Skylight, a startup taking on TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app…
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Europe gets a rocket boost but ‘we’re still 10 years behind SpaceX’
When Elon Musk’s SpaceX pulled off yet another feat of technical wizardry last year — not…
Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp
While working on their MBAs at Harvard Business School, Colombian immigrants Stephanie Murra and Lorenza Vélez…
England captain Harry Kane backs ticketing startup Seat Unique
England men’s football captain Harry Kane has invested in London-based premium ticketing platform Seat Unique, as…
Stop calling them tech companies
When I started angel investing in the late 1990s, a tech investment included a significant technology…
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs poaches talent from embattled AI rivals
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs has poached a significant chunk of its headcount from rivals Exscientia and…
Meet the UK and Ireland’s fastest-growing fintechs by revenue
Startups in the fintech sector make up more than a third of entries in Sifted’s 2025…
Bang for buck: The UK startups making the most revenue with the smallest teams
This year’s Sifted 100 leaderboard of the fastest-growing startups in the UK and Ireland is younger…
What is behind the underinvestment in water tech?
Water’s ubiquity might be its own worst enemy. Why worry about something that is usually so…
Web Summit’s Paddy Cosgrave settles multi-million euro legal battle
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave has settled a multi-million euro legal battle with two of the…
Baillie Gifford writes up investment in Bending Spoons by 89%
Scottish asset management company Baillie Gifford has marked up Italian app developer and acquirer Bending Spoons…
Nuclear energy startup Marvel Fusion raises €50m as race to develop tech heats up
Germany’s Marvel Fusion has raised €50m as it looks to outcompete startup rivals racing to develop…
UK startups scale back hiring plans ahead of tax hikes
UK startups are trying to save cash by scaling back hiring plans, ahead of increases to…
The Future of Organizations Is Bionic for Now
The following is an excerpt from RE-HUMANIZE: How to Build Human-Centric Organizations in the Age of…
These 7 former N26 employees founded their own startups in the past year
European fintech remains a vital training ground for the region’s next generation of founders — and Berlin-based…
eBay backs WunderGraph to build an open source GraphQL federation
A fledgling open source startup that’s setting out to tackle API sprawl in the GraphQL ecosystem…
Franchise Expansion: 7 Tips to Build a Resilient Network
If your startup proves successful in one location, the logical next step is to expand the…
Impact startups seek €1.5bn at the world’s biggest climate expo
The global transition to sustainable business models is accelerating, and startups are playing a crucial role…
Twin’s first AI agent is an invoice-retrieval agent for Qonto customers
When Twin came out of stealth in January 2024, AI agents were more of a theoretical…
Taking Startup Money from Family and Friends: Three ‘Musts’
Historically speaking, borrowing money from family and friends to start a business has been viewed with…
Four ways to unlock pension fund investment in VC
In the UK and Ireland, just 0.007% of pension fund assets under management are invested into…