This week we discuss:

02:01 Who would lose most in a Gorillas sale?
04:41 N26 reports widening losses
06:57 Amazon aggregators get sued
09:55 AI investment is down
13:02 Tech to make us age slower
19:30 Spain gets its 10th unicorn

This week we discuss:

03:19 Metaverse platform Improbable has raised $100m
10:15 Faux foie gras startup Gourmey raises €48m
13:15 New Paris-based VC fund Sista Fund launches
26:55 How can all startups help the green transition?

The carbon-light website agency mentioned by Tessa Clarke: Wholegrain

This week we discuss:

02:34 Italy gets its second unicorn in Satispay

04:56 Sequoia gets its fifth partner in Europe

06:40 Phagos raised €2.4m to fight antibiotic resistance

08:43 Wayve announces big breakthrough for self-driving cars

This week we discuss:

03:04 More layoffs at Klarna
03:54 Insect cultivation startup Innovafarm raises $260m
05:35 Equity management platform Ledgy raises $22m
07:00 B2B payments startup Sequence gets backing from Andreessen Horowitz
09:16 Glovo founder launches new VC fund as his company is fined €79m
11:58 Founder of collapsed energy company Bulb joins investment firm
14:10 Nato launches €1bn VC fund as "defence tech" heats up
21:03 Do we really need pets in the metaverse?

This week we discuss:

01:00 Secondhand car marketplace Cazoo to lay off 1,500 people in 2022

03:15 Presentation software startup Pitch laying off 30% of team

05:55 Vertical farming startup Infarm cuts 50 jobs

07:35 Northzone raises €1bn fund 

10:00 EQT raises €2.4bn growth fund

12:24 SunRoof raised €15m to build solar roofs

20:17 Inside Europe’s largest cannabis manufacturing facility

This week we discuss:

1:49 Sorare lands huge NBA deal

6:00  Code First Girls raises £4.5m to make coding more diverse

9:40 Lightyear raises €81m to get its solar-powered car on the road

11:57 Former Revolut big cheese Alan Chang’s Tesseract raises $78m for climate startup

16:00 Have we finally cracked lithium ion battery recycling"?

18:07 Why did Snap shut down French social app Zenly?

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This week we discuss:

02:00 Klarna losses triple in first half of 2022
04:14 Topi raises $45m to rent hardware and cut down on e-waste
07:30 Neurofenix raises $7m to help stroke patients recover
09:57 The mystery VC fund that never delivered

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This week we discuss:

2:26: Poland’s Inovo raising €100m third fund for CEE startups

5:49 Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett’s Web3 startup bags $24m

8:35 The startup that could slash the cost of EV batteries

10:23 Is Babylon Health going to get kicked off the NYSE?

15:30 The world’s most advanced consumer-ready AI assistant?

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This week we discuss:
(03:09) Crypto app Ziglu’s valuation slashed in Robinhood buyout
(06:06) Microverse doubles valuation as demand for remote coding course soars
(09:30) Ukraine tech companies in urgent need of financial support
(12:31) Why startups need to lobby more
(19:45) Mental health for startup employees — what's going wrong?

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This week we discuss:

(01:34) After months of missed payroll and unpaid refunds, events company Pollen enters administration

(03:41) German digital bank Nuri files for insolvency

(05:10) Klarna’s valuation has plummeted — but people are still investing

(07:44) Elon Musk has $80m to fund a carbon removal startup

(12:35) What happens when you let 100 scientists run wild in a Belgian castle? Bootleg vodka and time travel

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