Facebook sues EU, AUTO1 nabs €225M + an interview with Atomico & Moonfire founder Mattias Ljungman
This week, we talk about some of the biggest stories in European tech, including Facebook suing EU regulators, Telegram filing a complaint against Apple, AUTO1 raising €225 million and more. We also feature an interview with investor and Atomico/Moonfire founder Mattias Ljungman.
And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:
Telegram vs. Apple
- Apple Faces EU Antitrust Complaint from Messaging App Telegram (Bloomberg Law)
- Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store (Ars Technica)
- Durov’s Telegram channel
Facebook vs. the EU
- Irony isn’t dead… Facebook sues EU on data privacy grounds for requesting too much personal data (The Register)
- Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for excessive data requests (Reuters)
- Facebook sues EU for requesting ‘highly sensitive personal information’ (The Brussels Times)
AUTO1 scores a big round of funding
- AUTO1 Raises $300 Million to Develop Used-Car Retail Platform (The New York Times)
- AUTO1 Group Raises $300M To Ramp Up Retail Platform (PYMNTS.com)
Infobip also scores a big round of funding
- Exclusive: European software startup Infobip raises over $200 million in Series A funding – sources (Reuters)
- Croatia’s Infobip secures $200 million+ at unicorn valuation in its first round of funding (Tech.eu)
TechHub bites the dust
- TechHub goes into administration. Remembering the last 10 years. (TechHub blog)
- TechHub, once the heart of London’s start-up scene, goes bust (Financial Times)
