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This week, our聽 team tracked 70 tech funding deals worth over 900 million euros ($1 billion-plus), along with a dozen M&A transactions, rumors and related news stories across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and Turkey.

Meanwhile, here鈥檚 an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week (聽to get this roundup in your inbox every Monday morning):

1)听罢丑别 announced Tuesday that聽. The Commission said it will assess whether Apple鈥檚 rules for app developers on the distribution of apps via the App Store breach EU competition rules.

2)聽Swedish video game developer聽 in a directed share issue to Swedish and international investors. The move was made so the company can 鈥渁ct swiftly on potential future acquisitions and growth opportunities.鈥�

3)聽Berlin-based CMS聽聽in Series E funding, fueling the company on its path toward unicorn status, which CB Insights predicted last year. The round was led by , with participation from , and five other new and existing backers.

4)听, the German payments firm that鈥檚 fending off allegations about its accounting, delayed the publication of its annual financial results for the fourth time after auditors were聽. The shares collapsed.

5)听 on Thursday聽, which collects images from tens of thousands of contributors to build immersive and up-to-date maps.

6) co-founder Nikola Stojanow is launching ,听. Still securing investors, the London-based fund is led by and will close its first round in Q4 of this year.

7)聽The United States has shocked Europe by聽 and threatening to retaliate if the region moves ahead with plans on its own. A number of European countries were hoping to impose taxes on digital companies above a certain revenue threshold, which would hit mainly U.S. tech firms given their size.

8)聽The payments company has a聽that allows users to send money to friends and family for free. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

9)聽Digital bank 丑补蝉听 from existing investors, which is understood to have been accompanied by a significant cut to its valuation. Backers included , , , , Goodwater, , and , as well as some new investors such as and . Monzo鈥檚 capital position is now around $220 million, although its valuation is said to have been slashed by 40 percent.

10)听叠别谤濒颈苍-产补蝉别诲听, dedicated to early-stage European startups in enterprise and deep tech. Led by Gabriel Matuschka and Fredrik Bergenlid, the firm will use its Fund II to make initial investments between 500,000 euros and 1.3 million euros.

Podcast(s):

: EU is still after Amazon; bioinformatics 101 with Lifebit.

Bonus link(s):

Slush has launched its new white paper聽 on the future of entrepreneurship. The white paper is divided into three different themes, which all represent one of the key ways for the European startup ecosystem to reach its potential; diversity, purpose and revolutionary innovation.