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In today’s show, we talk about software, architecture, the future of work, and the UK tech ecosystem with Tariq Rauf, founder and CEO of Qatalog.

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In today’s show, listen to an interview that recorded recently on Clubhouse with Lubomila Jordanova, founder and CEO of Plan A. In case you missed it, every week on Tuesday at 16:30 CEST we're hosting the Podcast Hangout events on Clubhouse or Twitter Spaces, where we catch up with people whom we interviewed for the podcast earlier.

Listen to this one to hear Lubomila's takes on the influx of new impact VCs in Europe, carbon offsetting issues, greenwashing in the VC industry, as well as advice on how to hire the best talent for a growing startup.

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🎙 Interview: Jochen Ziervogel, co-founder of Enpal

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🛒Berlin’s Razor Group raises $400 million to buy and scale Amazon Marketplace merchants

🤖 Switzerland’s cyber protection firm Acronis raises more than $250 million, now valued at $2.5 billion

💍 Fitness ring maker Oura raises $100 million

💰 London’s Stride VC raised second £100 million seed fund, hunts for third partner

🌱 Rockstart AgriFood fund closes at €22+ million

🚙 Tallinn’s Bolt shifts into high gear with car-sharing service Bolt Drive

👩‍💻 Klarna to double UK headcount

👮‍♀ Trustly shelves IPO over regulator review

🎙 Interview: Eva-Maria Meijnen, co-CEO of Plusdental

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🐦 Amsterdam’s MessageBird extends Series C round, raises $1 billion, snaps up US-based SparkPost for $600 million

🛰 London’s internet-from-space OneWeb secures $550 million, brings total new raise to $1.9 billion

💊 Stockholm’s digital healthcare provider Kry raises €262 million in Series D round

💰 Add another new fund to the list, Warsaw-based Freya Capital launches, promises “Smart Money Package”

🇪🇺 Apple set to get EU antitrust complaint over Spotify (update: here it comes)

🇩🇪 German groups file Apple antitrust complaint as it makes privacy changes

🎙 Interview: Vilve Vene, CEO and co-founder of Modularbank

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This episode is sponsored by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, or TAITRA, the organisers of Computex — one of world's largest and oldest trade shows focused on technology and electronics. This year, Computex will gather 80,000 attendees from May 31 to June 30 (!) in the virtual format for the first time, allowing even more people from all over the world to become part of the event. 

Over the past few years, TAITRA has been paying increasing attention to startups from all over the world — among other things, by organising InnoVEX, a satellite event that focuses on tech entrepreneurship. To discover what this year's Computex has in store for European founders, I sat down with Scully Wang, Senior Project Manager at TAITRA and one of the people responsible for organising this year's virtual show. 

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📈 UiPath climbs 23% in stock market debut after one of largest US software IPOs in history

🚙 BlaBlaCar raises $115 million to build all-in-one travel app

🤖 Europe proposes strict rules for artificial intelligence

🛴 Dutch-French e-scooter startup Dott raises $85 million as it plans to roll out e-bikes

🏒 Helsinki-based Icebreaker raises €120 million in fresh funds

💰 Revolut founder plots path to $10 billion valuation with new fundraising

🚔 Belarusian regime shuts down country's main startup hub

💸 Paris-based insurtech Alan raises €185 million in series D round, now valued at €1.4 billion

🚖 Ornikar raises $120 million as its driving school marketplace goes up a gear with car insurance

✋ Proposed acquisition of ARM Limited by NVIDIA Corporation: public interest intervention 

🎙 Interview: Keith Grose, Plaid

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In this episode, we’ve prepared an interview with Annika Sjöberg and Bo Ilsoe of NGP Capital.

We talked about a new report that the Finland-born VC firm has just published, focussing on the role gender plays in a startup founder's ability to raise private capital in Europe. It turns out that if you're a woman, your chances of raising cash are extremely low.

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🔋 Polestar raises $550 million from outside investors as EV market grows

💉 Medical device company CeQur raises $115 million

💵 Berlin Brands Group raises $240 million to buy and scale up third-party Amazon Marketplace brands

• Interview with Carlos Cashman of Thrasio
• Interview with Malte Horeyseck of SellerX
• Interview with Jānis Bošs of Fast Brands

💻 Berlin’s subscription tech-rental Grover raises €60 million in Series B round

🛂 Veriff secures $69 million funding to grow identity verification business

• Interview with Tiit Paananen, VP of engineering at Veriff

👩‍💻 Croatian unicorn Infobip looks to scale up by acquiring a developer conference. Wait, what?

🌐 With two new funds, LocalGlobe has more latitude than ever

📈 Swedish payments firm Trustly plans to go public imminently

🎙 Interview: Shamillah Bankiya, Dawn Capital

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In this episode, we’ve prepared an interview with Elise Moutarlier, co-founder and VP of operations at Lovys, and Zeena Qureshi, CEO and co-founder of Sonantic.

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