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And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💳 London-based payments provider SumUp raises €750 million🦄 Is it a Bitpanda, is it the first Austrian unicorn? Peter Thiel’s Valar leads $170 million Series B round🛴 Bird to spend $150 million on European expansion plan💻 Norwegian video meeting startup Whereby raises $12 million in Series-A funding🔋 Northvolt receives $14 billion battery cell order for Swedish gigafactory from Volkswagen📈 Amazon-backed Deliveroo aims to raise $1.4 billion in upcoming IPO🇬🇧 UK pulls away from France and Germany on VC funding despite Brexit🚖 Uber grants UK drivers worker status in world first👋 France opens privacy investigation into audio app Clubhouse🎙 Interview: Nicolas Julia, co-founder and CEO of SorareWe 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 Eric Demuth, CEO of Bitpanda. The company has just become Austria's first unicorn, raising $170 million at a $1.2 billion valuation. 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. 

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🔊 Epidemic Sound raises $450M at a $1.4B valuation to ‘soundtrack the internet’🔐 Snyk raises $300m at $4.7b valuation⭐️ Starling Bank confirms £272 million in new funding, claims unicorn status🍏 Urban farming startup Infarm raises extra $100 million to expand🏎 Porsche raises stake in electric car and components maker Rimac Automobili🎓 Kyiv-based edtech Preply raises $35 million in funding📈 Trustpilot set for $1.4bn London stock market listing💵 Amazon-backed Deliveroo reveals it lost $309 million in 2020 ahead of IPO📱 French startup lobby to file privacy complaint against Apple🇩🇪 Apple will invest over 1 billion euros in Germany and plans European Silicon Design Center in Munich👩‍💻 Web Summit is now licensing their conference software. First up: the United Nations🇪🇺 EU struggles to build antitrust case against Amazon🚲 Spain agrees on labour reform that will recognize delivery platform riders as employeesWe 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:💸 Stockholm-based Klarna receives fresh injection of a cool $1 billion, CEO challenges tech to focus on global sustainability🚁 Electric air taxi startup Volocopter raises €200 million in Series D funding🍄 Thiel-backed psychedelics firm hits $2 billion valuation🛒 Prague-based online grocery group Rohlik scores €190 million in Partech-led round to boost growth🛵 Flink, the Berlin-based grocery delivery startup that operates its own ‘dark stores’, raises $52 million💻 London-based virtual events platform Hopin raises $400 million in series C funding📈 Post-Brexit London aims to lure tech IPOs and SPACs in challenge to New York🎙 Interview: Christopher Plantener, KontistWe 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:🤑 VCs are chasing Hopin upwards of $5-6B valuation📈 Klarna may opt for direct listing as private funding loomsKlarna said to be raising $1bn at $31bn valuation🐚 HelloSPAC: HelloFresh founder Dominik Richter (and friends) file for $300 million US SPAC🚀 Lakestar gains in largest Europe tech-focused blank-check debut🚙 Cazoo acquires Cluno🎨 Graphic design platform Canva acquires two European tech startups: Kaleido AI (Austria) and Smartmockups (Czech Republic)🔄 Transferwise rebrands to Wise⚖️ Uber weighs its future in the UK after court ruling🇪🇺 Protecting people working through platforms: Commission launches a first-stage consultation of the social partners🛡 Interview: Matthieu Boutard, managing director of BodyguardWe 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 Dima Shvets, co-founder and CEO of Reface. If you're into memes and faceswap, you certainly know the name of the company — it's been downloaded more than 90 million times and used by people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Justin Bieber. 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. 

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.