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

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - The Draper Esprit-Seedcamp deal(s) - Mo' money for funds: Sunstone, Brighteye Ventures and ING - An interesting Skyscanner acquisition - Big funding rounds for TransferWise, Monzo, GetYourGuide and others - Amazon's expansion in Europe (and Uber's troubles) - Europe's plan to regulate ICOs - We interviewed Malta-based, bootstrapped startup HotJar's co-founder, Jonathan Vella For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - Our Q3 reports on funding and exits in European tech - HelloFresh's impending IPO - Amazon's recent trouble with the EU - We interviewed Alexander Nix, the CEO of data mining firm Cambridge Analytica For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - our freshly announced plans for deeper EU tech market research - Uber 'loses' its license to operate in London - Deliveroo's big funding round - Europe prepares fresh taxation plans for digital giants - Interviews with SaaStock founder Alex Theuma and Typeform's David Apple For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - Europe-related news from the big ones, including Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Google and Uber. - Major funding rounds for the likes of Delivery Hero, Kreditech, Improbable and Cabify - We feature interviews with Karoli Hindricks, founder of Estonia's Jobbatical, and Markus Witte, co-founder and CEO of Babbel, a Berlin-based language learning platform. - BlaBlaCar's new short-distance ride hailing app BlaBlaLines For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - Tech.eu's latest report on Q1 2017 European tech funding and exits - Spotify's been in the news a lot lately (IPO, licensing deals, more) - Russia's shaky relationship with American tech giants - Interview with Dr. Jens Wohltorf, CEO and co-founder of Blacklane - Interview with Simon Sylvest, co-founder of Copenhagen startup studio Founders - Big funding rounds for Babylon, OverOps, UiPath, LoveCrafts and more For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss the following topics: - (Big) funding rounds for Picnic, Oodrive, Arralis and Freightos - Uber pulling out of Denmark - A Reuters report on emerging tech in Europe - Canon Europe buys Kite.ly, Software AG buys Cumulocity - We interview EIT Digital CEO Willem Joncker For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy