๐๏ธ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 17
Up this week: Ark Kapital's AIM platform, Carlyle Group plans an EU shopping spree, crypto market maker Keyrock seeks licenses, Dwarfs reveals a โฌ120 million funding shortfall, layoffs and acquisitions abound, and Cactos breathes new life into spent Tesla batteries
๐๐ We're heading down the final stretch - there are only 23 days left until Christmas! ๐๐
Up this week:
๐ธ๐ช From the brains behind Motherbrain, Ark Kapital releases AI-driven forecasting platform AIM to founders everywhere. You can hear more from Henrik Landgren himself at the Tech.eu Summit, this coming May in Brussels. Tickets are now on sale!
๐บ๐ธ US-based acquisition specialist Carlyle Group has raised $3.12 billion as it targets European B2B technology businesses.
๐ง๐ช Crypto market maker Keyrock raises $72 million as it plans to further develop its offer and seek regulatory licences across Europe, the US, and Singapore.
๐ณ๐ฑ Dutch e-commerce brand buyer Dwarfs has secured โฌ30 million in a Series B funding round, one that was initially anticipated to be much, much larger. โฌ120 million larger in fact.
๐ช๐บ Infarm, Zilch, MessageBird, Lyst, and a whole lotta others announced layoffs this week.
๐ฎ๐ช Facebook parent company Meta has been fined โฌ265 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission.
Fintech acquisitions abound:
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Equals Group to acquire fintech startup Roqqett for up to ยฃ2.25 million
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Business banking platform Tide acquires Funding Options
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Toucan has been acquired by PayaCharity
๐ฑ๐บ Mangopay acquires fraud detection and prevention company Nethone
๐ซ๐ฎ Breathing new life into spent Tesla EV batteries, Cactos raises โฌ2.5 million to meet growing customer demand.
And there's one more thing:
๐ง๐ช Antler has released its 2022 Benelux Unicorn Founder Roadmap: How to build unicorns in Benelux report
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Atomico is releasing its State of European Tech report next week
๐บ๐ธ Accel's "Europe and Israelโs Startup Founder Factories" reveals that of the 344 VC-backed unicorns since 2008, nearly two-thirds (203) have led to at least one startup being founded by former employees, with 1,018 tech startups emerging in total.
All this, and a whole lot more in Episode 17 of Tech.eu's Drive at Five!
Up this week:
๐ธ๐ช From the brains behind Motherbrain, Ark Kapital releases AI-driven forecasting platform AIM to founders everywhere. You can hear more from Henrik Landgren himself at the Tech.eu Summit, this coming May in Brussels. Tickets are now on sale!
๐บ๐ธ US-based acquisition specialist Carlyle Group has raised $3.12 billion as it targets European B2B technology businesses.
๐ง๐ช Crypto market maker Keyrock raises $72 million as it plans to further develop its offer and seek regulatory licences across Europe, the US, and Singapore.
๐ณ๐ฑ Dutch e-commerce brand buyer Dwarfs has secured โฌ30 million in a Series B funding round, one that was initially anticipated to be much, much larger. โฌ120 million larger in fact.
๐ช๐บ Infarm, Zilch, MessageBird, Lyst, and a whole lotta others announced layoffs this week.
๐ฎ๐ช Facebook parent company Meta has been fined โฌ265 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission.
Fintech acquisitions abound:
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Equals Group to acquire fintech startup Roqqett for up to ยฃ2.25 million
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Business banking platform Tide acquires Funding Options
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Toucan has been acquired by PayaCharity
๐ฑ๐บ Mangopay acquires fraud detection and prevention company Nethone
๐ซ๐ฎ Breathing new life into spent Tesla EV batteries, Cactos raises โฌ2.5 million to meet growing customer demand.
And there's one more thing:
๐ง๐ช Antler has released its 2022 Benelux Unicorn Founder Roadmap: How to build unicorns in Benelux report
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Atomico is releasing its State of European Tech report next week
๐บ๐ธ Accel's "Europe and Israelโs Startup Founder Factories" reveals that of the 344 VC-backed unicorns since 2008, nearly two-thirds (203) have led to at least one startup being founded by former employees, with 1,018 tech startups emerging in total.
All this, and a whole lot more in Episode 17 of Tech.eu's Drive at Five!
Creators and Guests
Host
Dan Taylor
Managing Editor at Tech.eu | polymath | bass player | singletasker | whisky and whiskey drinker | dan@tech.eu
Host
Robin Wauters @ Tech.eu ๐บ๐ฆ
European tech journalist and analyst; founder of @tech_eu, previously @TheNextWeb & @TechCrunch. Also proud co-founder of @StartupLensEU and @BeCentralBxl.
