Post-election news flood, another European unicorn, micromobility news, policy updates, and we talk to Tjarda Voorneman of Techleap

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:💎 Farfetch secures $1.1bn backing from Alibaba and Richemont📅 Hopin raises $125 million at $2.1 billion valuation as virtual events become the norm🦄 Estonian-born Pipedrive achieves unicorn status with $1.5 billion valuation👷 HR tech startup Remote raises $35 million Series A from Index, Sequoia and others🛴 TIER Mobility raises mammoth $250 million Series C roundWhat SoftBank backing scooter operator Tier means for European micromobility🇪🇪 Estonia’s Bolt wants to become the largest micromobility provider in Europe next year✒️ New bill in Ireland proposes to pull e-scooters out of a legal gray area🕹 Take-Two to buy UK game maker Codemasters for $956 million📣 Spotify to buy podcast ad company Megaphone for $235 million🪦 Under Armour shuts down Endomondo, which it paid $85 million for in 2015🔑 What’s all this about Europe wanting crypto backdoors?⚖️ EU says Amazon breached antitrust rules, opens second investigation into its e-commerce business💰 EU budget: European Commission welcomes agreement on €1.8 trillion package to help build greener, more digital and more resilient Europe‘Breach of trust’: Horizon Europe cut prompts strong backlash🎙Interview with Tjarda Voorneman, lead of the Techleap Rise ProgramWe hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to [email protected] or tweet at us @tech_eu.