{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Tech.eu","title":"Lesara and Travelbird go under; Facebook cooperates with Macron; interview with Paddle's Christian Owens; and much more","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2330,"description":"The biggest deal of the week: Bitfury, a Latvian-founded company headquartered in Amsterdam that describes itself as the “largest full-service blockchain technology company in the world,” has just closed an $80 million funding round. \r\n\r\n\r\nLesara and Travelbird, which raised more than €100 million in total and employed more than 600 people, have filed for insolvency in a span of two weeks. \r\n - Dutch travel booking platform Travelbird suspends operations after failing to raise emergency funding\r\n - German online fashion startup Lesara files for insolvency\r\n\r\n\r\nFacebook will allow French regulators to access inside the company in an effort to combat hate speech across the platform\r\n - France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to combat hate speech\r\n - France and Facebook announce partnership against online hate speech\r\n - Facebook is the least trusted major tech company when it comes to safeguarding personal data, poll finds\r\n\r\n\r\nInterview: Christian Owens, CEO and founder of Paddle (recorded at the SaaStock conference in Dublin)\r\n\r\n\r\nEvents coming up soon: \r\n - Slush in Helsinki; December 4­–5\r\n - Seedstars CEE Summit in Kyiv; December 14\r\n - Techstars Startup Weeks around Europe; November\r\n - Global Entrepreneurship Week around the world; November\r\n - Investors Day & BETAPITCH Global 2018 in Berlin; November 15\r\n - RockTech Paris; November 21\r\n - Robotex in Tallinn; November 26 ­– December 2\r\n\r\n\r\nDid we miss something? Let us know by filling out the event submission form.\r\n\r\n\r\nOur reading recommendations:\r\n - Dave Lee on the BBC: “Why Big Tech pays poor Kenyans to teach self-driving cars” (video)\r\n - Our free report “Seed the future – A deep dive into European early-stage tech startup activity”\r\n\r\n\r\nWe hope you enjoy the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at andrii@tech.eu or tweet at @tech_eu, @nnovick, and @adegeler. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3S7FadxnDDFVJsNF1EaysmsIekXd_xWzeJsc4XIE2HQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzkzMTcvMTYyOTQ0/ODQ2OS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}