Show notes
EU vs. Apple
- EU launches antitrust probes into Apple’s App Store and Apple Pay (CNBC)
- Opinion: Apple deserves the EU antitrust scrutiny it’s getting (Bloomberg)
- Opinion: Apple’s antitrust issues won’t go away; the company should act now (9to5Mac)
Wirecard’s missing billions
- Wirecard, a Payments Firm, Is Rocked by a Report of a Missing $2 Billion (The New York Times)
- Wirecard’s disappearing $2.1 billion (Fortune)
- Wirecard and the Dangerous Allure of Lots of Cash: Opinion (Bloomberg Tax)
Highlighting two interesting acquisitions:
- Facebook acquires crowdsourced mapping company Mapillary (Reuters)
- Square Buys European P2P App Verse (PYMNTS.com)
Highlighting three interesting funding rounds:
- Swedish video game developer Stillfront raises €113 million (Tech.eu)
- Berlin’s Contentful raises $80 million Series E for omnichannel content platform (Tech.eu)
- Monzo value falls 40% in latest fundraising (FT)
Moray Wright, co-founder and CEO of UK-based Parkwalk Advisors