Facebook sues EU, AUTO1 nabs €225M + an interview with Atomico & Moonfire founder Mattias Ljungman

This week, we talk about some of the biggest stories in European tech, including Facebook suing EU regulators, Telegram filing a complaint against Apple, AUTO1 raising €225 million and more. We also feature an interview with investor and Atomico/Moonfire founder Mattias Ljungman.

Show Notes

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

Telegram vs. Apple

• Apple Faces EU Antitrust Complaint from Messaging App Telegram (Bloomberg Law)
• Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store (Ars Technica)
• Durov’s Telegram channel

Facebook vs. the EU

• Irony isn’t dead… Facebook sues EU on data privacy grounds for requesting too much personal data (The Register)
• Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for excessive data requests (Reuters)
• Facebook sues EU for requesting ‘highly sensitive personal information’ (The Brussels Times)

AUTO1 scores a big round of funding

• AUTO1 Raises $300 Million to Develop Used-Car Retail Platform (The New York Times)
• AUTO1 Group Raises $300M To Ramp Up Retail Platform (PYMNTS.com)

Infobip also scores a big round of funding

• Exclusive: European software startup Infobip raises over $200 million in Series A funding – sources (Reuters)
• Croatia’s Infobip secures $200 million+ at unicorn valuation in its first round of funding (Tech.eu)

TechHub bites the dust 

• TechHub goes into administration. Remembering the last 10 years. (TechHub blog)
• TechHub, once the heart of London’s start-up scene, goes bust (Financial Times)

🎙 Mattias Ljungman, founder of Atomico and Moonfire Ventures

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The Tech.eu Podcast is a show discussing the most interesting stories from the European technology scene.