
Tech.eu
The Tech.eu Podcast is a show discussing the most interesting stories from the European technology scene.
Latest episodes

Oct 23, 2019 • 1h 1min
Interview special: Maxim Romain, CEO and co-founder of Dott
This interview special episode includes a conversation with Maxim Romain, CEO and co-founder of the e-scooter startup Dott, recorded in Amsterdam earlier this year. Among the topics we discussed in this interview are Dott's rumoured launch in the Netherlands, the profitability of e-scooter startups, the problem — or lack thereof — that Dott is solving, the actual levels of theft and vandalism in the industry, and much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Oct 16, 2019 • 43min
Kahoot goes public, autonomous driving in Europe, Lucy Cheesman and algorave music, marathon tech, fresh reports, and more
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talked about the rejection of Sylvie Goulard as the internal market commissioner, the little-discussed IPO! of! Kahoot!, the autonomous driving scene in Europe, upcoming events, and much more. The featured interview of the week is with Lucy Cheesman, an algorave musician from the UK.
Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-139-kahoot-lucy-cheesman-algorave For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Oct 9, 2019 • 35min
Pitching Pitch, German funding spike, interview with Glovo's Sacha Michaud, the job of digital prophet, e-scooters and DUI, and more
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed the funding news of the presentation collaboration startup Pitch, what's going on with funding rounds in Germany, what a digital prophet does, and much more. Also, check out an interview with Sacha Michaud, co-founder of Glovo.
Full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-138-pitching-pitch-german-funding-spike-glovo-sacha-michaud For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Oct 2, 2019 • 38min
Unbabel and gig economy, documents leak from the Commission, cap table issues, Carly Kind of the Ada Lovelace Institute, and more
This week, Andrii Degeler and Natalie Novick discuss the fresh funding round of Unbabel and the gig economy in general, new tech-related documents leaked from the European Commission, cap table issues in the Nordics and beyond, the mystery of Cachette Capital, and more. The featured interview of the day is a conversation with Carly Kind, director of the Ada Lovelace Institute.
Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-137-unbabel-leak-european-commission-carly-kind-ada-lovelace-institute For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Sep 27, 2019 • 34min
TechBBQ Live Special: The governments' role in the European startup ecosystem
Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler recorded this episode at TechBBQ in Copenhagen last week together with our friends from Startup42 Media. It was also broadcast live around the venue into the silent disco headsets. In this episode, we talked about the governmental involvement into the tech and startup ecosystem across Europe — which is a timely question considering the latest news stories like France's €5 billion commitment to tech companies or Apple's court fight with the European Commission. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Sep 25, 2019 • 33min
Apple's back taxes in Ireland, Macron's €5 billion pledge, flying water taxies, interview with Tattoodo's Johan Plenge, and more
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed Apple's court battle against the EU to avoid paying €13 billion in back taxes, the new announcement by Emmanuel Macron at France Digitale Day, water taxis flying too fast, the Super Pumped book, and more. The featured interview this time is a conversation with Johan Plenge, CEO and founder at Tattoodo. Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-136-apple-ireland-macron-tattoodo-johan-plenge For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Sep 18, 2019 • 32min
The new Commission, Libra's tough times in Europe, Amsterdam is a cool place to IPO, bad Amazon habits, and more
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler talked about the new European Commission, Europe's stance on the Libra cryptocurrency, Amsterdam as an IPO destination, language studies, Amazon habits, and much more. The featured interview of the week is with Harold Saar, head of fleet development at Stigo, an e-vehicle company from Estonia.
Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-135-new-commission-libra-europe-amsterdam-ipo For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Sep 11, 2019 • 47min
Maria 01's big ambitions, mobility industry update, Fairphone 3, interview with Ditte Rude Moncur of the Danish Growth Fund, and more
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the plans of Maria 01 to become the biggest startup campus in Europe, the latest developments in the mobility industry, a review of Fairphone 3, and the story of the custom phone ringtone. Also there for you is an interview with Ditte Rude Moncur, chief data & digital officer at the Danish Growth Fund.
Check out the show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-134-maria-01-fairphone-ditte-rude-moncur-danish-growth-fund For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Sep 4, 2019 • 35min
New developments in France's digital tax, Acast and EIB loans, VCs' coverage of Europe, interview with Public's Daniel Korski, and more
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the recent developments in the standoff between the US and France related to the digital tax, Acast borrowing €25 million from the European Investment Bank, the ways in which VCs cover Europe, and much more. In the interview department, listen to a conversation with Daniel Korski, co-founder and CEO of Public.io.
Today's episode is sponsored by the O'Reilly Velocity conference that's coming to Berlin on November 4th to 7th. The conference will focus on teaching new skills, approaches, and technologies for building and managing large-scale, cloud-native systems. It will cover everything from Kubernetes and site reliability engineering to observability and performance to give you a comprehensive understanding of applications and services. Get your tickets on velocityconf.com/tech and stay on top of the rapidly changing cloud landscape.
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Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-133-new-france-digital-tax-acast-eib-public-daniel-korski For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Aug 28, 2019 • 25min
DeepMind and Google, Starship Technologies’ funding, location-sharing apps, the European Future Fund
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discuss the latest developments in the story of DeepMind, the future of delivery robots shown by Starship Technologies and Amazon, the alleged €100 billion European startup fund, pros and cons of location sharing apps, and more.
Check out the full show notes on Tech.eu: https://tech.eu/news/podcast-132-deepmind-google-starship-technologies For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy