Lakestar, one of Europe’s top tech venture firms run by Klaus Hommels, seeks to maximise existing deals
After revolutionising the music industry, the streaming mogul is stepping back but not giving up
Company appoints Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström co-chief executives as co-founder becomes executive chair
Defence start-up valued at €12bn to become one of Europe’s most valuable tech groups
Spotify founder’s body-scanning start-up valued at $1.7bn in new funding round
Company co-founders reaped $900mn in gains this year
Sharp change in tone from CEO Daniel Ek shows the platform’s need to turn popularity into profit
Chief Daniel Ek says music streaming service’s costs too high
Daniel Ek also raises concerns that AI rules made now would quickly become obsolete
Daniel Ek uses rare visit to Brussels to put personal pressure on officials to resolve four-year dispute with tech giant
Some capitals will take months to work out which households require help and to make payments
Row over controversial podcaster drags streaming service into thorny debate on content standards
Joni Mitchell and Neil Young pulled music from streaming service over false information
Defence start-up will use AI to build live battlefield maps in ‘ethical, responsible and transparent’ way
Executives complain new Discovery Mode is ‘payola’ but one Texas frontman sees it as the future
Billionaire Daniel Ek claims he was rebuffed by English Premier League football club’s American owner
CEO Daniel Ek tells FT it will tread ‘very carefully’ despite pressure from music labels
Streaming site came under fire for airing interview with conspiracy theorist
Streaming group’s chief to channel funding into early-stage start-ups
The company had allowed acts to release music directly on to its service, but not any more
Daniel Ek says music-streaming service could have ‘no other choice’ in face of App Store’s 30% fee
The US group’s music streaming service has taken aim at Spotify and is gaining fast
Streaming group cuts out middlemen by licensing music from bands themselves
