HMD's funding, Apple's antitrust roller-coaster, European fintech issues, and interview with Printful's Kristine Kornilova

This week, we talk about some of the biggest stories in European tech from the past week, including the $230 million funding round for HMD, Apple antitrust updates, France looking into TikTok, and some news from the fintech department, namely from Revolut, Holvi, and N26. Later in the show, you’ll hear an interview with Kristine Kornilova, communication project manager of Latvia's Printful.

Show Notes

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

📱 Google, Nokia, Qualcomm are investors in $230 million Series A2 for Finnish phone maker, HMD Global

🍎 Facebook, Microsoft gripes with Apple’s App Store on EU’s antitrust radar

🇫🇷 TikTok faces French data probe, adding to EU-wide scrutiny

💳 Revolut racks up losses as hiring spree offsets revenue

🇬🇧 Holvi is leaving the UK – when and why?

☠️ N26 employees are planning works council elections

• N26 founders oppose the establishment of a works council — elections have to be postponed
• N26 works council meeting takes place — management schedules meeting at the same time

🎙 Interview with Kristine Kornilova of Printful (formerly of TechChill)

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