On this episode, hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler, we discussed the following topics: The biggest deal of the week: immersive reality tech startup Varjo has raised a $31 million Series B round from Atomico, Next47, and others. Apple’s shopping in Europe - Danish startup Spektral sold to Apple for $30 million - Apple confirms it has acquired Spektral, a Danish computer vision startup, for augmented reality technology - Apple inks $600M deal to license IP, acquire assets and talent from Dialog to expand chipmaking in Europe HelloFresh and the issues with subscription marketing - The World's Most Ruthless Food Startup: The Inside Story of How HelloFresh Clawed Its Way to the Top - HelloFresh: The world's most ruthless food startup - ‘Complaints are vastly outweighed by positive feedback’: HelloFresh defends face-to-face salespeople - HelloFresh To End Street Team Program Following Complaints From Greenpoint Residents - Subscription box deliveries set to become billion-pound market - HelloFresh has a Bigger Customer Retention Problem Than Blue Apron Interview: Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures Berlin-based startup Pitch raises $19 million to take on slide decks - Pitch, from the founders of Wunderlist, raises $19M to take on PowerPoint in presentations - Wunderlist creators raise $19 million for Pitch, a next-gen collaborative presentation platform Events: - NOAH London Conference; October 30–31 - Fintech Belgium Summit in Brussels, Belgium; October 22 - Women Startup Challenge Europe in Paris, France; October 25 Did we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form. Our reading recommendations Kara Swisher: “I just knew I was going to surpass these guys I was working for.” Also, check out Kara’s recent AMA session on Reddit. Blockchain scepticism: “The Big Blockchain Lie” and “Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism.” Bonus: Tim Berners-Lee on reinventing the web (without blockchain). We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected]. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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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: immersive reality tech startup Varjo has raised a $31 million Series B round from Atomico, Next47, and others. Apple’s shopping in Europe - Danish startup Spektral sold to Apple for $30 million - Apple confirms it has acquired Spektral, a Danish computer vision startup, for augmented reality technology - Apple inks $600M deal to license IP, acquire assets and talent from Dialog to expand chipmaking in Europe HelloFresh and the issues with subscription marketing - The World's Most Ruthless Food Startup: The Inside Story of How HelloFresh Clawed Its Way to the Top - HelloFresh: The world's most ruthless food startup - ‘Complaints are vastly outweighed by positive feedback’: HelloFresh defends face-to-face salespeople - HelloFresh To End Street Team Program Following Complaints From Greenpoint Residents - Subscription box deliveries set to become billion-pound market - HelloFresh has a Bigger Customer Retention Problem Than Blue Apron Interview: Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures Berlin-based startup Pitch raises $19 million to take on slide decks - Pitch, from the founders of Wunderlist, raises $19M to take on PowerPoint in presentations - Wunderlist creators raise $19 million for Pitch, a next-gen collaborative presentation platform Events: - NOAH London Conference; October 30–31 - Fintech Belgium Summit in Brussels, Belgium; October 22 - Women Startup Challenge Europe in Paris, France; October 25 Did we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form. Our reading recommendations Kara Swisher: “I just knew I was going to surpass these guys I was working for.” Also, check out Kara’s recent AMA session on Reddit. Blockchain scepticism: “The Big Blockchain Lie” and “Sorry Civil, 'crypto-economics' and 'constitutions' won't save journalism.” Bonus: Tim Berners-Lee on reinventing the web (without blockchain). We hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected]. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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