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This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss fresh funding for Klarna, the “substantial” extension of FlixMobility's latest round, a startup that makes money by fishing e-scooters out of Seine, the Molengeek project, and much more. The interview of the week is a conversation with Klarna's Sebastian Siemiatkowski recorded at last year's TOA conference in Berlin. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-130-flixmobility-klarna-guppy-daimler-carwow-sebastian-siemiatkowski For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Andrii Degeler and Natalie Novick discuss the mega-round of Babylon Health where the controversial fund PIF was among the investors, the tax relief claimed by Rockstar North that hasn't paid corporation taxes in years, new research on e-scooters and climate risks, Cloudflare dropping 8chan, and much more. In addition to that, listen to an interview with Conny Weber, senior research analyst at the European Crowdfunding Network. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-129-babylon-health-saudi-funding-rockstar-taxes-kerfuffle-e-scooters-climate-risks-cloudflare-8chan For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the merger agreement of Takeaway.com and Just Eat, the huge hacking scandal in Bulgaria, the valuations and prospects of European unicorns, and much more. Check out also an interview with FiBAN's international affairs manager Reetta Ilo recorded at the StartupExtreme conference in Voss. Full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-128-just-eat-takeaway-com-merge-bulgaria-hacked-interview-reetta-ilo-fiban For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talk about the latest investigation of the European Commission into Amazon, alternative meats and the future of foodtech, whether the brain drain is something we should be worried about, the redesign of Twitter, and much more. Also, check out the interview with Seth Bannon from Fifty Years VC recorded at Tech Open Air. Read the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-127-eu-amazon-alternative-meat-brain-drain-50-years-seth-bannon For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talked about the new, tighter rules regarding facial recognition in Europe, the standoff between France and the UK and the big tech companies, the future of data flows between Europe and the US, and much more. We've also prepared interviews with Lubomila Jordanova of PlanA and Tim Schumacher, co-fonder of Eyeo, Sedo, and SaaS.group. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-126-facial-recognition-europe-france-britain-big-tech-lubomila-jordanova-tim-schumacher For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talked about fresh funding for e-scooter companies and the competition landscape in Europe, (the lack of) news from Atomico's Angel Programme, the future of podcasts and paywalls, and much more. In addition to that, there's an interview with Sara Usinger who's been busy building up startup ecosystems in Iran and Albania over the past few years. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-125-e-scooters-atomico-angel-programme-sara-usinger For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed the latest news from the battlefield of Apple and Spotify, what makes Monzo successful, investing in podcasts, and more. We've also prepared an interview with NordicNinja's investment director Claes Mikko Nilsen. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-124-apple-spotify-monzo-nordicninja-claes-mikko-nilsen For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talked about the $230-million round for Meero, the fight of European cities against the expanse of Airbnb, the IPO of Fiverr, and more. We've also prepared a pre-recorded interview with Patrik Backman and Niklas Rosenberg of OpenOcean. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-123-meero-airbnb-openocean-fiverr For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talked about the lots of money going into battery production, the current state of urban farming in Europe, the future of the EU’s tech and competition policy, smart enough city, and much more. We’ve also prepared a pre-recorded interview with Matthew Williams, founder of The Faraday Grid. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-northvolt-urban-farming-in-europe-the-future-of-tech-and-competition-policy-interview-matthew-williams-the-faraday-grid For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed the trouble in the e-scooter land, what happened to subscription boxes, event hacks, the phenomenon of The Pirate Bay, and more. We've also prepared a brief interview with Caroline Ramade, founder and CEO of 50inTech in France. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-121-e-scooters-subscription-boxes-50intech-caroline-ramade For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed the new alliance of German publishers to fight Facebook and Google, the rise of mergers and partnerships across the continent, the importance of VC branding, enthusiasm for tech, and much more. We've also prepared an interview with Samsung NEXT's Christina Bechhold Russ. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-120-german-publishers-big-bad-tech-mergers-partnerships-europe-samsung-next-christina-bechhold-russ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed the TransferWise millionaires, the GDPR anniversary, Ireland’s investigation into Google, and much more. We’ve also prepared a pre-recorded interview with Roeland Pater, founder and CEO of Nori Health — part of our Digital Health month powered by Bayer G4A. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-119-transferwise-millionaires-gdpr-anniversary-ireland-investigation-google For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed Deliveroo's funding round led by Amazon, demonisation of tech firms, healthtech startups, upcoming events, and much more. We've also prepared an interview with Sabina Wizander from Kry. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-118-amazon-deliveroo-health-startups-european-startup-landscape For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This interview special episode includes a conversation recorded at the TNW Conference with Sacha Michaud, co-founder of Glovo. We talked about dark supermarkets and dark kitchens, about working with freelancers rather than employing the so-called Glovers, and also about why the company needs so much money to keep going. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This interview special episode includes two conversations recorded at EU-Startups Summit in Barcelona with Guido Magrin of Teiacare, and Avi Meir from TravelPerk. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talk about the new tax for big tech companies that Israel wants to introduce, the EU's new investigation into Apple's practices, the quality of M&A data in Europe, six-wheeled cars, health tech startups, and much more. We've also got a pre-recorded interview with Isidro Laso, former head of Startup Europe. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-117-eu-investigation-apple-big-tech-tax-israel-apple-acquisitions-curevac For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talk about SoftBank's confirmed and alleged deals in Germany, European car sharing companies and luxurious experiences connected to some of them, best and worst practices of writing ICO white papers, whether it's time to start boycotting the money coming from Saudi Arabia, and more. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-116-softbank-germany-car-sharing-in-europe-ico-white-papers-boycott-saudi-money For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the UK's regulatory push for age-appropriate design, the new projects funded by the EC under the SME Instrument programme, tech events in May, the prospects of Jimmy Wales's WikiTribune, and more. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-115-age-appropriate-design-sme-instrument-wikitribune For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the new proposal on how to tackle “online harms” from the UK's DCMS, the goings-on in the telemedicine industry, the long list of events in the first weeks of May, and much more. We've also prepared an interview with Jessica Butcher, co-founder of Blippar and Tick. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-114-uk-online-harms-telemedicine-events-in-may-spotify-tick-jess-butcher For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This episode packs three interviews we recorded at the Sesame Summit in Valencia earlier this month. Our awesome interviewees are Christian Lindener, CEO of Wayra Germany; Marina Ekroos, co-founder and CEO of Frameright; Javier Mateo Garcia, deputy director of entrepreneurship at Valencia Activa. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/tech-eu-podcast-sesamesummit-interview-special-christian-lindener-wayra-germany-marina-ekroos-frameright-javier-mateo-garcia-valencia-activa/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talk about XING's acquisition of HoneyPot, new VCs shaking up the European scene, the sad story behind Amazon's acquisition of Eero, Elon Musk's new rap song, DOOM speedrunning records, and more. Also included is an interview with Alice Zagury from The Family. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-113-xing-honeypot-the-family-alice-zagury-speedrunning-doom-elon-musk

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the accidental votes against a Copyright Directive amendment, Spotify executing the playbook of Netflix, the scooter wars of the early 20th century, and more. We've also prepared an interview with Nicolas Brusson, the co-founder and CEO of BlaBlaCar. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-112-copyright-directive-mess-spotify-netflix-scooter-wars-of-the-past-blablacar-nicolas-brusson For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the freshly approved Copyright Directive, the new €1.49 billion fine for Google, the concept of cloud kitchen, and much more. We’ve also prepared an interview with Martin Villig, co-founder of Bolt, formerly known as Taxify. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-111-cloud-kitchen-google-fine-copyright-directive-martin-villig-bolt-taxify For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This is the third and final batch of interviews the team of Tech.eu recorded in at the TechChill conference in Riga, Latvia, last month. In this episode, we talked to Pekka Viilto of Rundit, Kristel Kruustük of Testlio, and Tiit Paananen from Veriff. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-techchill-pekka-viilto-rundit-kristel-kruustuk-testlio-tiit-paananen-veriff For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss Spotify's complaint against Apple, the rise in funding for solar power projects, Google Docs as the new hot chat app for schoolkids, the ethics in AI, and much more. We've also prepared an interview with Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science, and Innovation. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-110-spotify-apple-solar-power-funding-ethics-ai-carlos-moedas-interview For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This is the second batch of interviews the team of Tech.eu recorded in at the TechChill conference in Riga, Latvia, last month. It doesn’t mean, however, that we only talked to people from the Baltics about the local ecosystem — far from that. In this episode, we’ve talked to Elizabeth Varley from TechHub; Andris Berzins of Change Ventures; and Rolands Mesters from Nordigen. Check out the show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/tech-eu-podcast-techchill-interview-special-elizabeth-varley-techhub-andris-berzins-change-ventures-rolands-mesters-nordigen For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Roxanne Varza, Natalie Novick, and Andrii Degeler discuss the acquisition of Usabilla by SurveyMonkey, the new French Tech Visas that make hiring for startups easier, a report by StartHer on how women-founded startups attract funding, and much more. Also, listen to two timely interviews with TNW's Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Talent Garden's Davide Dattoli. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-109-surveymonkey-usabilla-french-tech-visa-starther-report-tnw-boris-veldhuijzen-van-zanten-talent-garden-davide-dattoli For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This is the first batch of interviews the team of Tech.eu recorded at the TechChill conference in Riga, Latvia, last month. It doesn’t mean, however, that we only talked to people from the Baltics about the local ecosystem — far from that, actually. In this episode, we’ve talked to Kat Borlongan from La French Tech, Anna Andersone of Riga Tech Girls, and Milda Mitkutė from Vinted. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the media attention Revolut has got for various wrong reasons over the past few weeks, the e-sports landscape in Europe, upcoming events, old tech that powers important aspects of our lives, and much more. Also, listen to an interview with Göran Wågström, founder and CEO of Idka. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-108-more-pressure-on-revolut-e-sports-scene-in-europe-very-old-tech-around-us-blockchain-phones-interview-goran-wagstrom-idka For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick, Robin Wauters, and Andrii Degeler discuss the trend of multi-modal transportation apps, the new Japanese-backed fund that will invest in European startups, the UK's new investigation into Facebook, and much more. We've also prepared a pre-recorded interview with Riccardo Donadon, founder of the innovation platform H-FARM in Italy. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-107-multi-modal-mobility-uk-goes-gangster-on-facebook-europe-and-japan-get-closer-interview-h-farm-riccardo-donadon For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In this episode, we've talked to Nils Mattisson, CEO and co-founder of Minut, and Julia Grace, senior director of infrastructure engineering at Slack in San Francisco. You will learn how to make a great product for a totally wrong audience and still survive, why people want to have a home alarm that’s not a camera, how Slack is used in Europe, and much more. Check out the post on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-interview-special-nils-mattisson-minut-julia-grace-slack For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talk about the rush for financial licences in Lithuania, Revolut's standoff with Lithuanian authorities, the future of work, and more. Also, check out an interview with MEP Julia Reda on the Copyright Directive. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-106-fintech-lithuania-revolut-malt-the-future-of-work-julia-reda-copyright-directive For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Andrii Degeler and Natalie Novick talk about the Copyright Directive and its consequences, the changes in the autotech and mobility landscape, making sense of VC funding numbers, life without the tech giants, and more. There's also a fascinating interview with Claire Novorol, co-founder and chief medical officer of Ada Health. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-105-copyright-directive-autotech-news-interview-claire-novorol-ada-health For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Welcome to our interview special — a new episode format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-cristobal-alonso-startup-wise-guys-mika-rautiainen-valossa-raitis-purins-printful For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Andrii Degeler, Natalie Novick, and Chris Chinchilla talk about the departure of Uber and Cabify from Barcelona, the rise of “data ownership” companies that help to guard your data, the doublethink of the Western corporates regarding automation, writing tips from Stephen King, diversity in the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the UK, and much more. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-104-uber-cabify-barcelona-transferwise-taavet-hinrikus For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss Google's latest fine in Europe, the good news about the Copyright Directive, the launch of Iceland Venture Studio and the local ecosystem in Iceland, as well as the history of blogging and the issue of “performative workaholism.” Natalie has also recorded an interview with Raph Crouan, founder and CEO of Startupbootcamp IoT programme in London. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-103-google-france-copyright-directive-iceland-startups-raph-crouan For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In today's Tech.eu Podcast, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talk about the latest gigantic funding round for an e-scooter startup, the increasing amount of Chinese capital in European tech, the history of RSS, and more. We've also prepared an interview with Johan Attby, co-founder and CEO of FishBrain, a startup that has raised almost $30 million for an app for fishing lovers. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-102-e-scooters-chinese-investment-in-europe-history-of-rss-interview-fishbrain For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In today's Tech.eu Podcast, Natalie Novick, Andrii Degeler, and Robin Wauters talk about TransferWise opening an office in Brussels, funding rounds for Horizn and N26, the acquisition of data Artisans by Alibaba Group, and much more. The episode also features a pre-recorded interview with Jeff Lynn, co-founder and executive chairman at Seedrs, an equity crowdfunding platform that’s been pretty successful in Europe. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-101-transferwise-brussels-n26-horizn-alibaba-europe For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Remember we promised something special for the 100th episode of the podcast? Well, this is it — we’ve managed to gather almost everyone from the founding team of Tech.eu! Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-100-five-year-anniversary-special-roxanne-varza-robin-wauters-alex-barrera-jon-bradford For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tech.eu podcast team is proud to present our first interview special — a new episode format, in which we offer you a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem. In this episode, you’ll learn what a Motherbrain is, how corporate VCs work, and what the market is like for a startup that offers hourly bookings in mainstream hotels. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/tech-eu-podcast-interview-special-cyril-lefay-byhours-itxaso-del-palacio-m12-henrik-landgren-eqt-ventures For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the recent Slush conference in Helsinki, the issues with e-scooters in Madrid, the EC's new initiative regarding AI, inclusion and diversity in the tech industry, and more. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-99-slush-recap-e-scooters-madrid-petcube-yaroslav-azhnyuk For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss eating insects, fixing employee ownership regulation in Europe, mourning (or lack thereof) of CeBIT, and more. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-98-uber-fine-innovafeed-gravity-panayiotis-philimis For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick, Andrii Degeler, and the special guest Martin Bryant talk about the fresh capital poured into e-scooters in Europe, university spin-offs across the continent, Europe possibly becoming America's “tech police,” entrepreneurial journalism, and much more. The episode features an interview with Oscar Farres from the European Investment Fund. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-97 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss what BlaBlaCar is going to do with the bus operator Ouibus, what the Brexit draft agreement means for the tech ecosystem in the UK, and much more. Also featured in the episode is a great and insightful interview with Simon Cook, the CEO of Draper Esprit. Check out the full show notes: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-96-blablacar-sncf-brexit-draft-agreement-draper-esprit-simon-cook For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The biggest deal of the week: Bitfury, a Latvian-founded company headquartered in Amsterdam that describes itself as the “largest full-service blockchain technology company in the world,” has just closed an $80 million funding round. Lesara and Travelbird, which raised more than €100 million in total and employed more than 600 people, have filed for insolvency in a span of two weeks. - Dutch travel booking platform Travelbird suspends operations after failing to raise emergency funding - German online fashion startup Lesara files for insolvency Facebook will allow French regulators to access inside the company in an effort to combat hate speech across the platform - France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to combat hate speech - France and Facebook announce partnership against online hate speech - Facebook is the least trusted major tech company when it comes to safeguarding personal data, poll finds Interview: Christian Owens, CEO and founder of Paddle (recorded at the SaaStock conference in Dublin) Events coming up soon: - Slush in Helsinki; December 4­–5 - Seedstars CEE Summit in Kyiv; December 14 - Techstars Startup Weeks around Europe; November - Global Entrepreneurship Week around the world; November - Investors Day & BETAPITCH Global 2018 in Berlin; November 15 - RockTech Paris; November 21 - Robotex in Tallinn; November 26 ­– December 2 Did we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form. Our reading recommendations: - Dave Lee on the BBC: “Why Big Tech pays poor Kenyans to teach self-driving cars” (video) - Our free report “Seed the future – A deep dive into European early-stage tech startup activity” We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu, @nnovick, and @adegeler. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The biggest deal of the week: Monzo, the UK-based fintech company, is now a unicorn. The company has raised £85 million and now boasts more than a million users. The UK plans to introduce what it calls a “digital services” tax that will target tech giants - UK chancellor announces 2% ‘digital services tax’ on tech giants’ revenues starting in April 2020 - Hammond's digital tax faces opposition from big tech firms - US attacks UK plan for digital services tax on tech giants Interview: Christian Nagel, co-founder and managing partner at EarlyBird Lessons learned from the story of Click & Grow, and the rise of indoor smart gardens - Estonian-founded “smart garden” startup Click & Grow raises $11 million from an IKEA stores operator and other investors - Q&A with Mattias Lepp, founder and CEO of Click & Grow - I Tried the Click and Grow Herb Garden — Here's How It Went - I grew basil and lettuce using this indoor smart garden — and the process was truly effortless Events coming up soon: - Govtech Summit in Paris; November 12 - Techstars Startup Weeks around Europe; November - Global Entrepreneurship Week around the world; November - Investors Day & BETAPITCH Global 2018 in Berlin; November 15 Did we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form. Our reading recommendations: - Matthew Hughes on TNW: “Influencer marketing is bullshit” - Diablo Immortal Reveal with Chat Reaction — Blizzcon 2018 Opening Ceremony We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu, @nnovick, and @adegeler. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The biggest deal of the week: Berlin’s GoEuro who has raised a $150 million investment round by Kinnevik and Temasek, with participation from Hillhouse Capital. I was at a few things they did when I was living in Berlin-- they really have a cool company and they are providing a lot of utility for people travelling around Europe. If you are interested in staying in the know about all the deals — check out the Tech.eu Insider newsletter! Google has abandoned plans to open a new campus for startups in Berlin’s Kreuzberg. - Google abandons Berlin base after two years of resistance - 'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a tech giant - Fuck Off Google Interview: Florian Pauthner, managing director of SevenVentures Ireland is joining the ranks of the countries where Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms get heavily regulated. - Ireland to regulate Airbnb-style rentals to tackle housing shortage - Clampdown on Airbnb rentals 'will be difficult' Events: - Connected Data London 2018; November 7 - Web Summit in Lisbon; November 5­–8 - Govtech Summit in Paris; November 12 - Techstars Startup Weeks around Europe; November Did we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form. Our reading recommendations: - Nitasha Tiku on Wired, “An alternative history of Silicon Valley disruption” - David Heinemier Hansson, “It doesn’t have to be crazy at work” - China’s Grueling Formula for Success: 9-9-6 - After three weeks in China, it's clear Beijing is Silicon Valley's only true competitor - Book reviews on 800-CEO-READ and The Economist We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu, @nnovick, and @adegeler. Image credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images | The Guardian For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Here’s what we discussed this time. The biggest deal of the week: Truphone, a UK-based eSIM mobile carrier that works with Apple, raised $71 million. The company is now valued at $507 million. We also tracked a number of eight-figure rounds in Spain, Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. If you are interested in staying in the know about all the deals — check out Tech.eu Insider newsletter! Google will soon start charging smartphone makers for Google Play Store in Europe - Google app suite costs as much as $40 per phone under new EU Android deal - Google to charge smartphone makers for Google Play in Europe Interview: Gidi Pridor, VP Marketing at TravelPerk that has recently raised $44 million in funding “Davos in the desert” and Saudi money in European tech - Where Saudi Arabia is investing in tech - Tech reckons with Saudi cash after journalist’s brutal murder - Assessing Saudi Arabia's stake in Uber - Term Sheet -- Thursday, June 2 - Where SoftBank has invested its $100 billion Vision Fund - £70bn Saudi-backed Softbank fund in talks with UK's Oaknorth - Business titans fight shy of Saudi’s trillion-dollar charm offensive - The meaning of the Vision Fund Interview: Igor Zhadanov, CEO and co-founder at Readdle Events: - Women Startup Challenge Europe in Paris, France; October 25 - NOAH London Conference; October 30­–31 - Edinburgh’s Startup Summit; on October 31 - Web Summit in Lisbon; November 5­–8 - Govtech Summit in Paris; November 12 Did we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form. Our reading recommendations The Aleph Report, “Politicians and regulations are about to end the startup world” Martin Bryant, “The language of technology” series We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected] or tweet at @tech_eu, @nnovick, and @adegeler. Photo by Yunus klifa on Unsplash For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: The biggest deal of the week: immersive reality tech startup Varjo has raised a $31 million Series B round from Atomico, Next47, and others. Apple’s shopping in Europe - Danish startup Spektral sold to Apple for $30 million - Apple confirms it has acquired Spektral, a Danish computer vision startup, for augmented reality technology - Apple inks $600M deal to license IP, acquire assets and talent from Dialog to expand chipmaking in Europe HelloFresh and the issues with subscription marketing - The World's Most Ruthless Food Startup: The Inside Story of How HelloFresh Clawed Its Way to the Top - HelloFresh: The world's most ruthless food startup - ‘Complaints are vastly outweighed by positive feedback’: HelloFresh defends face-to-face salespeople - HelloFresh To End Street Team Program Following Complaints From Greenpoint Residents - Subscription box deliveries set to become billion-pound market - HelloFresh has a Bigger Customer Retention Problem Than Blue Apron Interview: Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures Berlin-based startup Pitch raises $19 million to take on slide decks - Pitch, from the founders of Wunderlist, raises $19M to take on PowerPoint in presentations - Wunderlist creators raise $19 million for Pitch, a next-gen collaborative presentation platform Events: - NOAH London Conference; October 30­–31 - Fintech Belgium Summit in Brussels, Belgium; October 22 - Women Startup Challenge Europe in Paris, France; October 25 Did we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form. Our reading recommendations Kara Swisher: “I just knew I was going to surpass these guys I was working for.” Also, check out Kara’s recent AMA session on Reddit. Blockchain scepticism: “The Big Blockchain Lie” and “Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism.” Bonus: Tim Berners-Lee on reinventing the web (without blockchain). We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected]. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: The biggest deal of the week: Owlstone Medical from Cambridge raises $35 million for its breathalyser-based diagnostics solution. Amazon has announced that it will raise minimum wages for all its workers in the US and in the UK - Don’t let Amazon’s living wage announcement fool you. This is why I’m not calling off my boycott yet - Amazon workers strike in Germany, Spain and Poland to coincide with Prime Day - Amazon’s other pay benefit: A higher UK tax rate? - Amazon warehouse workers lose bonuses, stock awards for raises - Amazon raises the minimum wage for US and UK employees Interview: Jonas Huckestein, co-founder and CTO of Monzo Huel, the UK food startup that has secured a £20 million funding round from Highland Capital Interview: Dmitriy Zaporozhets, the co-founder and CTO of Europe’s latest unicorn GitLab Balderton Capital, a venture fund headquartered in London, has raised its new fund of $145 million called Liquidity I - Why we raised Balderton’s Liquidity I — and the dramatic growth and maturation of Europe’s tech ecosystem - Balderton’s $145M ‘secondary’ fund will give shareholders in European scale-ups the chance to exit early Events: - Web Summit stays in Lisbon - World Summit AI in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; October 10–11 - Health Pioneers in Vienna, Austria; October 10 - RuhrSummit in Bochum, Germany; October 11–12 - Europe Code Week; October 6–21 - SaaStock in Dublin, Ireland; October 15–17 - Uprise Festival in Dublin, Ireland; October 17–18 - Fintech Belgium Summit in Brussels, Belgium; October 22 - Women Startup Challenge Europe in Paris, France; October 25 Our reading recommendations After earning €10 million in revenues, Tim Schumacher and Christian Kroll will to turn their company, Ecosia over to their employees and become a “self-owned company” - Our company, Ecosia, makes 10 million in revenues. Today, we’re donating all of our shares. Why on earth are we doing that? - Purpose economy It turns out that there are still a lot of journalists — mostly those writing for local newspapers — who use Microsoft Word and not Google Docs to send their stories to the editors. - Journalists just can’t quit Microsoft Word. But some are trying - Do capybaras dream of Google Docs? We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected]. Photo by Hello I'm Nik on Unsplash For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy