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And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:🛴 Voi, the European ‘micromobility’ rental company, raises $160 million additional equity and debt fundingBolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter🐼 UK-based HungryPanda raises $70 million to expand its online Asian food delivery business worldwide🏦 Monzo, the UK challenger bank, picks up additional £60 million in funding🔬 UK edtech startup MEL Science snags $14 million Series BTech.eu Podcast #168: On the future of education (feat. MEL Science, Brainly, and Lingvist)☁️ SoftBank buys 10.1 percent stake in Sinch after its meteoric surgeTech.eu Podcast #178: Apple (and Ireland)’s win against the EU, Privacy Shield invalidated, and we interview Sinch CEO Oscar Werner🎯 This is where Target Global wants to invest its new €300+ million fund⏰ Firstminute Capital launches second $111 million fund, featuring a who’s-who of founders as LPs The European Investment Bank Group debuts new €150 million financing instrument to support European AI tech firms🤖 London AI lab claims breakthrough that could accelerate drug discoveryDeepMind’s protein-folding breakthrough triggers fierce debate among skeptical scientists: ‘Until they share their code, nobody in the field cares’🚙 Interview with Sebastian Peck, managing director of InMotion Ventures, a firm backed by Jaguar Land RoverWe 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:❗️ Kahoot! has acquired language learning mobile game maker Drops for up to $50 millionTech.eu Podcast — Interview Special: Daniel Farkas (Drops) and Janosch Sadowski (Kolibri)🍽 HelloFresh plans to buy US meal delivery company Factor for up to $277 million🍄 Peter Thiel backs psychedelic drug developer Atai in $125 million raise💵 France demands digital tax payments from US tech groups🇪🇺 Big tech companies are looking for European lobbyists🛒 Interview with Jānis Bošs, founder of Fast BrandsWe 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.

This time, we talked to Bogdan Iordache, founder of How To Web; Adelina Peltea, VP Growth of Holded; and Robin Geers, founder and CEO at Alliance Europe.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:🚌 UK electric vehicle company Arrival set for $5.4bn Nasdaq listingTech.eu Podcast #192: Let’s talk about SPACs…💳 Santander buys Wirecard’s core European business for €100 millionFormer Wirecard boss Braun stonewalls German lawmakers’ inquiry🏗 Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240 millionTech.eu Podcast — Slush Interview Special: Valentina Milanova (Daye) and Carl Christensen (Spacemaker)🛴 TfL and London Councils look for e-scooter operators to take part in year-long rental trial🎙 Interview with Riku Asikainen, managing partner at Evli Growth PartnersWe 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.

Welcome to an interview special episode of our podcast: a format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem. In this episode, Tech.eu’s founding editor Robin Wauters talked to Tara Reeves, partner at OMERS Ventures Europe, and Michael Kent, CEO of Azimo and co-founder of Tandem Bank. 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:💎 Farfetch secures $1.1bn backing from Alibaba and Richemont📅 Hopin raises $125 million at $2.1 billion valuation as virtual events become the norm🦄 Estonian-born Pipedrive achieves unicorn status with $1.5 billion valuation👷 HR tech startup Remote raises $35 million Series A from Index, Sequoia and others🛴 TIER Mobility raises mammoth $250 million Series C roundWhat SoftBank backing scooter operator Tier means for European micromobility🇪🇪 Estonia’s Bolt wants to become the largest micromobility provider in Europe next year✒️ New bill in Ireland proposes to pull e-scooters out of a legal gray area🕹 Take-Two to buy UK game maker Codemasters for $956 million📣 Spotify to buy podcast ad company Megaphone for $235 million🪦 Under Armour shuts down Endomondo, which it paid $85 million for in 2015🔑 What’s all this about Europe wanting crypto backdoors?⚖️ EU says Amazon breached antitrust rules, opens second investigation into its e-commerce business💰 EU budget: European Commission welcomes agreement on €1.8 trillion package to help build greener, more digital and more resilient Europe‘Breach of trust’: Horizon Europe cut prompts strong backlash🎙Interview with Tjarda Voorneman, lead of the Techleap Rise ProgramWe 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.

This time, Tech.eu’s founding editor Robin Wauters talked to two entrepreneurs who founded very different ventures — the language-learning startup Drops and the gaming company Kolibri Games, which was acquired by Ubisoft earlier this year. 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:🍽 Meal kit company Gousto hits unicorn status, but founder Timo Boldt doesn't care all that much about valuations.🔋 Skeleton Technologies, the Estonian startup developing the “SuperBattery,” has raised a €41.3m Series D funding round💸 The pandemic’s impact on private equity so far: New report shows strong raising but lower investing🇹🇷 Turkey fines social media giants for breaching online law🎙 We interviewed Ott Vatter, former managing director of the e-Residency program in EstoniaWe 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:🧳 GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm🏡 Helsinki proptech scale-up Kodit.io secures €100 million in equity and debt funding🎶 Spotify recovers from early-pandemic slump⚖️ Pressure grows for antitrust action against German software giantItalian watchdog investigates Google over alleged advertising market abuseFrance’s online ad lobbies file antitrust complaint against AppleGerman watchdog launches new investigation into Amazon🤖 Fired by robots — Uber faces legal challenge for algorithmic dismissals🎙 We interviewed Job van der Voort, CEO and co-founder at Remote.comWe 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:📈 European venture picks up in Q3 following slow start🎓 Irish elearning company LearnUpon closes €47.4 million investment🇨🇳 China urges Sweden to reverse its Huawei, ZTE ban to avoid harming its companies🌖 Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon💰 London explores hopping on Spacs bandwagonAlmost everything you need to know about SPACs🎙 Interview with Jambu Palaniappan, managing partner at OMERS VenturesWe 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.