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In this episode, we’ve prepared an interview with Andrew Bud, founder and CEO of face verification firm iProov and an engineer who's witnessed first-hand a big chunk of the modern computing and communications history.

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We've talked to Jade Francine, co-founder and COO at WeMaintain, and Matti Rönkkö, founder and CEO of Cooler Future. Check them out to learn more about sustainable finance, carbon footprint of your savings, and the market of lift maintenance. 

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🛴 Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

0️⃣ UK-based Zilch raises $30 million for its BNPL platform with a twist

👀 Croatian startup Microblink leaves bootstrapping behind; collects $60 million first round

🏎 EA acquires UK-based game developer Codemasters in $1.2 billion deal

🐦 MessageBird acquires Pusher to bring more real-time communication APIs to businesses

🚙 Online car retailer Cazoo acquires UK-based car subscription platform Drover

👩‍🎓 Brainly raises $80M as its platform for crowdsourced homework help balloons to 350M users

🚲 Dott to expand beyond e-scooters with bike-sharing service

🇮🇪 Dogpatch confirmed as winner of €17m contract to run NDRC

🗞 The Midas List Europe 2020 by Forbes

🇪🇺 Europe lays out its plan to reboot digital rules and tame tech giants

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Welcome to an interview special episode of our podcast: a format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem.

Before we get to the episode, a quick announcement: you've still got time to leave a voice message for our team, to be featured on Friday in the 200th episode of the show! Head to tech.eu/voicemail — and let us know what you think about European tech!

To wrap up the topic of Amazon businesses and FBA aggregators — at least for this year, — this time we talked to Malte Horeyseck, co-founder at SellerX, which has recently raised €100 million in seed funding.

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💰 Catawiki raises €150 million in Permira-led round for its ‘curated online marketplace’

🏎 MTG acquires UK game developer Hutch for $375 million

👔 TransferWise to create 750 jobs globally in the next six months

📱 Swedish entrepreneur behind OnePlus raises $7 million in all-star round for new venture in London

🦄 eToro joins Israeli unicorn club by tripling valuation in two years to reach $2.5 billion

💸 Highland Europe launches €700 million fund for growth-stage startups

❗️ Exclaimer raises $133 million to help companies manage email signatures

📊 Cisco to acquire audience interaction company Slido

🇫🇷 France fines Google $120 million and Amazon $42 million for dropping tracking cookies without consent

📁 The State of European Tech report by Atomico

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🛴 Voi, the European ‘micromobility’ rental company, raises $160 million additional equity and debt funding

• Bolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter

🐼 UK-based HungryPanda raises $70 million to expand its online Asian food delivery business worldwide

🏦 Monzo, the UK challenger bank, picks up additional £60 million in funding

🔬 UK edtech startup MEL Science snags $14 million Series B

• Tech.eu Podcast #168: On the future of education (feat. MEL Science, Brainly, and Lingvist)

☁️ SoftBank buys 10.1 percent stake in Sinch after its meteoric surge

• Tech.eu Podcast #178: Apple (and Ireland)’s win against the EU, Privacy Shield invalidated, and we interview Sinch CEO Oscar Werner

🎯 This is where Target Global wants to invest its new €300+ million fund

⏰ Firstminute Capital launches second $111 million fund, featuring a who’s-who of founders as LPs The European Investment Bank Group debuts new €150 million financing instrument to support European AI tech firms

🤖 London AI lab claims breakthrough that could accelerate drug discovery

• DeepMind’s protein-folding breakthrough triggers fierce debate among skeptical scientists: ‘Until they share their code, nobody in the field cares’

🚙 Interview with Sebastian Peck, managing director of InMotion Ventures, a firm backed by Jaguar Land Rover

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❗️ Kahoot! has acquired language learning mobile game maker Drops for up to $50 million

• Tech.eu Podcast — Interview Special: Daniel Farkas (Drops) and Janosch Sadowski (Kolibri)

🍽 HelloFresh plans to buy US meal delivery company Factor for up to $277 million

🍄 Peter Thiel backs psychedelic drug developer Atai in $125 million raise

💵 France demands digital tax payments from US tech groups

🇪🇺 Big tech companies are looking for European lobbyists

🛒 Interview with Jānis Bošs, founder of Fast Brands

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This time, we talked to Bogdan Iordache, founder of How To Web; Adelina Peltea, VP Growth of Holded; and Robin Geers, founder and CEO at Alliance Europe.

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🚌 UK electric vehicle company Arrival set for $5.4bn Nasdaq listing

• Tech.eu Podcast #192: Let’s talk about SPACs…

💳 Santander buys Wirecard’s core European business for €100 million

• Former Wirecard boss Braun stonewalls German lawmakers’ inquiry

🏗 Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240 million

• Tech.eu Podcast — Slush Interview Special: Valentina Milanova (Daye) and Carl Christensen (Spacemaker)

🛴 TfL and London Councils look for e-scooter operators to take part in year-long rental trial

🎙 Interview with Riku Asikainen, managing partner at Evli Growth Partners

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Welcome to an interview special episode of our podcast: a format, in which we put together a few pre-recorded conversations with some of the most interesting people of the European startup ecosystem.

In this episode, Tech.eu’s founding editor Robin Wauters talked to Tara Reeves, partner at OMERS Ventures Europe, and Michael Kent, CEO of Azimo and co-founder of Tandem Bank.

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