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20/08/2024

The move comes as the startup targets a €1bn equity round

20/08/2024

Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt is closing its R&D centre in San Francisco to focus its research efforts at its Swedish site.

19/08/2024

Despite the frenzy, it's hard to invest in AI companies between seed and growth, says the Balderton GP Chandratillake.

18/08/2024

Many VCs are keen to wax lyrical about the moral imperative of backing adaptation tech — but few have opened their wallets.

16/08/2024

The financial superapp is now Europe's most valuable privately-owned fintech — having also recently secured a UK banking licence.

15/08/2024

VCs are investing in Europe's cultivated meat startups — but the lack of regulatory approvals is holding founders back.

15/08/2024

More than a dozen investors were involved in the equity and debt round for Berlin-based Caresyntax's Series C extension round.

15/08/2024

A startup boom appears to be taking place in the US in recent years — but can the same be said about Europe?

14/08/2024

Swedish grid startup Flower has raised 290m SEK (€25m) in a Series A round, according to documents to the Swedish company's house.

13/08/2024

Having been overlooked, things are starting to change in a country with a highly digitised banking sector and a population of 86m.

12/08/2024

The VC, which exclusively backs startups in Europe, has closed two new funds to invest in startups from early stage to IPO.

09/08/2024

Our latest Sifted Talks delves into best practices for M&A activity, focusing particularly on the impact on your workforce.

09/08/2024

Octopus Ventures's Rebecca Hunt on the hot — and not — areas in consumer, which has been impacted by rising inflation in recent years.

08/08/2024

The company’s farm in Amiens has just started producing ingredients — but there are still some challenges ahead.

07/08/2024

The country boasts nearly half of the 50 fastest-growing companies in southern Europe — and many wealthy families are turning towards tech.

06/08/2024

With both French legacy banks and overseas neobanks competing, the race to become the go-to consumer neobank in France is heating up.

02/08/2024

Some founders and investors say that cuts could stop the country’s tech sector competing on a global scale — but others play down impact

02/08/2024

VCs are piling into 'quality' companies — and it's creating a new challenge in the market. Is it a good thing?

01/08/2024

The new Infarm is focused on growing kosher salad leaves from a growing facility in Canada.

01/08/2024

Some founders and investors are frustrated that the first European femtech unicorn is run by men as Flo raises $200m to hit a $1bn valuation.

31/07/2024

The Nordics is renowned for providing generous parental leave — but is it a cause for its lack of female-founded unicorns?

30/07/2024

US growth investor General Atlantic — a backer of companies like Uber and Airbnb — was the sole investor in the round

30/07/2024

Payments fintech GoCardless is proving to be a vital training ground for Europe's next generation of founders.

26/07/2024

The France-based startup’s first product is a cultivated chicken foie gras.

25/07/2024

The bank said in a statement that it reached the decision after the Lithuanian startup failed to submit its financial statements on time.

24/07/2024

Recent AI developments promise to be a core part of future businesses, so it’s worrying that women aren’t involved in shaping it.

24/07/2024

The Series A round was led by Atomico with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures and existing investors.

24/07/2024

Sales of Improbable subsidiaries brought the company into the black despite revenue dropping, according to its latest financial accounts.

24/07/2024

A data-driven startup is led by leaning on datasets – but the reality of implementing this can be anything but simple.

23/07/2024

Andreessen Horowitz-backed Mercury made the decision to not serve customers with “frequent account activity” in the war-torn country.

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New speakers announced. Mikko Salovaara, CFO of Bolt, Valentina Milanova 🇺🇦, founder and CEO of Daye, and Thomas Holl, founder and CTO of Babbel join the lineup. Just over a week left to get your early bird tickets >> https://summit.sifted.eu/ticket-right-?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=siftedsummit&utm_content=siftedaccounts #startup #techevent #scaleup #startupeurope #siftedsummit

Summit Sponsors

Have you checked out the latest Sifted Summit partners — SEON. Fraud Fighters, Trilligent, Invest in Nottingham, HFL and Freepik! They’ll be at Magazine, London, this October 4-5. Want to join them? Give the team a shout for partnership opportunities >> https://ftx.typeform.com/to/RnHsRl4k?typeform-source=summit.sifted.eu

America’s IRA set off a global race to scale climate tech — how can Europe catch up? We caught up with Sifted Summit speakers from SWEEP, Carbo Culture, Olio • Share More, Waste Less, Pivotal Future and more ahead of their sessions in the dedicated climate tech part of the agenda this October 4-5, to ask what policy changes they would implement if they were in office. See their full wishlist here: https://sifted.eu/articles/americas-ira-scale-climate-tech-europe Featuring: Rachel Delacour, CEO and cofounder, SWEEP, Henrietta Moon, CEO and cofounder, Carbo Culture, Tessa Clarke, CEO and cofounder, OLIO - Share More, Waste Less, Zoe Balmforth, CEO and cofounder, Pivotal Future, Liv Andersson, CEO and cofounder, BioZeroc, George Darrah, principal, Systemiq Capital and Luke Graham, head of research, Pi Labs.

Sifted Summit Speakers

Are you ready to learn from the best of startup Europe? 🔥 Join us at Sifted Summit for the chance to hear from: 👉 Aiga Senftleben, cofounder of Billie, as she explores the pros and cons of Buy now, pay later (BNPL) with Dawn Capital and Finom 👉 George Hadjigeorgiou, cofounder of Zoe, as he investigates ways to improve the health of millions including how to stay young for longer 👉 Kimberly Dillon, VP brand at Cleo, as she looks into innovative growth strategies for taking your company to the USA Learn more on our site >>> https://summit.sifted.eu/speakers?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=siftedsummit&utm_content=siftedaccounts

Sifted Summit Sponsors

We're thrilled to welcome our latest Sifted Summit partners — Flanders, OTB Ventures and Carta. They’ll be joining us at Magazine, London, this October 4-5. Want to join them? Give the team a shout for partnership opportunities >> https://ftx.typeform.com/to/RnHsRl4k?typeform-source=summit.sifted.eu

More tech startups are being acquired in the downturn — but why? 👀 In the final episode of our Downturn Survival Guide podcast series, we’re joined by EQT Ventures’ Guatam Nadella and Sonantic’s Zeena Qureshi to explore… 👉 What the M&A process looks like 👉 How do you know if M&A is the right move for your startup? 👉 When is M&A not such a good idea? Listen to the episode now. 🎧 https://eqtventures.buzzsprout.com/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=downturnsurvivalguide&utm_content=siftedaccounts #podcast #startupnews #downturn #mergersandacquisitions #M&A This podcast series is sponsored by EQT Ventures

Downturn Survival Guide Podcast

🎙 NEW: EQT Ventures and Sifted’s Downturn Survival Guide podcast Want to know how to survive — and thrive — in a downturn? Then this one’s for you. In our first episode, we’re joined by EQT Ventures’ Alistair Mitchell and Flow Engineering’s Pari Singh to explore... 👉 Learnings from the dotcom crash and 2007-8 financial crisis 👉 How to strike the right balance between being enthusiastic versus realistic 👉 How the funding environment has shifted Tune in today. 🎧 https://eqtventures.buzzsprout.com/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=downturnsurvivalguide&utm_content=siftedaccounts #dotcomcrash #financialcrisis #downturn #podcast #startupnews #technews

Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast: Interview with Taavet Hinrikus

🎙️ This week on the podcast, we’re joined by founder-turned-investor Taavet Hinrikus to discuss: 👉 His journey as a VC and how his new fund Plural is doing things differently 👉 Why investor committees are useless 👉 Why a four-day work week doesn’t, well, work 👉 The biggest lessons learnt from building Wise Make sure you tune in! 🎧 https://podcast.sifted.eu/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=siftedaccounts #startup #technews #podcast #startupnews

This week on Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast, we’re joined by Meri Williams, CTO at Pleo. 🎙 ❌ Meri shares her thoughts on Elon Musk firing half his tech team (spoiler below!) 💡 We discuss how to get engineers to learn soft skills 🌏 Plus, how can you hire developers from around the world? Click here to listen — or search for The Sifted Podcast, wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧 https://podcast.sifted.eu/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=siftedaccounts This podcast is sponsored by Zendesk. #podcast #technews #startupnews #twitter #elonmusk

Don't miss the Sifted Summit this October | Sifted

The countdown is on: there’s less than one month to go until the Sifted Summit. 🎉🏔 Join us, alongside 1,500+ founders, investors and super-operators at Magazine London on October 5-6. 🇬🇧 We’ll be welcoming speakers including Jessica Ennis, Tom Blomfield and Euan Blair to share the insights you need to grow your business. 👀 Don’t miss out on the final number of tickets! 🌟 https://www.summit.sifted.eu/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=siftedsummit&utm_content=siftedaccounts #SiftedSummit #startupevent #londonevent

$Sifted Sessions \ Tallinn$

Sifted Sessions \ Tallinn

Last month, we took our journalism on the road and visited the land of unicorns: Estonia. 🇪🇪 At this Sifted Sessions, we jumped into a jam-packed day of lively debates and illuminating roundtables. 💡 Missed it? All is not lost. In October, we’re bringing back the hottest event in every European founder’s diary: the Sifted Summit. 🏔 Pre-register for the London Summit here. 🚀 https://summit.sifted.eu/ #SiftedSessions #SiftedSummit #startupevent #tallinn

Does everyone want to pay by card?

Open banking — infrastructure that allows you to share bank data directly with other parties — is on the rise. 📈 It’s particularly popular amongst millennials and Gen Z, who use open banking for tracking spending and saving. 🏦 Learn more about open banking and what it means for traditional financial institutions, in our new explainer. In partnership with TrueLayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=SBQRvpNlPKA #openbanking #openfinance #fintech #finance #financial #banking #bank #payments #embeddedfinance #data #technology #api

Does everyone want to pay by card?

The open banking revolution is here. 💥 Using cards for payments is on the decline — and it’s predicted that the number of people using open banking will skyrocket in coming years. 🚀 But what actually is open banking? 🤔 Our new explainer, created in partnership with TrueLayer, reveals all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=SBQRvpNlPKA #openbanking #openfinance #fintech #finance #financial #banking #bank #payments #embeddedfinance #data #technology #api

The state of European corporate venturing in 6 charts

Venture building consultancy Stryber has published its new European corporate venture report — and we read it, so you don’t have to. 📖 Here are the key takeaways, in six charts. Spoiler: Accelerators are out, and corporate venture builders are back in. 👀 https://sifted.eu/articles/european-corporate-venturing-charts/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=siftedaccounts #corporateventurecapital #cvc #accelerator #business #corporateinnovation

Video explainer: Why older people should be an innovation focus

In Europe, one in five people is now over 65. So why do innovation teams spend so much time focused on what millennials and Gen Z might want — and ignoring the grey pound? 🤔💰 Sifted’s Maija Palmer explains the questions this data raises. https://sifted.eu/articles/older-people-innovation-startups/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=siftedaccounts #innovation #corporateinnovation #branding #business #growth

Video explainer: Why CVC’s share of the capital pie is growing

Venture capital investment has increased 10-fold in the last decade — and corporate VC’s share of that total has increased even faster. 📈 So, what does that mean for the startup ecosystem? https://sifted.eu/articles/cvc-share-startup-investing/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=siftedaccounts #cvc #corporateventurecapital #venturecapital #corporateinnovation

Did you miss it? 👀 The Sifted Podcast launches this Friday! 🗓 Hosted by Sifted’s Michael Stothard, our podcast series will cover a range of topics including drone delivery, audio erotica and neobanks of the future. 🏦 Too excited to wait? Here’s a sneak preview… Can founders convince five-year-old Eliza to invest in their startup? 👼 Read all about the podcast here. 👉 https://sifted.eu/articles/the-sifted-podcast/ This podcast series is sponsored by Zendesk #podcast #tech #technology #startup #drone

Meet London’s toughest new tech investor. 💰 She’s slick, she’s sharp, and she’s shrewd… She also happens to be five-years-old. 👧 Which of Europe’s hottest new startups will Eliza invest in? 🔥 Find out: only in The Sifted Podcast. 🎙 Listen to the trailer here. 🎧 👉 https://sifted.eu/articles/the-sifted-podcast/ This podcast series is sponsored by Zendesk. #podcast #tech #startup #drones #technology

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