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This time, Tech.eu's founding editor Robin Wauters talked to three entrepreneurs from very different industries about their products and the ways they cope with the current crisis. Check out the conversations with Anthony Rose of SeedLegals, Gauthier Van Malderen of Perlego, and Daniel Månsson of Flow Neuroscience. 

Here are the notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Fred Destin, founder at Stride.VCShmuel Chafets: “Back to basics: Why VC needs to change”Thread on the role of a VC🎙 Richard Muirhead, founding managing partner at Fabric Ventures Give Startups the Runway to Save UsTech.eu Podcast #164: Should the governments bail out startups?We 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.

In this episode, we're joined in our virtual studio by Ed Newton-Rex, who sold his AI music startup to ByteDance. Ed is a jury member of the AI Song Contest — billed as the “AI Eurovision,” — where 12 teams compete with their songs created with the use of AI. Public voting in the contest is open until May 10.We're going to listen to some of the submissions together and discuss the place of AI in our culture and the music industry. Can you actually hear AI? How good is the music it can create? And, of course, will it eventually replace human composers and performers?

Here are the notes and links for this week’s interviews.🎙 Good and bad week for Amazon in EuropeAmazon to close French warehouses until next week after court orderAmazon's EU head of operations steps down amid virus crisisNo end in sight yet for Amazon shutdown in FranceCMA provisionally clears Amazon’s investment in DeliverooAmazon’s investment in Deliveroo provisionally approved by UK watchdog🎙 Natalie Novick on the future of contact tracing apps and the issues of the PEPP-PT projectQuantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracingEuropean coronavirus app platform gains traction with governmentsDecentralized Protocol Removed From EU Contact Tracing Website Without NoticeAn Investigation Into PEPP-PTEuropean coronavirus contact tracing app sparks uproar in the privacy communityCoronavirus: An EU approach for efficient contact tracing appsItaly tests contact-tracing app to speed lockdown exitEurope's PEPP-PT COVID-19 contacts tracing standard push could be squaring up for a fight with Apple and Google🎙 Interview with Giovanni Fili, founder and CEO at ExegerWe 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.

In this episode, Ananth Devarajan, product manager at Lark, talks about working from home, remote teams, interactive collaboration, and recommendations for people who are struggling to adapt to the “new reality” of working remotely every day rather than resorting to that occasionally.This episode of Tech.eu Podcast is sponsored by Lark. If you are managing a remote team, you want to try this next-generation office suite. It’s got everything you need — chat, video conferencing, docs, calendar. You can enjoy smooth video calls for up to 100 participants with unlimited minutes and advanced screen sharing, collaborate on docs with your teammates even during video calls, enjoy 200GB of free cloud storage, and create chat groups for up to 5,000 people with unlimited searchable messages. Get started for free at larksuite.com/techeu.

Toon Vanagt on why governmental bailouts are not the right way to go for the startup ecosystemLet’s not misuse #Covid19 to privatise the startup profits and socialise the scale-up lossesWhy Should We Save Start-ups?Robin Klein: Don’t bail out the startupsBelgian start-up scene calls for ‘life support’ amid COVID-19 crisisCOVID-hit UK startups cry out for help, as UK gov trails Europe in its responseWith this cry for help, Dutch investors are pressuring the cabinet to help startups Daniela Seixas, founder and CEO at Tonic App Matt Kurleto, ambassador of Startup Hansa

Here are some details on the panellists of this episode:Rune Theill, co-founder and CEO of RockstartStartups: postpone your next fundraising until at least Q4 2020… if you canAaron Blumenthal, director of global portfolio services at 500 StartupsAntonio Pisante, program manager at Techstars Smart Mobility AcceleratorWe 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 @adegeler.

This week, Andrii Degeler, Robin Wauters, and Sebastien Toupy (TNW) discuss the topic of hackathons and whether they are indeed able to produce solutions the world needs in times of crisis. The featured interview is a conversation with Alex Theuma, founder and CEO of SaaStock talking about the reaction of the event industry to the pandemic. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-163-hackathons-sebastien-toupy-tnw-alex-theuma-saastock For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Kirill Bigai of Preply, a language learning startup that recently raised $10 million, and Hjalmar Nordegren of Karma, a Swedish startup fighting food waste, share insights. Topics include Preply's global growth, Ukraine's tech ecosystem, Karma's mission, financial stability amidst crisis, and long-term impact on startups.

This week, Andrii Degeler, Natalie Novick, and Robin Wauters discuss how VCs change their way in the challenging times, and whether it's a good idea for founders to come forward and name the names of those trying to take advantage of entrepreneurs. Also, expect to hear the latest on how e-scooter companies cope with the coronavirus outbreak and enjoy a beautiful music track from Finland. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-161-european-vcs-e-scooters-coronavirus For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy