Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:Wirecard’s wild ride down‘The Enron of Germany’: Wirecard scandal casts a shadow on corporate governance (CNBC)EY prepares for backlash over Wirecard scandal (Financial Times)Germany to sever ties with accounting watchdog after Wirecard scandal (Reuters)Germany’s top court rules against Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’Germany’s highest court orders Facebook to stop cross-platform data sharing (EURACTIV)Facebook Loses Antitrust Decision in Germany Over Data Collection (The New York Times)Germany’s top court rules against Facebook on users’ data (Deutsche Welle)Highlighting three big funding rounds:Checkout.com triples valuation to $5.5 billion, making it one of Europe’s top fintechs (CNBC)French fintech scale-up Swile secures €70 million to extend beyond its digital meal voucher alternative (Tech.eu)Cazoo raises $31 million at $1 billion+ valuation to help you buy used cars online (Tech.eu) Steve King, co-founder and CEO of UK-based Black SwanHow AI And Data Science Are Helping To Understand And Tackle COVID-19 (Forbes)

EU vs. AppleEU 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 billionsWirecard, 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 AdvisorsLondon’s Imperial College debuts ‘Innovation Fund’ to back startups founded by students and staff (Tech.eu)

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode.🛒 Amazon's struggle with the EUAmazon to face antitrust charges from EU over treatment of third-party sellers [paywalled]Speech of Margrethe Vestager at the College of Europe, Bruges campusTech.eu Podcast #127: EU vs. Amazon, future of alternative meats in Europe, is brain drain real, interview with Fifty Years’ Seth Bannon, and more🎙 Maria Chatzou Dunford, CEO and founder at LifebitWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode.🍕 The battle for Grubhub'Nobody's making money in this business': Uber's CEO defends a possible GrubHub merger amid criticism of the reported merger talksUber-Grubhub deal hinges on breakup fee after narrowing price gapUber could lose its Grubhub deal to Just Eat or Delivery HeroGrubhub jumps on deal inquiries from Just Eat, Delivery HeroGrubhub rockets 11% on reports of takeover interest from 2 European peersGrubhub has two new suitors, Just Eat Takeaway and Delivery HeroDara Khosrowshahi: How Uber is changing and being challenged by a global pandemic🎙 Antti-Jussi Suominen, CEO at the Finnish fintech startup HolviWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition and Executive Vice President, Europe Fit for the Digital Age🎙 Gerd Leonhard, a futurist from The Futures Agency🎙 Emilija Stojmenova Duh, head of Slovenia's digital innovation hub 4PDIHWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode.🛴 E-scooter share co Wind to offer deliveries🚕 Exclusive: BMW and Daimler now offer e-scooters with Free Now🚗 BlaBlaCar partners with scooter startup Voi to launch new BlaBla Ride app🎙 Nicolas Brusson, co-founder and CEO of BlaBlaCarWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Claire Munck, CEO at Be Angels and board member of Business Angels Europe🎙 Philippe Collombel, managing partner of Partech🎙 Inka Mero, founder and managing partner of Voima Ventures🎙 Robin Wauters, founding editor of Tech.eu🎙 Dmitry Kalaev, head of acceleration at IIDF.vcWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Roni Bonjack, head of developer programs — EMEA at FacebookStartup resources for coronavirus (COVID-19)How startups are pivoting during the pandemic🎙 Cristina Vila Vives, founder and CEO at CledaraMelinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and M12 name Cledara top 5 enterprise software startupWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.

Here are the links to the profiles of this week’s panellists.🎙 Karolina Korth, head of strategy for South-West Europe at Siemens Mobility🎙 Joris Jeelof, chief commercial officer at RoadEO🎙 Linus Frank, co-founder of Vesputi🎙 Antonio Jara, CEO at HOPUWe 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 notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Matthew Goldstein, partner at M12🎙 Pascal Kemps and Johan Van den Bulck, co-founders of TeRoCoWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu and @adegeler.