherlands , Pollen's WTF-is-going-on-here collapse , how Nuri is handling the shutdown situa...

At Tech.eu, we're never ones to shy away from experimentation. And so in the spirit of being a fly on the wall at Robin and Dan's favourite Friday night spot to share a tasty beverage, we're bringing you the Drive at Five. Alternatively, the RAD (Robin and Dan) show, where we ponder what went down in European tech this past week, and try to make sense of it all. Today, RAD wax poetic about what ha...

We had a great conversation with Mauricio Magaldi , a London-based crypto connoisseur and blockchain thought leader who guides 11:FS clients into the world of Web3 and DeFi. I was prompted to interview Magaldi as he was billed as the main author of a report entitled 'How Web3 is changing the future of finance' , a great read on the subject. Fortunately for you, we recorded that conversation and yo...

We sat down with Franck Lebouchard , chief executive of French acoustical engineering company Devialet for almost five years now, to talk about the firm's challenges and opportunities in a world very much in turmoil. Founded in 2007, Devialet designs and builds high-end audio tech products such as amplifiers, speakers, wireless earbuds, and a soundbar, and also licenses some of its patented techno...

Coming to Molten Ventures from the world of finance, management consulting, and angel investing, Vinoth focuses on the firm's investments in the sectors of fintech, insurtech, proptech, and climatetech. In the interview for Tech.eu Podcast, Vinoth discusses his approach to fintech investments and the way he approaches the industry, looking for B2C companies that "bridge the trust chasm" and B2B on...

In this episode, Tech.eu sits down with Ampler Bikes ' CEO and co-founder Ardo Kaurit about the Estonian firm's commitment to design, and quality and how quietly going about its business has led them to build an almost cult following in its existing markets. All this, and Dan's (not) patented 'Lighting Round' that gives us more insight on our guest(s), well beyond the 9 to 5.

Prior to Molten Ventures, Christoph was with Rocket Internet in Asia and Australia, where he helped build The Iconic and Lazada. Previously, Christoph worked as an Investment Manager at Seven Ventures, where he focused on consumer and e-commerce investments.  Responsible for Molten Ventures' activities in the German-speaking market, a strong pull for Christoph are both the deep tech and industry t...

Immediately following last week's announcement of London and Berlin-based fintech giant SumUp's €590 million round, we had a chance to talk to one of the company's co-founders about the capital injection, which values it at €8 billion. That valuation reportedly came in much lower than initially projected, which is a topic Marc-Alexander Christ didn't shy away from discussing (pointing out that the...

Nicola McClafferty, partner at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures, estimates that it would've taken at least a decade to see as many people switch from brick-and-mortar to online shopping experience across the world if not for the lockdowns that saw a big part of the global population confined to their dwellings for months on end. While presenting a huge opportunity for the companies who wer...

Founded in 1995, Menlo Park-based TCV specialises in providing growth-stage capital.  The firm has raised over $19 billion and invested over $16 billion in more than 350 tech companies over the last 27 years, accounting for some 145 IPOs and acquisitions. Having established, and operating out of TCV's London office, General Partner John Doran shares his thoughts on how the firm has been so success...

Alexa. To trust or not to trust: That is the question. While you might be quite well versed in most things Amazon, just how much do you know about Amazon's Alexa service? It's benefits for the blind and deaf? For an aging population? Moreover, what do you know about the safeguards the company has baked into the device since day one, asking consumers to allow, ney, invite their technology into and...

In today’s episode, Andrii sits down with Cristobal Alonso , Global CEO & El Patron at Startup Wise Guys . Cristobal talks us through Startup Wise Guys' acceleration of investments during the pandemic, up to 60 to 80 per year, expanding beyond the Baltics and across Europe, entering Africa, and the challenges associated with each. With 212 active portfolio companies, Startup Wise Guys is shift...

In today’s episode, Andrii Degeler sits down with application security provider Snyk President and Founder Guy Podjarny to discuss why the speed of execution matters when it comes to app security, and a whole lot more! We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at us @tech_eu .

In today’s episode, Robin sits down with Christian Reber from Pitch. Christian walks us through his journey with Wunderlist ( acquired by Microsoft), to an investor, to being unable to resist the urge to start another company, this time not reinventing the wheel, but doing presentations better with Pitch . We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggesti...

In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Marianne Hyltoft , DeepTech Fund Director at PreSeed Ventures . Andrii Degeler sits down with Marianne to discuss the first deep tech fund in Denmark, university research commercialisation and much more. The conversation took place in Copenhagen, at TechBBQ in September. We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questio...

In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Frontline Ventures ' Partner Finn Murphy . We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at us @tech_eu .

In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Suzanne Lauritzen , Co-founder and CEO at Raffle AI , a next-gen enterprise search engine. Andrii Degeler sits down with Suzanne to discuss the future of search with AI-driven search engines and how entrepreneurship can become a primary school subject in Denmark.  The conversation took place in Copenhagen, at TechBBQ a couple of months ago. We hope y...

In today’s episode, listen to an interview with Bo Ilsoe , Partner at NGP Capital , and Atte Honkasalo , Vice President of Data & Analytics at NGP Capital .  Our editor Robin Wauters sits down with Bo and Atte to discuss NGP Capital’s new report on what are the best places to start a business in Europe.  We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, sugges...