Jean de Fondaumière

Marriott International announces partnership with Grab in six Southeast Asian countries tcrn.ch/3mBr8nx via @techcrunch

London-based workspace provider Techspace raises additional €5.8 million to expand across Europe - Thomas Ohr eu-startups.com/2019/11/lond… via @EU_Startups

French mobile game startup Madbox raises $16.5m Series A funding round from Alven after 100 million downloads - Romain Dillet tcrn.ch/33KStKR via @techcrunch

London-based Winnow raises €10.8m in Series B funding and €7.2m in debt financing from EIB to lead the global fight against food waste - Mary Loritz eu-startups.com/2019/10/lond… via @EU_Startups

Edge computing startup Pensando comes out of stealth mode with a total of $278m in Series C funding led by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lightspeed Venture Partners - Catherine Shu tcrn.ch/2oNwYKt via @techcrunch

"Little explosions": Growave raises $900,000 for tech that kills weeds with microwaves - Priscilla Pho, SmartCompany smartcompany.com.au/startups…

Thoma Bravo makes $3.9 billion offer to acquire security firm Sophos - Ron Miller tcrn.ch/35ujhRj via @techcrunch

French State-Owned Bank Joins $8M Lightning Network Startup Funding - William Suberg cointelegraph.com/news/frenc… via @cointelegraph

Berlin-based IoT startup EMnify raises €8 million Series A round - Mary Loritz eu-startups.com/2019/10/berl… via @EU_Startups

Maven Ventures is launching a $65m fund to feed off growing investor interest in taking small but very early bets on the next generation of technology companies - Catherine Perloff forbes.com/sites/catherinepe…

French customer feedback platform Critizr raises €15 million to grow internationally with a focus on the UK market - Mary Loritz eu-startups.com/2019/10/fren… via @EU_Startups

VC firm 83North closes $300m fifth fund focused on early and growth stage startups in Europe and Israel - Natasha Lomas tcrn.ch/2Vknouf via @techcrunch

Berlin-based e-scooter startup TIER Mobility raises €55m Series B led by Mubadala Capital and Goodwater Capital - Mary Loritz eu-startups.com/2019/10/berl… via @EU_Startups

Samsung Pay Teams Up With RippleNet Member Finablr - Adrian Zmudzinski cointelegraph.com/news/samsu… via @cointelegraph

Darsana Capital Partners wrote down Juul’s valuation by 37% as a series of negative developments in the past month have clouded the company’s prospects - Juliet Chung wsj.com/articles/hedge-fund-… via @WSJ

Zola, the $650M wedding portal, taps the travel market with an expansion into honeymoons - Ingrid Lunden tcrn.ch/31FIRjP via @techcrunch

China’s ‘golden week’ travel hampered by slowing economy, weaker yuan - Amanda Lee scmp.com/economy/china-econo… via @scmpnews

ecommerce platform for business, Udaan has raised $585m funding led by Tencent at $2.8bn valuation - Aditi Shrivastava ecoti.in/2Sb7Ta via @economictimes

Samsung-Backed Blockchain Firm Launches in UAE After Securing $16m - Joeri Cant cointelegraph.com/news/samsu… via @cointelegraph

Notion Capital launches new $150M fund aimed at European B2B tech with an increased focus on cybersecurity - Mike Butcher tcrn.ch/2o3v0Fp via @techcrunch