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Intel buys Mobileye for $15.3 billion, fintech funding in Europe and the EDF Energy Pulse Awards Mar 15, 2017

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On this episode, which was kindly sponsored by EDF Energy, we discuss the following topics: – Intel's $15.3 billion acquisition of Israel's Mobileye - Fintech funding: Currencycloud, Atom Bank, Silverfin, Qapital and Monzo - Fintech acquisition: Tradeshift buys a Capgemini division - We interview Jean-Benoit Ritz, Director of Innovation and Blue Lab, EDF Energy, about the EDF Energy Pulse Awards For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers, new Nokia phones and more Mar 06, 2017

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On this episode, which was kindly sponsored by AT&T, we discuss the following topics: – Spotify hitting 50 million paid subscribers – Nokia getting back into the phone business, kind of – Funding in Berlin: for VC Project A, and tech startup ResearchGate – An interview with Sunder Somasundaram and Mobeen Khan, who head up IoT solutions and strategy at AT&T – Acquisitions in Israel: Apple buys RealFace, Palo Alto buys LightCyber – Kinnevik selling half of its shares in Rocket Internet – A number of acquisitions in the UK, Germany, France and Sweden For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Atomico's new fund, the acquisition of Momondo, the rise of robots and more Feb 20, 2017

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On this episode we discuss the following topics: – The acquisitions of Momondo, Comptel, BillPay and Taxibeat – Atomico’s latest, $765 million fund (but also Frontline’s new €60 million fund) – The EU agreeing to ‘portability’ of online subscriptions across borders – European Parliament calls for robot law, rejects robot tax – An interview with Jevgenijs Kazanins, CEO of Latvian fintech company TWINO – Funding for Bloomon, Soundtrack Your Brand and ID Finance. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

European tech exits in 2016, an interview with TomTom co-founder Corinne Vigreux, and more Feb 06, 2017

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On this episode, we discuss: – Our recent report on European tech exits in 2016 - Funding for Tricentis, Letgo, Collibra and Vestiaire Collective - Acquisitions of Social Point (Take-Two) and Hometrack (Zoopla) - We interviewed TomTom co-founder Corinne Vigreux in Amsterdam - News about Uber, Lego, TWINO and roaming fees in Europe For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

EU tech funding report for 2016, Rocket Internet's $1 billion fund and more Jan 23, 2017

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HERE sells 10% stake to Asian investors, Facebook buys The Eye Tribe and more Jan 02, 2017

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On this episode we discuss the following topics: – Snapchat buying Israel’s Cimagine – Facebook-owned Oculus acquiring Denmark’s The Eye Tribe – Huawei reportedly buying Israel’s Hexatier – HERE selling 10% of the company to Asian investors – The discovery that three major music labels own SoundCloud stakes – We interview Ed Newton-Rex, founder of ‘musical AI’ startup Jukedeck – Funding rounds for Automile and Timing For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

HelloFresh gets funded, Brainbow gets acquired, Babylon gets profiled Dec 26, 2016

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On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Quite a few acquisitions involving UK, Belgium, Germany and Finland-based startups - A lot of funding rounds as usual, so we will focus on Germany’s HelloFresh, Israel’s Lumus, Finland’s Visedo and Denmark’s Cardlay. - Robin had a chance to catch-up with James Clark from the London Stock Exchange - Our last startup feature of the year: UK-based Babylon health For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

GoDaddy buys European rival, Trivago updates IPO plans, Station F in Paris and more Dec 12, 2016

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On this episode we discuss the following topics: – The upcoming Station F hub in Paris – GoDaddy’s acquisition of HEG for €1.7 billion – German hotel booking site Trivago updated its plans for a US IPO – Funding for Partech, eFounders, Lilium and Pepo – An interview with Dominik Krabbe, head of the EIT Digital Challenge – Interesting research reports from both Atomico/Slush and Balderton For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Skyscanner acquired by Ctrip, Latvia's new startup law, spotlight on Agricool and more Nov 28, 2016

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On this episode we discuss the following topics: – Ctrip's acquisition of Scotland-based travel tech firm Skyscanner - Latvia's new startup law and tax regime - Funding for Wynd (France), PatSnap (UK) and Parasut (Turkey) - We recently interviewed both Marie Ekeland from Daphni and HotelTonight's Amir Segall in Paris - Our featured startup this week is France-based Agricool For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tesla buys Grohmann, a new EU Fund of Funds, interview with DocPlanner and more Nov 14, 2016

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On this episode we discuss the following topics: – Tesla’s acquisition of Germany-based Grohmann Engineering – The EU Commission and EIF kick off a new pan-European fund of funds – Funding rounds for Teamleader, CurrencyFair and Job Today – We interviewed Peter Bialo from Poland-based DocPlanner – A feature on Berlin-based auto and AI tech startup German Autolabs For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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