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And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💎 Farfetch secures $1.1bn backing from Alibaba and Richemont📅 Hopin raises $125 million at $2.1 billion valuation as virtual events become the norm🦄 Estonian-born Pipedrive achieves unicorn status with $1.5 billion valuation👷 HR tech startup Remote raises $35 million Series A from Index, Sequoia and others🛴 TIER Mobility raises mammoth $250 million Series C roundWhat SoftBank backing scooter operator Tier means for European micromobility 🇪🇪 Estonia’s Bolt wants to become the largest micromobility provider in Europe next year✒️ New bill in Ireland proposes to pull e-scooters out of a legal gray area🕹 Take-Two to buy UK game maker Codemasters for $956 million📣 Spotify to buy podcast ad company Megaphone for $235 million🪦 Under Armour shuts down Endomondo, which it paid $85 million for in 2015🔑 What’s all this about Europe wanting crypto backdoors?⚖️ EU says Amazon breached antitrust rules, opens second investigation into its e-commerce business💰 EU budget: European Commission welcomes agreement on €1.8 trillion package to help build greener, more digital and more resilient Europe‘Breach of trust’: Horizon Europe cut prompts strong backlash🎙Interview with Tjarda Voorneman, lead of the Techleap Rise ProgramWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at us @tech_eu.

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💎 Farfetch <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/70cb83bf-69dd-4f31-9f01-162128ff7e7f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">secures $1.1bn backing</a> from Alibaba and Richemont📅 Hopin <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/10/hopin-raises-125-million-at-2-1-billion-valuation-as-virtual-events-become-the-norm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">raises $125 million</a> at $2.1 billion valuation as virtual events become the norm 🦄 Estonian-born Pipedrive <a href="https://tech.eu/brief/pipedrive-unicorn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">achieves unicorn status</a> with $1.5 billion valuation 👷 HR tech startup Remote <a href="https://tech.eu/brief/remote-series-a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">raises $35 million</a> Series A from Index, Sequoia and others 🛴 TIER Mobility <a href="https://tech.eu/brief/tier-series-c/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">raises mammoth $250 million</a> Series C round<ul><li>What SoftBank backing scooter operator Tier <a href="https://sifted.eu/articles/softbank-tier-micromobility-market/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">means for European micromobility</a> </li></ul> 🇪🇪 Estonia’s Bolt wants to become the <a href="https://investinestonia.com/estonias-bolt-to-become-the-largest-micromobility-provider-in-europe-next-year-by-deploying-130000-scooters-in-more-than-100-cities/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">largest micromobility provider</a> in Europe next year ✒️ New bill in Ireland proposes to pull e-scooters <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/12/ireland-lawmaker-proposes-to-pull-e-scooters-out-of-a-legal-gray-area.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">out of a legal gray area</a> 🕹 Take-Two <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-10/take-two-to-buy-u-k-game-maker-codemasters-for-956-million" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">to buy</a> UK game maker Codemasters for $956 million 📣 <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/10/spotify-to-buy-podcast-ad-company-megaphone-for-235-million-.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify to buy</a> podcast ad company Megaphone for $235 million 🪦 Under Armour <a href="https://www.franciscopartners.com/news/francisco-partners-announces-acquisition-of-myfitnesspal-from-under-armour" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shuts down Endomondo</a>, which it paid $85 million for in 2015 🔑 What’s all this about Europe <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/09/whats-all-this-about-europe-wanting-crypto-backdoors/?tpcc=ECTW2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wanting crypto backdoors</a>? ⚖️ EU says Amazon <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/10/eu-hits-amazon-with-antitrust-charges-for-distorting-competition.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">breached antitrust rules</a>, opens second investigation into its e-commerce business 💰 EU budget: European Commission <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2073" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">welcomes agreement</a> on €1.8 trillion package to help build greener, more digital and more resilient Europe<ul><li>‘<a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/breach-trust-horizon-europe-cut-prompts-strong-backlash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Breach of trust</a>’: Horizon Europe cut prompts strong backlash</li></ul> 🎙Interview with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjardavoorneman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tjarda Voorneman</a>, lead of the Techleap Rise Program We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to <a href="mailto:podcast@tech.eu">podcast@tech.eu</a> or tweet at us <a href="http://twitter.com/tech_eu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tech_eu</a>.

Post-election news flood, another European unicorn, micromobility news, policy updates, and we talk to Tjarda Voorneman of Techleap