europe News of 10/23/19

LabGenius Raises $10m To Use AI For Protein Drug Discovery

LabGenius raises $10M to use AI for protein drug discovery image LabGenius , a London-based startup applying AI and “robotic automation” to protein drug discovery, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Lux Capital and Obvious Ventures, with participation from Felicis ...

Google Has Used Contract Swaps To Get Bulk Access Terms To NHS Patient Data

New Scientist has obtained a legal agreement between Google’s health division and the UK National Health Service (NHS) that includes provision to pass five years’ worth of patient data in bulk as part of a contract novation process. If ...

Arianespace Will Offer The First Rocket Rideshare Mission To The Moon In 2023

European launch provider Arianespace announced some exciting news regarding its ambitions for the Moon at the International Astronautical Congress today. Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël revealed on stage that its forthcoming space launch vehicle, ...

Justin Drake From The Ethereum Foundation Is Coming To Disrupt Berlin

The Ethereum community is hard at work on Ethereum 2.0 , the next major upgrade of its blockchain. It is an incredibly challenging task, and the Ethereum Foundation has been completely transparent about its roadmap and progress. That’s why I’m ...

British Parliament Presses Facebook On Letting Politicians Lie In Ads

In yet another letter seeking to pry accountability from Facebook, the chair of a British parliamentary committee has pressed the company over its decision to adopt a policy on political ad that supports flagrant lying. In the letter Damian ...

supermercato24 Acquires Szopi, An On-Demand Grocery Delivery Service In Poland

Supermercato24 , the Italian same-day grocery delivery service, has acquired Szopi.pl, an on-demand grocery delivery service in Poland. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, although I understand it is a mixture of cash and stock. Szopi had raised ...

Lilium Releases New Flight Footage And Details Factory Plans For 2025 Launch

Lilium , the Munich-based startup developing an on-demand “air taxi” service, has released its latest flight video — this time demonstrating a successful transition from vertical flight (liftoff) to horizontal flight. The company is also ...

Signal AI Taps $25m For Public Data-Based Market Intelligence That Spots Trends And Risks

Media monitoring — where news sources and other public information outlets are scanned regularly for mentions of specific organizations — is a well established service used by companies for market intelligence and to measure sentiment ...

EU Contracts With Microsoft Raising “Serious” Data Concerns, Says Watchdog

Europe’s chief data protection watchdog has raised concerns over contractual arrangements between Microsoft and the European Union institutions which are making use of its software products and services. The European Data Protection ...

Three Of The Best Tackle The Thorny Issue Of Brexit For Startups At Disrupt Berlin

The turbulence of Brexit has left both UK and European startups alike wondering about the best path forward. From recruiting to acquiring investment to scaling into other parts of Europe, the challenges seem to be mounting. By December, who knows what ...

Mobile Game Startup Madbox Raises $16.5 Million After 100 Million Downloads

French startup Madbox is raising a $16.5 million (€15 million) Series A funding round from Alven . The company is developing mobile games and handles everything from start to finish, from game design to publishing and user acquisition. Madbox ...

Catalan Separatists Have Tooled Up With A Decentralized App For Civil Disobedience

Catalan separatists have tooled up with a decentralized app for civil disobedience image Is our age of ubiquitous smartphones and social media turning into an era of mass civil unrest? Two years after holding an independence referendum and unilaterally declaring independence in defiance of the Spanish state — then failing to gain ...

How Unity Built The World’S Most Popular Game Engine

What do BMW, Tencent, Pokémon Go creator Niantic, movie director Jon Favreau and construction giant Skanska have in common? They’re all using the same platform to create their products. Founded in a small Copenhagen apartment in 2004, Unity ...

How To Radically Change Finance Through Startups At TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin

Fintech has been a very popular area for venture investment , and this is particularly true in Europe. Dozens of high-growth fintech startups have launched over the past decade, from challenger banks and neobanks to new payment services and better ...

Winnow Raises $12m Series B For Its Food Waste Solution For Commercial Kitchens

Winnow , the U.K. startup that has developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste, is disclosing $12 million in Series B funding. Backing the round is Ingka Group (a strategic partner to the IKEA franchisee system), ...

Proportunity Raises £2m Seed For Its ‘Help To Buy’-Style Property Lending

Proportunity , the startup that provides “help to buy”-style equity loans primarily for first time property buyers, has raised £2 million in additional funding. Billed as a seed round, backing comes from Anthemis, the fintech investor, ...

Uber Integrates Electric Moped Service Cityscoot In Paris

Uber integrates electric moped service Cityscoot in Paris image Uber wants to become a super app by providing multiple services in a single app. That’s why the company is announcing an integration with French startup Cityscoot . Cityscoot is a free-floating electric scooter service (moped scooters). Just ...

Foursquare CEO Calls On Congress To Regulate The Location Data Industry

The chief executive of Foursquare, one of the largest location data platforms on the internet, is calling on lawmakers to pass legislation to better regulate the wider location data industry amid abuses and misuses of consumers’ personal data. ...

UK Quietly Ditches Porn Age Checks In Favor Of Wider Online Harms Rules

A controversial UK government scheme to introduce mandatary age checks for accessing online pornography has been dropped — for now. Introduction of the measure, which was intended to protect children from accessing inappropriate content ...

Europe Issues Interim Antitrust Order Against Broadcom As Probe Continues

Europe has ordered chipmaker Broadcom to stop applying exclusivity clauses in agreements with six of its major customers — imposing so called ‘interim measures’ based on preliminary findings from an ongoing antitrust investigation. ...