tech.eu Podcast #152: Pointy and Google, what's on at Davos, interview with byFounders' Tommy Andersen, and more

tech.eu Podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.

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🎧 Sono Motors appears to have achieved its goal of raising €50 million through crowdfunding

🎧 Bolt has raised €50 million in venture debt from the EIB

🎧 Google has acquired Pointy for some $160 million

• Google acquires Pointy, a startup to help brick-and-mortar retailers list products online, for $163M
• Irish retail tech company Pointy purchased for $160m
• Pointy sale: How a Google reject built a $160m company and sold it to Google
• Dublin-based Pointy sold to Google for an alleged $160 million

🎧 What’s on at Davos this week?

• Angela Merkel: Europe should make its own chips and electric car batteries
• Angela Merkel warns EU: ‘Brexit is a wake-up call’
• Digital tax, trade wars, big tech: what's actually going on between Europe and the US?
• Making profit from data is Europe's next big challenge in tech
• How to strengthen Europe's competitiveness in the digital age

🎧 Interview: Tommy Andersen, managing partner at byFounders

🎧 Reading recommendation

• Data, Decrypted: What We Learned From Analyzing 6 Years of Startups at Slush