EU vs. Apple

• EU launches antitrust probes into Apple’s App Store and Apple Pay (CNBC)
• Opinion: Apple deserves the EU antitrust scrutiny it’s getting (Bloomberg)
• Opinion: Apple’s antitrust issues won’t go away; the company should act now (9to5Mac)

Wirecard’s missing billions

• Wirecard, a Payments Firm, Is Rocked by a Report of a Missing $2 Billion (The New York Times)
• Wirecard’s disappearing $2.1 billion (Fortune)
• Wirecard and the Dangerous Allure of Lots of Cash: Opinion (Bloomberg Tax)

Highlighting two interesting acquisitions:

• Facebook acquires crowdsourced mapping company Mapillary (Reuters)
• Square Buys European P2P App Verse (PYMNTS.com)

Highlighting three interesting funding rounds:

• Swedish video game developer Stillfront raises €113 million (Tech.eu)
• Berlin’s Contentful raises $80 million Series E for omnichannel content platform (Tech.eu)
• Monzo value falls 40% in latest fundraising (FT)

 Moray Wright, co-founder and CEO of UK-based Parkwalk Advisors

• London’s Imperial College debuts ‘Innovation Fund’ to back startups founded by students and staff (Tech.eu)