Robin Wauters

Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Tech.eu, with previous stints at The Next Web and TechCrunch under his belt. Deeply in love with his family, technology, traveling and Belgian beer.

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Today in European Tech: Made.com and About You’s IPOs, Harry’s two new funds, 10x’s big fundraise, Europe’s ‘first’ quantum computer

Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – 10x Future Technologies, a London-based fintech startup that helps larger, established banks build both next-generation services as well as tools to help their older services work more efficiently, has raised $187 million. – German fashion e-commerce company About You has jumped as much as 17% […]

Today in European Tech: Wise IPO gets closer, Prosus buys GoodHabitz in €212 million deal, US warns EU over ‘Big Tech’ policies, and more

Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Prosus — the international assets holding arm of South African multinational Naspers, has announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in GoodHabitz – a provider of online training for businesses. The deal was completed for approx €212 million. – Oslo’s SNÖ Ventures has […]

Today in European Tech: Draper Esprit to raise £111 million, Immersive Labs nabs $75 million, IPO plans for OVH and Mister Spex

Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Germany-based online optician Mister Spex has confirmed its plans to go public on the stock exchange. The eyewear retailer targets a Q3 IPO to raise roughly €225 million. – European online fashion platform ABOUT YOU has set the final offer for its private placement at […]

This Week in European Tech: Northvolt scores $2.75 billion in equity funding, Klarna valuation hits $45.6 billion, and more

Happy Friday! This week, our research team tracked more than 100 funding deals worth north of €4 billion in total, and about 20 M&A deals across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and Turkey. As always, we are putting all of them together for you in a handy list sent in our round-up newsletter (note: the full […]

Today in European Tech: Klarna scores $639 million in fresh cash, Ledger nabs $380 million, Amazon faces $425 million EU privacy fine

Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Stockholm’s BNPL juggernaut Klarna has confirmed a new equity funding round of $639 million led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. With this raise Klarna now clocks in at a post-money valuation of $45.6 billion, a figure that is only eclipsed by Stripe in the fintech […]

Wanna join us in discovering Cyprus – as a destination or launchpad for novel tech ventures?

Next up in our ‘To The Point’ series of brief, topical ‘webinar’-style events is a dive into ‘sunny Cyprus’, aside from an attractive tourist destination also a place where a wide variety of tech scale-ups from around the globe have decided to plant their flags. Together with our partner, Invest Cyprus, we will explore the […]

Today in European Tech: Northvolt raises $2.75 billion, LinkedIn invests in Hopin, SoftBank launches accelerator in Europe, and more

Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Stockholm-based sustainable lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt has raised $2.75 billion. – Hot on the heels of their $1.1 billion share issue raise, Stockholm’s Sinch has announced its intention to acquire the Melbourne-based firm MessageMedia for $1.1 billion in cash and 1,128,487 new shares in Sinch. […]