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Interview with Brad Goodall of Banked.com. Banked is a London-based FinTech providing an alternative to credit and debit cards by enabling account-to-account payments at e-commerce checkouts and other online payments use cases. 

A conversation with Jan Goetz, Co-founder and CEO of IQM: a quantum computing company based in Finland that has raised over €32m. In the conversation, Jan talks about the fundamentals of quantum computing and its commercial applications, what exactly IQM is building, its funding journey so far and much more.

Today's episode is a conversation with Niko Karstikko. Nico is the Co-founder and CEO of Bob W, a hospitality startup based in Helsinki. Bob W's product is a hybrid between a hotel and a short-stay apartment with locations in trendy neighbourhoods, breakfasts in local cafes, complimentary gym access and more. Bob W was founded in 2018, and in June of this year, in the midst of a pandemic, managed to raise a €4m seed round led by byFounders, a Copenhagen-based VC fund. In the conversation, Niko talks about the founding story, the market Bob W is going after, how the company uses technology to optimise its service and lots more.

Meet Christian Piechnick, founder and CEO of Wandelbots. Wandelbots is a robotics startup based in Dresden, Germany which is on a mission to make robots more accessible and widespread. Their revolutionary technology platform allows anyone to train a robot to perform complex tasks within minutes. We talk to Christian to know more about the company and their vision and how they are paving a way for the future.

Welcome to Funded in Europe - a new podcast featuring fast-growing European startups that have raised funding. Before the episodes start rolling, we wanted to take this opportunity to quickly introduce the show.Mainstream technology media is understandably pointed towards North America and in particular, Silicon Valley. However, there is something exciting happening in Europe. Venture capital volume in the continent has more than doubled in the space of 4 years, rising from almost €15Bn in 2015, to over €30Bn in 2019.This podcast is about those European technology startups that have raised money and have big ambitions. We want to create a platform for the founders of fast-growing European companies to tell us their stories, the challenges they've faced, their thoughts on the European ecosystem and the lessons they've learned along the way.Episodes will mostly feature individual companies, but from time to time we will also be joined by European VCs to get their thoughts on topics like raising a fund in Europe, picking winning investments, helping to scale those investments and more.If you're a founder or a VC based in Europe, and you would like to join us on the show,  please get in touch via our website www.fundedineurope.com or via the Twitter handle @fundedineurope.