Even more money for e-scooters, new VC funds, protein folding, and we talk to Sebastian Peck of InMotion Ventures

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

🛴 Voi, the European ‘micromobility’ rental company, raises $160 million additional equity and debt funding

• Bolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter

🐼 UK-based HungryPanda raises $70 million to expand its online Asian food delivery business worldwide

🏦 Monzo, the UK challenger bank, picks up additional £60 million in funding

🔬 UK edtech startup MEL Science snags $14 million Series B

• Tech.eu Podcast #168: On the future of education (feat. MEL Science, Brainly, and Lingvist)

☁️ SoftBank buys 10.1 percent stake in Sinch after its meteoric surge

• Tech.eu Podcast #178: Apple (and Ireland)’s win against the EU, Privacy Shield invalidated, and we interview Sinch CEO Oscar Werner

🎯 This is where Target Global wants to invest its new €300+ million fund

⏰ Firstminute Capital launches second $111 million fund, featuring a who’s-who of founders as LPs The European Investment Bank Group debuts new €150 million financing instrument to support European AI tech firms

🤖 London AI lab claims breakthrough that could accelerate drug discovery

• DeepMind’s protein-folding breakthrough triggers fierce debate among skeptical scientists: ‘Until they share their code, nobody in the field cares’

🚙 Interview with Sebastian Peck, managing director of InMotion Ventures, a firm backed by Jaguar Land Rover

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