Rocket Internet's retreat, France earmarks money for startups, Germany 💖 Elon, and we talk to Laura González-Estéfani of TheVentureCity

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

🚀 Rocket Internet to delist from stock market and focus on long-term strategy

• The humbling of Europe’s most-hyped startup incubator: Rocket Internet
• Rocket Internet has made a $3.1 billion damp squib
• As it delists, Rocket Internet’s ill-fated experiment with public markets is over
• Jumia: The e-commerce start-up that fell from grace

💰 German credit marketplace auxmoney raises €150 million

🇫🇷 France to spend $8.4 billion on digital as part of stimulus plan

🇩🇪 Germany promises Elon Musk full support to get Tesla's Berlin plant ready

🎤 An interview with the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity fund Laura González-Estéfani

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