Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – Free to Play: French service provider Free/Iliad Telecom has launched a public offer for Polish mobile operator Play, potentially enabling it to launch in a third major European market after France and Italy. The French group, controlled by Xavier Niel, is paying €2.2 billion […]

Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – Technically news from late yesterday, but Delivery Hero has acquired fellow delivery service Glovo‘s Latin American operations for about $272 million. – Growing investor base: Berlin-based urban farming startup Infarm has raised $170 million from investors that it will plough into expanding its network […]

Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – IPO GO: Manchester-based online giant The Hut Group has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange after the e-commerce company raised £1.88 billion in a successful flotation. The float was the largest by a UK tech company since 2015, and shares in The Hut […]

Hello! ere is what happened today in European tech: Deals – Klarna, the Swedish global payments and shopping service, has raised $650 million in an equity funding round at a post-money valuation of $10.65 billion, ranking it as the highest-valued private fintech company in Europe and now the 4th highest worldwide. – Clever: UK-based Smart […]

Good afternoon Europe! Now that summer is over and people have returned to their (home) offices in droves, we figured we might try out a new format to continue keeping you abreast of everything that is going on in European tech. We already have newsletters and weekly roundups and podcasts for that, but from now […]