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.
Appears in 45 Episodes
A decade in, what's next for UK-born digital identity verification software scale-up Onfido? CEO Mike Tuchen spills the beans
Founded in London back in 2012, Onfido has become one of the global leaders in the digital identity verification and authentication services.We caught up with Mike Tuc...
Dronamics CEO Svilen Rangelov on building the first cargo drone airline in the world (out of Bulgaria)
Bulgarian cargo drone manufacturer Dronamics today extended its pre-Series A funding round to raise โฌ2 million euro from private investors exclusively via SeedBlink, t...
Big moves in AI, Getir exits Spain, how US companies fare in Europe, and Henry Philipson from ESG_VC
Up this week:The AI wars are heating up: During London Tech Week Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set the goal of establishing the UK as the global home of artificial intell...
Bolt ๐ฉท's Starship, a Code Red, an iron fist at the EIB, AI a-plenty, Tech City, and it's Pollen season
Shhhh. Can you hear it? Listen in. Very carefully. Yes, yes, that's the unmistakable sound of an ecosystem that's staring down a summer full of iced tea and days by th...
Argentinian tech giant Globant plans to double down on Europe: A chat with Fernando Matzkin, who's leading the charge
Founded two decades ago, Argentinia-born Globant has become a technology partner for some of the world's leading organisations. Increasingly, it's looking at Europe to...
๐๏ธ The global startup ecosystem report, fun times for fintech, one big seed round, the EU votes to regulate AI, a16z opens up shop in The Big Smoke
In case you weren't paying attention, a whole boatload of activity happened across the European tech scene this week. So much so that we had trouble whittling down wha...
From 'body leasing' to 'friendshoring': Romania's Accesa demonstrates the value-add in IT partnerships
Acquired by Germany-based Ratiodata in November 2020, Romania-born tech solutions giant Accesa is a perfect example of how 'IT outsourcing' has evolved in the last 20 ...
Checking in with 'climate fintech' scale-up Doconomy: An interview with CEO Mathias Wikstrรถm
We caught up with Mathias Wikstrรถm, CEO of Sweden's Doconomy, to learn more about its platform to measure climate and social impact in the financial services industry....
๐๏ธ Sex, Money, Creative Equity, Travel, AI, and Jeff - the Drive at Five - Episode 35
With the team finally recovered from anything and everything that was the Tech.eu Summit, we're back guns a-blazin'.This week we're talkin':- Sex tech - it's not what ...
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five - The Tech.eu Summit wrap up, Flink holds Getir at bay, and AI believe in miracles
Alright meow, listen up, because we've got a whole lotta content to recap and a whole lotta people to thank. If you missed us in Brussels earlier this week, you missed...
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five - The Tech.eu Summit, pet tech, Revolut, Seedcamp, fake tans, and the AI of the Tiger
It's all happening man! The Tech.eu Summit is coming up next week, and on a personal note, I can't wait to see and meet and have a beer with each and every one of you....
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five - TIER, Getir, AI oh my! and updates on the Tech.eu Summit
Aaaaaand we're back! Due in part to the Tech.eu editorial staff being here there and everywhere last week, the Drive at Five took a breather, but to make up for the ab...
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five - Valuations are in freefall, Rovio gets acquired, Kate's affordable EV's, and de-spamming the spam
Hey, you did it! You made it through another week, but did you catch all the European tech news that's fit to print?ย If the answer is no, well you've come to the right...
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five - All the European tech news fit to talk about. This week.
Live and direct from the Tech.eu newsroom, it's been a short week, but topics abound.This week we're talkin':00:57 - Spotted Zebra raised a seed round of $1.8 million ...
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five - Your weekly European Tech recap
Up this week:01:10 - Tech startup tackles Ireland's housing crisis by connecting buyers with vacant properties.08:27 - Quantexa raises a $129 million round at a $1.8 b...
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five with Fiona Alston, Cate Lawrence, Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 26
Well alright, alright, alright. Spring has sprung and what would a week without a little controversy be? This week we're looking at Hedonova and Carbonomy, or not, the...
Babbel CEO Arne Schepker on 'real' language learning, failing forward after a botched 2021 IPO, the AI hype cycle, and more
Providing one of the biggest language learning platforms on the planet, Berlin-based veteran tech scale-up Babbel has only raised a little over $30 million to date. An...
๐๏ธ The Drive at Five with Fiona Alston, Cate Lawrence, Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 25
Post-SVB drama, this week might just go down as the week that the world woke up to AI, as GPT-4 dropped, Microsoft and Google unleashed the beast, and people both chee...
What's the deal with deal flow in European tech? A data-driven interview with Orrick experts
International law firm Orrick has analysed 500+ transactions it closed for European clients last year, with an aggregate value of more than $12 billion, and released a...
Zooming in on European tech VC and LP trends with Target Global's Pedro Barros
We caught up with Pedro Barros, Partner and Head of Fundraising & Investor Relations at Target Global, the pan-European technology investment firm with more than โฌ3 bi...
