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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

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

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

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

For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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

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

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

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

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

On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Recent acquisitions in Europe, including Spotify's purchase of Preact and Foodpanda's sale of Delivery Club to Mail.Ru - A new European venture fund called KEEN Ventures - Several rounds of funding including Unbabel, Otonomo and Second Home - Jonathan Keane had a chance to catch up with Italian cloud company ClouDesire - We discuss the Brexit effect on prices of products and services from Apple, Microsoft, HTC, Dell and Amazon For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Recent acquisitions in Europe, including Qualcomm's $47 billion purchase of NXP and Heptagon's big exit - Recent funding rounds for Finland's KNL, Russia's Busfor and France's Chronocam - UK fintech firm Misys pulls it IPO - We interviewed Algolia co-founder and CEO, Nicolas Dessaigne - Allbright launches new platform to fund female entrepreneurs in the UK For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode we discuss the following topics: - Q3 2016 was a great quarter for European tech exits- or was it? - New VC funds in Europe: K Fund, Daphni - A look at freshly funded startups SmartFog, ContentSquare and Navya - An interview with Till Faida, CEO of Eyeo (the company behind Adblock Plus) - Martin Varsavsky's new ($200 million) project: Prelude Fertility For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode we discuss the following topics: – UK startup Lystable adds PayPal co-founder Max Levchin to its already notable list of investors – French startup Zenly has announced a $22.5 million round with Benchmark – A big week for Spotify – We had a chance to catch up with sex-toy startup MysteryVibe – We wrap it up with a look at AI and machine learning tech in Europe For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss: – Israeli startup OurCrowd secures a $72 million series C round – 2 Spanish startups acquired by Airbnb and Twilio, respectively – The Netherlands’ Takeaway.com prices IPO at over €1 billion – We caught up with the founder and CEO of Workable at SaaStock – We take a look at Denmark’s Spiri and its new carpooling vehicle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode, we discuss: - Amazon Echo and Echo Dot arrive in the UK and Germany - Northzone has closed a €300M euro fund and is eyeing UK startups - A number of acquisitions from across Europe including locations like Romania, Greece, Serbia and more - Robin had a chance to catch-up with Funding Circle - We wrap up with a discussion of a new startup hub to be launched in Stockholm, Sweden For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode we discuss: - Danish price comparison portal Samlino.dk raising funding from Peter Thiel and others - UK-based Songkick raising $15 million for international expansion - Central and Eastern Europe is on the rise again (in terms of funding) - We caught up with Quentin Nickmans from startup studio eFounders - We review the European names on WIRED's Global 100 list For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode we discuss: - Rovio’s not-too-shabby financials for the first half of 2016 - Mozilla making an investment in a German software startup called Cliqz - Latvia seeking to double its startups by 2020 - A chat with Daniel Blomquist from Swedish VC firm Creandum - French and German calls for decryption laws, targeting apps like Telegram and WhatsApp For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode we discuss: - Facebook’s Oculus Rift, which is coming to Europe - Health startups in Scandinavia heating up with funding for Swedish KRY and Finnish Brainshake - Autonomous buses called EasyMile take to the streets of Helsinki - We caught up with Fergal Mullen of VC firm Highland Europe - We wrap up with a discussion of whether or not the UK is really Europe’s leading fintech market For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On this episode we discuss: - Food delivery startup Deliveroo's massive $275 million funding round - Uber's investments into four European startups - Estonian startup Skeleton Technologies raises €13 million for innovative energy storage solutions - Hailo and Daimler-owned MyTaxi have merged to fend off Uber - Broadband access will become a legal right under EU telecoms law For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy