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September 24, 2020

Daniel Ek commits to investing €1bn in European ”moonshots”

The Spotify founder will focus on deeptech startups in Europe


Mimi Billing

4 min read

Daniel Ek

Daniel Ek, the founder of Spotify, has committed to investing €1bn of his fortune in European deeptech ”moonshot projects”.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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