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Sifted Fintech
23.01.2025
Swedish body scanning startup Neko Health has raised $260m led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The funding brings Neko’s valuation to $1.7bn.
Founders and investors underscore the need for Europe to put more money behind AI
Two big raises in Europe in 2024 have VCs feeling brighter about builder bots
US climate fund Regeneration VC, which counts Leonardo DiCaprio as an LP, has taken over the running of Sky Ocean Ventures.
Pet scientists and startups are hoping breakthroughs in canine longevity could lay the foundations for innovations in human health
If businesses want to make more money this year, there’s one simple thing they could do — build more products for women.
The UK startup is part of a wider trend of European startups acting like traditional PE buyout firms
The new hire is the latest C-suite addition since new CEO Raman Bhatia took over the neobank from founder Anne Boden last year.
Though still early innings for Europe’s defence tech startups, governments from the US to Latvia are partnering up with them
You don't have to look far to find an 'exited' founder — but happily exited founders are much harder to come across.
22.01.2025
Peter Kyle’s comments follow a fractious six months for government-tech relations
The EU is trying to simplify existing regulations, but critics say the measures don't go far enough.
Speaking to Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mensch denied that Mistral could be taken over
Both a US and UK listing are reportedly on the table for the British challenger bank.
There’s a new wave of “rollup startups” in Europe, buying up older businesses — just like traditional PE firms do.
After pivoting away from LLMs, the German AI darling Aleph Alpha unveils a new AI tool to help B2B customers.
European startups are increasingly buying up care homes, vet practices and dentists, then using their software to run them
21.01.2025
Here's how to ensure DEI remains a priority, despite political backlash
The move comes 10 months after De La Rochebrochard left another early-stage VC, Newwave, following management drama
Plans to deregulate and increase government tech procurement are enticing European startups
Sifted spoke to the companies that could be considering a public listing
Six AI companies had VCs returning for second — and even third — helpings, Sifted data analysis reveals
Karim Beguir, founder of London AI company InstaDeep, tells Sifted what he thinks is missing in Europe to give AI companies a chance to compete
20.01.2025
The Tesla mogul's White House takeover has stirred division among Europe’s tech elites, prompting some to pick a side.
Customer retention, long-term defensibility and team are key
18.01.2025
Sifted found out and listed the LPs which have been writing the most cheques to VCs in Europe in the last 10 years.
17.01.2025
IG Group looks set to acquire Freetrade for less than a quarter of its 2021 valuation, with the deal expected to be completed in mid-2025.
The heat pump market in Europe has taken off in recent years. Sifted lists the startups leading the shift away from gas and oil.
Heat pumps have been politicised by the far-right — but they could be the key to the EU meeting its carbon goals.
The move comes just a day after Google and OpenAI announced similar media partnerships
The Belgian fintech made €65m in revenues last year, and is now profitable
Sifted earmarks the billion dollar companies that haven’t raised since 2022 and could be on the hunt for VC cash
16.01.2025
The company builds ‘cognitive’ robots capable of seeing, hearing, touching and remembering
Which East Asian investors did crack out the cheque book in 2024? Here are those that backed the most European tech companies last year.
There may be more zombie funds on the horizon — particularly as LPs grow impatient for returns.
With growing anti-China sentiment in the US, UK VCs could capitalise off the Chinese LPs leaving the country.
15.01.2025
Sequoia's VP of talent Zoe Hewitt shares her advice on how to refocus your career goals after a turbulent few years in tech
The startup, which is HQed in France and in the US, is one of Europe’s only space tech unicorns
Berlin and Bavaria’s state capital of Munich have long been pitted against each other as rival startup ecosystems
Corporate venture capital funds (CVCs) are becoming more prolific investors in climate tech. Here’s how to stand out from the crowd.