We talk to Transferwise CFO Matt Briers, and about Zynga buying Rollic, Uber buying Autocab, Fitbit and more

This week, we talk about some of the biggest stories in European tech, including Zynga's acquisition of Rollic, the European Commission's investigation of the Google/Fitbit deal, Sweden's Northvolt securing $1.6 billion, and more. Later in the show, we feature an interview with Matt Briers, CFO of $5 billion fintech scale-up Transferwise.

Show Notes

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:

Zynga buys another Turkish gaming company

• Zynga Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Istanbul-based Rollic, One of the Fastest Growing Hyper-Casual Mobile Game Companies (PR)
• Zynga acquires hypercasual mobile company Rollic for $168m (GamesIndustry.biz)
• Zynga is acquiring hypercasual mobile game firm Rollic for at least $168 million (Venturebeat)

Uber buys the UK’s Autocab

• Uber is buying a taxi software company to expand its foothold in the UK (CNBC)
• Uber is buying its biggest rival in the UK (Engadget)
• Uber to acquire Autocab in expansion partnership (Intelligent Transport)

Northvolt riding the ‘momentum of electrification’

• Battery developer Northvolt raises $US1.6 billion for two new gigafactories (The Driven)
• Northvolt secures $1.6bn backing for twin battery gigafactories (PV Magazine)

European Commission moves to investigate the Google/Fitbit deal

• EU launches ‘in-depth’ probe of Google bid for Fitbit (Euractiv)
• EU Regulators Open Investigation Into Google’s Fitbit Acquisition, Cleary Leads (Law.com)
• Google-Fitbit takeover: EU launches full-scale probe (BBC News)

🎙 Matthew Briers, CFO of TransferWise

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