tech.eu Podcast #147: State funding for battery tech, future foods in Europe, new VC kids on the block, interview with SVB's Sonya Iovieno

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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Here are the extra reading links for this week’s topics.

🎧 €3.2 billion in state subsidies for innovative battery tech

• EU greenlights mega subsidies for electric batteries
• State aid: Commission approves €3.2 billion public support by seven Member States for a pan-European research and innovation project in all segments of the battery value chain
• The EU legislation on batteries and accumulators

🎧 The future of meat and food

• Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it
• Artificial meat: UK scientists growing 'bacon' in labs

🎧 UK watchdog says Amazon’s Deliveroo investment raises ‘serious competition concerns’

🎧 Interview: Sonya Iovieno, head of venture and growth banking at Silicon Valley Bank

🎧 Reading recommendations

• The Influencer and the Hit Man
• On fundraising and privilege

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