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Rocket Internet's retreat, France earmarks money for startups, Germany 💖 Elon, and we talk to Laura González-Estéfani of TheVentureCity Sep 07, 2020

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🚀 Rocket Internet to delist from stock market and focus on long-term strategy

💰 German credit marketplace auxmoney raises €150 million

🇫🇷 France to spend $8.4 billion on digital as part of stimulus plan

🇩🇪 Germany promises Elon Musk full support to get Tesla's Berlin plant ready

🎤 An interview with the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity fund Laura González-Estéfani

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New Fairphone, Napster bought by European startup, and we talk to CEO of Coursera and Sherry Coutu of Digital Boost Aug 31, 2020

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📱 Fairphone’s new flagship, the 3+, costs just €70 as a modular upgrade

🗠 The Hut Group set for biggest British IPO in years

💸 SoftBank-backed car website Auto1 is said to invite IPO pitches

🛒 Delivery Hero buys InstaShop, valued at $360 million, to expand through the Middle East

📂 UK immersive music startup MelodyVR buys Napster for $70 million in a reverse takeover

💀 Big Revolution — The brand that refused to die

🎙️ An interview with Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera, and Sherry Coutu, serial entrepreneur and the head of Digital Boost

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German startups against Google, funding for Omio and Voodoo, and we talk to Elizabeth Varley about TechHub Aug 24, 2020

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🚂 Omio takes $100 million to shuttle through the coronavirus crisis

🤬 German travel startups aren't happy with Google

🎮 Tencent takes minority stake in French casual games maker Voodoo

💳 Wirecard UK [may] be bought by Railsbank after downfall of parent company

🎙️ Elizabeth Varley talks to Robin Wauters about the history of TechHub in London and the reasons why it eventually went under

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HMD's funding, Apple's antitrust roller-coaster, European fintech issues, and interview with Printful's Kristine Kornilova Aug 17, 2020

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📱 Google, Nokia, Qualcomm are investors in $230 million Series A2 for Finnish phone maker, HMD Global

🍎 Facebook, Microsoft gripes with Apple’s App Store on EU’s antitrust radar

🇫🇷 TikTok faces French data probe, adding to EU-wide scrutiny

💳 Revolut racks up losses as hiring spree offsets revenue

🇬🇧 Holvi is leaving the UK – when and why?

☠️ N26 employees are planning works council elections

N26 founders oppose the establishment of a works council — elections have to be postponed
N26 works council meeting takes place — management schedules meeting at the same time

🎙 Interview with Kristine Kornilova of Printful (formerly of TechChill)

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We talk to Transferwise CFO Matt Briers, and about Zynga buying Rollic, Uber buying Autocab, Fitbit and more Aug 12, 2020

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Zynga buys another Turkish gaming company

Uber buys the UK’s Autocab

Uber is buying a taxi software company to expand its foothold in the UK (CNBC)
Uber is buying its biggest rival in the UK (Engadget)
Uber to acquire Autocab in expansion partnership (Intelligent Transport)

Northvolt riding the ‘momentum of electrification’

Battery developer Northvolt raises $US1.6 billion for two new gigafactories (The Driven)
Northvolt secures $1.6bn backing for twin battery gigafactories (PV Magazine)

European Commission moves to investigate the Google/Fitbit deal

EU launches ‘in-depth’ probe of Google bid for Fitbit (Euractiv)
EU Regulators Open Investigation Into Google’s Fitbit Acquisition, Cleary Leads (Law.com)
Google-Fitbit takeover: EU launches full-scale probe (BBC News)

🎙 Matthew Briers, CFO of TransferWise

Facebook sues EU, AUTO1 nabs €225M + an interview with Atomico & Moonfire founder Mattias Ljungman Aug 03, 2020

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Telegram vs. Apple

Apple Faces EU Antitrust Complaint from Messaging App Telegram (Bloomberg Law)
Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store (Ars Technica)
Durov’s Telegram channel

Facebook vs. the EU

Irony isn’t dead… Facebook sues EU on data privacy grounds for requesting too much personal data (The Register)
Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for excessive data requests (Reuters)
Facebook sues EU for requesting ‘highly sensitive personal information’ (The Brussels Times)

AUTO1 scores a big round of funding

AUTO1 Raises $300 Million to Develop Used-Car Retail Platform (The New York Times)
AUTO1 Group Raises $300M To Ramp Up Retail Platform (PYMNTS.com)

Infobip also scores a big round of funding

TechHub bites the dust

TechHub goes into administration. Remembering the last 10 years. (TechHub blog)
TechHub, once the heart of London’s start-up scene, goes bust (Financial Times)

🎙 Mattias Ljungman, founder of Atomico and Moonfire Ventures

about eBay/Adevinta and e-scooters, a rant on the EU budget and a chat with Accel's Philippe Botteri Jul 27, 2020

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eBay sells it classified biz to Norway’s Adevinta

Adevinta signs agreement to acquire eBay Classifieds Group (Adevinta)
One of the oldest businesses on the internet just got sold for $9 billion (CNN Business)
eBay sells its classifieds business to Adevinta for $9.2 billion (Venturebeat)

e-mobility news from across Europe

The EU leaders’ lack of digital ambitions

EU leaders slash science spending in €1.8 trillion deal (Science)
MEPs debate recovery fund, condemn major cuts to long-term EU budget (European Parliament)
Leaders agree on slimmed-down €80.9B for Horizon Europe (Science|Business)
Von der Leyen deplores ‘regrettable’ cuts in health, research, climate (New Europe)

European tech’s Q2 was ok, considering…

European Venture Report Q2 2020: Funding down to 2018 levels after record high in 2019

Philippe Botteri, partner at Accel

Apple (and Ireland)'s win against the EU, Privacy Shield invalidated, and we interview Sinch CEO Oscar Werner Jul 20, 2020

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Apple and Ireland mark victory on €13 billion tax bill appeal

Privacy Shield: invalidated

UiPath raises $225 million at ‘decacorn’ valuation

UiPath raises $225 million to automate repetitive back-office tasks (Venturebeat)
UiPath’s $225M Round: What Does This Mean For RPA (Robotic Process Automation)? (Forbes)
$10 Billion Robotic Software Firm UiPath Eyes 2021 U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)

Alibaba wants to buy Glovo

El gigante chino Alibaba negocia la compra de Glovo (Crónica Global)

UK to bar Huawei from 5G networks after US pressure

U.K. Bars Huawei for 5G as Tech Battle Between China and the West Escalates (The New York Times)
UK to phase out Huawei gear from 5G networks in a major policy U-turn after U.S. sanctions (CNBC)
Pressure from Trump led to 5G ban, Britain tells Huawei (The Guardian)

Teamviewer buys Ubimax

Teamviewer buy augmented reality firm Ubimax (Reuters)
Teamviewer acquires industrial AR solutions company Ubimax to strengthen its AR, IoT business (The Tech Portal)

Oscar Werner, CEO of Sinch

Opera goes fintech, Travelperk buys Albatross, and a conversation with Blippar's new CEO Jul 14, 2020

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Opera acquires Fjord Bank

Delivery Hero backs sustainability tech startups

Travelperk buys Albatross

Barcelona’s TravelPerk buys Albatross, an API for virus-related travel restrictions, to expand risk management offering

UK’s Visionable poised for a big round

British technology start-up Visionable (billed as the ‘Zoom for medics’) is mulling a fundraising of up to £100m to support growth in UK and overseas (Daily Mail)

Ubisoft wrapped up in scandals

Ubisoft attempts to hype up new games as executives quit over misconduct allegations (CNBC)
What went wrong at Ubisoft? (Gamesindustry.biz Podcast)
Ubisoft: Sexual misconduct probe sees three senior heads resign (BBC News)

Faisal Galaria, CEO of Blippar

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: FAISAL GALARIA AS NEW CEO, FOUNDER AMBARISH MITRA AS CPO AND PREET PRASANNAN AS CTO (Blippar blog)

solarisBank raises €60M, six fresh funds in Europe and an interview with C4 Ventures' Raph Crouan Jul 10, 2020

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UK regulators take aim at Apple’s search engine deal with Google

Germany’s solarisBank raises funding

SolarisBank Snaps Up €60m Funding For BaaS-Ic Instinct (Fintech Direct)

Transferwise ventures into offering investments

Fintech start-up TransferWise is set to launch an investments feature (CNBC)
TransferWise secures UK investment license (Business Insider)

Garmin goes shopping in Finland

Garmin Acquires Firstbeat Analytics (FINSMES)
Why Garmin buying Firstbeat is big news for sports watches (Wareable)

Funding in the ‘death care’ sector

London-based Farewill gets £20 million to modernise UK’s death care industry (Tech.eu)

Six VC firms raising fresh funds

Raph Crouan, Partner Business Development at C4 Ventures

C4 Ventures announces €80 million fund, led by former EMEA head of Apple Pascal Cagni

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