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And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:UK regulators take aim at Apple’s search engine deal with Google  UK regulators call Google, Apple search engine deal a ‘barrier’ to competition (ZDNet)  U.K. Regulator Takes Aim At Apple And Google’s Billion-Pound Search Deal (Forbes) Germany’s solarisBank raises funding SolarisBank Snaps Up €60m Funding For BaaS-Ic Instinct (Fintech Direct)Transferwise ventures into offering investments  Fintech start-up TransferWise is set to launch an investments feature (CNBC)  TransferWise secures UK investment license (Business Insider) Garmin goes shopping in Finland  Garmin Acquires Firstbeat Analytics (FINSMES)  Why Garmin buying Firstbeat is big news for sports watches (Wareable) Funding in the ‘death care’ sector London-based Farewill gets £20 million to modernise UK’s death care industry (Tech.eu)Six VC firms raising fresh funds GP Bullhound announces fifth fund at €125 million, sticking with high-growth software one year after Slack exit Pan-European VC Nauta Capital launches fifth fund with a €120 million first close Berlin’s Cavalry Ventures closes €80M, backed by DACH founders and EIF K Fund has another €70M to back early-stage Spanish startups and is launching a pre-seed program French VC Axeleo Capital announces €50 million fund for seed-stage proptech startups across Europe Iceland Venture Studio raises additional $2 million to elevate Icelandic ecosystem in global tech scene Raph Crouan, Partner Business Development at C4 VenturesC4 Ventures announces €80 million fund, led by former EMEA head of Apple Pascal Cagni

And here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:UK regulators take aim at Apple’s search engine deal with Google <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-regulators-call-google-apple-search-engine-deal-a-barrier-to-competition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UK regulators call Google, Apple search engine deal a ‘barrier’ to competition</a> (ZDNet)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2020/07/02/uk-regulator-takes-aim-at-apple-and-googles-billion-pound-search-deal/amp/?streamIndex=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">U.K. Regulator Takes Aim At Apple And Google’s Billion-Pound Search Deal</a> (Forbes)</li> </ul>Germany’s solarisBank raises funding <ul><li> <a href="https://www.fintechdirect.net/2020/06/30/solarisbank-snaps-up-e60m-funding-for-baas-ic-instinct/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SolarisBank Snaps Up €60m Funding For BaaS-Ic Instinct </a>(Fintech Direct)</li></ul>Transferwise ventures into offering investments <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/30/fintech-start-up-transferwise-gets-fca-approval-to-offer-investments.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fintech start-up TransferWise is set to launch an investments feature</a> (CNBC)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/transferwise-secures-uk-investment-license-2020-7?r=US&amp;IR=T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TransferWise secures UK investment license</a> (Business Insider)</li> </ul>Garmin goes shopping in Finland <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.finsmes.com/2020/07/garmin-acquires-firstbeat-analytics.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+finsmes%2FcNHu+%28FinSMEs%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Garmin Acquires Firstbeat Analytics</a> (FINSMES)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wareable.com/news/garmin-firstbeat-buyout-8021" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Garmin buying Firstbeat is big news for sports watches</a> (Wareable)</li> </ul>Funding in the ‘death care’ sector <ul><li> <a href="https://tech.eu/brief/farewill-funding/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London-based Farewill gets £20 million to modernise UK’s death care industry</a> (<a href="http://Tech.eu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tech.eu</a>)</li></ul>Six VC firms raising fresh funds <ul> <li><a href="https://tech.eu/brief/gp-bullhound-fund-v/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GP Bullhound announces fifth fund at €125 million, sticking with high-growth software one year after Slack exit</a></li> <li><a href="https://tech.eu/brief/nauta-capital-fifth-fund/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pan-European VC Nauta Capital launches fifth fund with a €120 million first close</a></li> <li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/07/berlins-cavalry-ventures-closes-e80m-backed-by-dach-founders-and-eif/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berlin’s Cavalry Ventures closes €80M, backed by DACH founders and EIF</a></li> <li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/07/k-fund-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">K Fund has another €70M to back early-stage Spanish startups and is launching a pre-seed program</a></li> <li><a href="https://tech.eu/brief/axeleo-proptech-fund/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">French VC Axeleo Capital announces €50 million fund for seed-stage proptech startups across Europe</a></li> <li><a href="https://tech.eu/brief/iceland-venture-studio-raise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iceland Venture Studio raises additional $2 million to elevate Icelandic ecosystem in global tech scene</a></li> </ul><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphcrouan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raph Crouan</a>, Partner Business Development at <a href="https://c4v.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C4 Ventures </a> <ul><li><a href="https://tech.eu/brief/c4-ventures-new-fund/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C4 Ventures announces €80 million fund, led by former EMEA head of Apple Pascal Cagni</a></li></ul>

solarisBank raises €60M, six fresh funds in Europe and an interview with C4 Ventures' Raph Crouan