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Sifted Fintech
03.05.2024
CEO Théau Peronnin is confident that the company can outpace some of the world’s biggest technology companies.
There's a new crop of European founders setting up in the UAE, which has said it wants to create 20 tech unicorns by 2031.
We attend a Nato gathering in Toulouse to explore how the military alliance can adopt more spacetech — and what's holding them back.
Climate and AI startups are — predictably — growing their headcount the fastest after huge financing rounds in 2023.
Tomislav Bišćan, cofounder and former CTO at Latin American fintech Minka, walks us through his tips — just remember to calculate costs.
02.05.2024
Vincent Farret d’Astiès bets on French panache to lift his luxury tourist balloon above rival space technology companies.
Einride is building the world’s largest network of autonomous electric vehicles, in the United Arab Emirates.
With landmark legislation coming into effect in the US and EU, European blockchain investors are beginning to return.
01.05.2024
Turkish startup Getir is leaving Germany and the UK — which speedy grocery companies are left operating in Europe, and can they succeed?
As the IPO market in Europe slows down, employees look for other ways of exits with the secondaries market appearing to be lucrative.
The parent company of Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk has earmarked €188m for seed investments in quantum startups.
Sequoia's VP of talent Zoe Hewitt shares her tips for those considering a career pivot into product management.
30.04.2024
Europe’s best-funded speedy grocery startup, Getir, plans to quit all markets outside of its founding country, Turkey.
The crypto exchange aims to position itself as a halfway house between centralised and decentralised systems.
Fledgling climate tech startups should also be thinking about debt, even as early as when they pick their founding team.
Infertility rates are on the rise globally — Ovom says it can improve people's chance of conception with AI
A European equivalent to NASDAQ could tempt the continent's best tech companies to list closer to home — policymakers should prioritise it.
29.04.2024
The Vilnius-based company is backed by some of the world’s leading VC firms, including Accel, Lightspeed, EQT and Insight Partners.
The “highly vetted network of rising leaders” also counts WeWork’s founder as a board member, and WeWork's CEO as a patron.
Founders report their relationships with VCs have gotten worse or much worse in the last 12 months.
The technology giant is taking Zurich-based startup LzLabs to court, alleging that it made “unlawful use” of parts of its software.
Spotify founder Daniel Ek is taking his body scanning startup Neko Health to the UK following the completion of 3,000 scans in Sweden.
Joint Academy lost its largest customer in mid-2022 causing a crisis — but it is now in a better position to expand.
27.04.2024
In Poland and Hungary government investment in VCs and startups almost completely dried out in 2023 — we explore why and what lies ahead.
26.04.2024
VCs from Moonfire Ventures, Par Equity, Smedvig Partners and Praetura Ventures shared their picks of startups outside their portfolio.
Sasha Allan from Cult Mia shares her top tips on securing customers using Pinterest — and other marketing tips.
“I wouldn't be surprised if this is starting to emerge as a thing that investors will ask for,” says Latham & Watkins partner Shing Lo.
Carina Namih sits down with Sifted to talk AI, Silicon Valley, the state of European tech and how to do VC better.
The new fund will primarily buy stakes from other LPs in VC funds — capitalising on a big and as-yet untapped market, says Isomer.
The latest round from existing investors follows the 11-year-old startup undergoing a “restructure” in 2022.
25.04.2024
Terra One's solution is to store renewable energy generated during periods of low demand and release it to the grid when demand is high.
The Series A funding round was led by AlbionVC with other participating investors and was closed in February.
AI could increase global carbon emissions by 80%, but startups think they can save the day and greatly lessen the impact.
24.04.2024
Almost 50 Polish companies have joined a lobby group that aims to promote responsible development of AI across central and eastern Europe.
The UK government has pledged £250m to develop AI for the NHS, but startups are struggling to ink commercial contracts with the organisation.
The company is building software to make it easier for AI developers to use hardware from different providers.
23.04.2024
GenAI has made building a business from scratch faster and easier than ever — but what if you’ve already built your startup?
Dogpatch Labs CEO Patrick Walsh gives his read on the Irish tech scene and argues for more policy levers to pull talent out of Big Tech jobs.
Monzo’s latest $430m funding round saw the UK-based digital bank valued at $5bn and confirm a share price of £14.41.
Europe’s crowd of solo GPs has been growing over the years — and angel investor Ermotti is one of the latest to join the pack.