And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🤝 Event networking app Grip raises $13M, as pandemic forces events to stay virtual📞 Sinch to acquire US voice communications company Inteliquent for $1.14 billion🐚 Tech investor Klaus Hommels launches $332 million SPAC in Europe💰 Emerging as an Eastern powerhouse, Earlybird Digital East Fund launches new $242M fund📈 Deliveroo pencils in 8 March to unveil blockbuster float⚖️ Deliveroo to appeal to Supreme Court after judges say riders are not freelancers💉 He disrupted finance — now TransferWise’s co-founder wants to fight the pandemic🛍 Web browser group Opera commits $100m+ to launch European fintech strategy🎤 Interview: Krystian Kolondra, EVP PC and EEA FinTech at OperaWe 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.

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 make debut on London stock market this month🚀 SPAC led by Rocket Internet co-founder files for IPO in $250 million deal🎙 Interview: Alex Kayyal, partner and head of Salesforce Ventures InternationalWe 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.

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 Auto1 rallies 45% in debut💳 Israel’s Payoneer to go public on Nasdaq at $3.3 billion valuation🇬🇧 ‘Buy now pay later’ firms face FCA crackdown after Woolard review🎙 Interview: Aline Muylaert, CitizenLabWe 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.

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 Patel, EMEA private capital analyst at PitchBook DataWe 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.

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 a $1B+ valuation to bring together the fragmented world of payments🕹 Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division🖨 Protolabs buys Dutch online manufacturing platform 3D Hubs for up to $330 million in a mix of cash, stock⚖️ Brussels zeroes in on Google’s adtech business💿 Antitrust: Commission fines Valve and five publishers of PC video games € 7.8 million for “geo-blocking” practices🎙 Interview: Luke Lang, CMO and co-founder of CrowdcubeWe 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.

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 billion3️⃣ 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 $43 million to help temporary workers find jobs and security🍅 Italian e-grocery startup Cortilia raises €34 million to get fresh local food to people’s homes🐽 Online greeting card retailer Moonpig plans London listing🍕 Deliveroo picks banks to serve up blockbuster floatAmazon-backed Deliveroo could be headed to a blockbuster IPO that values it above $13 billion in April🚙 German used car platform AUTO1 plans to list on Frankfurt stock exchange💸 Delivery Hero launches DX Ventures, a new VC fund with €50 million at hand💵 LAUNCHub Ventures seals €44 million first close of its €70 million target fund – here’s why📈 Baltic startup ecosystem will bloom thanks to new stock option policies, says Index Ventures🛰 European Investment Fund announces €300 million of space sector finance with new investments into Orbital Ventures and Primo Space🎙 Interview: Stephane Ouaki, the chair of the investment committee of the EIC FundEuropean Innovation Council kicks off equity fund with €178 million going to 42 startups‘It’s going to kill your business’: Startups turn on €2B EU fund 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.

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 platform that powers banking services🇪🇺 European Innovation Council kicks off equity fund with €178 million going to 42 startups🎙 Interview: Jan Goetz, co-founder of IQM, and Ilkka Kivimaki of Maki.vcWe 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 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, suggestions, and opinions at podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler. 

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 HubbleHQWe 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_eu and @adegeler.