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On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: The biggest deal of the week: Owlstone Medical from Cambridge raises $35 million for its breathalyser-based diagnostics solution. Amazon has announced that it will raise minimum wages for all its workers in the US and in the UK - Don’t let Amazon’s living wage announcement fool you. This is why I’m not calling off my boycott yet - Amazon workers strike in Germany, Spain and Poland to coincide with Prime Day - Amazon’s other pay benefit: A higher UK tax rate? - Amazon warehouse workers lose bonuses, stock awards for raises - Amazon raises the minimum wage for US and UK employees Interview: Jonas Huckestein, co-founder and CTO of Monzo Huel, the UK food startup that has secured a £20 million funding round from Highland Capital Interview: Dmitriy Zaporozhets, the co-founder and CTO of Europe’s latest unicorn GitLab Balderton Capital, a venture fund headquartered in London, has raised its new fund of $145 million called Liquidity I - Why we raised Balderton’s Liquidity I — and the dramatic growth and maturation of Europe’s tech ecosystem - Balderton’s $145M ‘secondary’ fund will give shareholders in European scale-ups the chance to exit early Events: - Web Summit stays in Lisbon - World Summit AI in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; October 10–11 - Health Pioneers in Vienna, Austria; October 10 - RuhrSummit in Bochum, Germany; October 11–12 - Europe Code Week; October 6–21 - SaaStock in Dublin, Ireland; October 15–17 - Uprise Festival in Dublin, Ireland; October 17–18 - Fintech Belgium Summit in Brussels, Belgium; October 22 - Women Startup Challenge Europe in Paris, France; October 25 Our reading recommendations After earning €10 million in revenues, Tim Schumacher and Christian Kroll will to turn their company, Ecosia over to their employees and become a “self-owned company” - Our company, Ecosia, makes 10 million in revenues. Today, we’re donating all of our shares. Why on earth are we doing that? - Purpose economy It turns out that there are still a lot of journalists — mostly those writing for local newspapers — who use Microsoft Word and not Google Docs to send their stories to the editors. - Journalists just can’t quit Microsoft Word. But some are trying - Do capybaras dream of Google Docs? We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at andrii@tech.eu.   Photo by Hello I'm Nik on Unsplash For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: Wimdu, a Germany-based “Airbnb killer” is shutting down by the end of 2018. - Wimdu’s press statement - Report: Rocket Internet-founded Wimdu shuts down, prepares to lay off more than 100 staff Interview: Oscar Jazdowski, who is setting up Silicon Valley Bank in Germany. Recorded by Robin Wauters on the Bits & Pretzels conference in Munich. The biggest reported deal of the last week: SEBA Crypto, a Swiss fintech startup, has raised CHF100 million, or about €88 million, to build a crypto bank. - Swiss startup SEBA raises funds to build a crypto bank - Swiss startup raises $103 million to launch cryptocurrency bank Interview: Kelly Adam, program manager of TechStars’ new accelerator in Amsterdam. Recorded by Andrii Degeler on the Angel Island in Amsterdam. UK newspaper industry demands levy on tech firms, first of all Facebook and Google Events: - World Summit AI in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; October 10–11 - Health Pioneers in Vienna, Austria; October 10 - RuhrSummit in Bochum, Germany; October 11–12 - Europe Code Week; October 6–21 - SaaStock in Dublin, Ireland; October 15–17 - Uprise Festival in Dublin, Ireland; October 17–18 Our reading recommendation: “The State of European Autotech” report just released by Tech.eu. Photo by G. Crescoli on Unsplash For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: GitLab, a devops software platform, has raised $100 million at a valuation of $1.1 billion. - GitLab raises $100M - How GitHub rival GitLab is building a business with just 0.1% paying customers Interview: Dr Tanja Emmerling, principal at High-Tech Gruenderfonds France’s fintech coup - The Govtech Summit - Le Swave launches its second recruitment campaign - Scouting For Fintechs: Is French President Emmanuel Macron Keeping His Promise? - Newly Approved ICO Framework May Turn France Into Europe’s Leading ICO Hub - France Woos U.K. Finance as Industry Reels From Brexit Paper - Video: Learn more about Le Swave, first Fintech incubation platform in Paris CBD Interview: Marc-Alexander Christ, co-founder at SumUp It's the rumours time! Bloomberg reports that Uber is talking to Deliveroo about acquisition possibilities. - Uber Is in Early Talks to Buy Europe's Deliveroo - Uber Eats couriers' pay protest brings traffic to a halt in central London Events coming up in Europe: - Angel Island, Amsterdam - Lviv IT Arena - Mondial.Tech, Paris - Bits and Pretzels, Munich - France Digitale Day, Paris - Oslo Innovation Week - Cybertech Europe, Rome Recommendations from Natalie and Andrii The true cost of the gig economy—an example of Amazon delivery drivers - ‘Someone is going to die in this truck’: Amazon drivers and managers describe harrowing deliveries inside trucks with ‘bald tires,’ broken mirrors, and faulty brakes - Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of ‘free’ shipping - I Delivered Packages for Amazon and It Was a Nightmare - Amazon drivers 'work illegal hours' - A day in the life of an Amazon delivery driver The Point Nine Land and other content created by VCs - The Point Nine Land blog - Natalie’s Twitter list of VCs - Standout post Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: The European Parliament has passed the copyright directive, which contains the infamous Article 11, aka the link tax, and Article 13, aka the upload filter and the meme killer. - The Copyright Directive - Data mining: why the EU’s proposed copyright measures get it wrong - EU copyright reform will spell disaster for sports fans - Everything you need to know about europe’s new copyright directive What’s next for the EU’s grant schemes for entrepreneurs and researchers: an interview with the director of EASME Julien Guerrier. French travel platform Evaneos has picked up €70 million in a Series D funding round led by Partech. This is the the largest deal we tracked last week. How is TomTom doing? An interview with Corinne Vigreux, co-founder of TomTom and founder of Codam.nl. Google and the EU are fighting the possibility of expanding the “right to be forgotten” globally. Events coming up in Europe: - Angel Island, Amsterdam - Lviv IT Arena - France Digitale Day, Paris - Oslo Innovation Week - Cybertech Europe, Rome Recommendations from Natalie and Andrii - Hedge, a book by Nicolas Colin of the Family - The Copenhagen Catalog - How An International Hacker Network Turned Stolen Press Releases Into $100 Million - Darknet Diaries Podcast Image credit: David Iliff For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Discussed on this episode: CCP Games, Startup Poland, relayr, iZettle, Taxify and e-scooters, Vinted, tech events coming up in Europe, the AI composer Aiva, Big Revolution and re:Charged newsletter, and much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - PayPal's acquisition of iZettle - Revolut raising $250 million - Adyen heads for an IPO - Klarna buys Shop.co - In Germany, Dreamlines and Frontier raise big funding rounds - The acquisitions of FanDuel and Zoopla - The recent Tech Nation report on the UK's tech sector - Apple's rocky relationship with the EU and Ireland - A look at recent movements for seed investors eFounders and Seedcamp We also feature a number of interviews with key players in the European electricity industry, including Kristian Ruby (the Secretary General of Eurelectric, the organisation that represents the common interests of the energy sector, and Tiago Moura Antunes, who heads client-focused innovations for EDP, the Portuguese utility player. We also talk to Xavier Mamo from EDF Energy, who sponsored this podcast, as they recently wrapped up their Pulse Awards (and we chat with one of its winners, UK-based Powervault). For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - Spotify's impending "non-IPO IPO" - An interview with the founder and CEO of UK fintech startup Revolut - Fintech funding for Atom Bank, Capitolis and solarisBank - France threatens to fine Google and Apple for abusive commercial practices - An interview with Sandis Kondrats, founder and CEO of Anatomy Next - Microsoft is opening two cloud data centers in Germany - Finland invests almost 850 million euros in Nokia - Funding rounds for Moovit, UiPath, Made.com and Relayr - A number of interesting acquisitions in European tech For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - Facebook's trouble in Europe (lawsuits and taxes) - Iceland now uses more energy for mining virtual currencies than to power its homes - EU Commission looks into Apple’s purchase of music discovery service Shazam - An interview with entrepreneur turned investor (for Samsung NEXT) Felix Petersen - eBay picks Dutch fintech company Adyen over ex-subsidiary PayPal - Funding rounds for Infarm, Vivino, Small Giant Games, Prophesee and Victor For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - Spotify's recent news blitz (IPO! Lawsuit! 70 million subscribers! New products! - Our own in-depth reports on 2017: funding and exits - Funding rounds for Auto1, Cabify, Unbabel and Ledger - The EU slaps Qualcomm with a huge fine - Megafon's recent acquisition of Mail.ru - The European Commission's big plans for supercomputing - And we interviewed Funderbeam founder and CEO Kaidi Ruusalepp and InReach Ventures co-founder Roberto Bonanzinga For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - Balderton Capital and Seedcamp's new funds (+ The Nordic Web Angel Fund) - Varjo presented great virtual reality tech at Slush - DoctoLib raised €35 million - EU's plan to end 'geo-blocking' for online retailers across Europe - Yandex and Uber merge their taxi hailing businesses in Russia - Spotify and Tencent swap stakes - And we interviewed Swedish gaming veteran Tommy Palm (Candy Crush Saga/King, Resolution Games) and Martin Mignot from Index Ventures about their recent research on employee ownership in European startups For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy