How to Ready Your Business to Fundraise as a Finance Leader

When working for a startup or scaleup, a big part of the finance leader’s role is…

Understanding Brand Perception: A Guide for Start-Up Businesses

Building a strong and positive brand perception is essential for any start-up aiming to stand out…

Revelo’s LatAm talent network sees strong demand from US companies, thanks to AI

While many tech companies are mandating that their employees return to their offices, and putting an…

UK aims to lure foreign talent as Trump cracks down on universities

The UK is readying a new scheme designed to attract top international research talent, just as…

Startups Weekly: Drama or game-changer? You decide

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world…

Financing When Your Business is Brand New: Six Options

You’ve got a great business idea, motivation, and the desire to make it work. But maybe…

Military drones startup Tekever pledges to invest £400m in UK

Military drone-maker Tekever has promised to invest £400m in the UK after winning a major contract…

Hamilton Lane: ‘We’ve seen a massive increase in GP-led secondaries’

Europe is a “critical” geography, says giant US alternative investment manager Hamilton Lane. The firm, which…

Europe’s AI cloud startups chase megarounds as Trump brings security fears into focus

European AI cloud providers are pitching VCs for billions of euros of investment, tapping into growing…

Revolut and N26 want to disrupt the telecoms industry. Can they succeed?

European neobanks Revolut and N26 are gearing up to enter the telecoms market, both companies announced…

Could Trump pull the plug on European tech?

As tensions simmer between Donald Trump and European leaders, the world’s biggest cloud providers have been…

Revolut rejected secondaries sale promising $65bn valuation

Revolut recently turned down investors pushing for a secondary shares sale that would have seen the…

Rising star defense tech startup Mach Industries is raising $100 million, sources say

Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, is about to close a fresh…

Fintech Bench conducts layoff while others still work month-to-month

Bench, the accounting and tax startup that was bought in a fire sale last December, has…

Fivetran acquires Census to become end-to-end data movement platform

After nearly 13 years in business, Fivetran will now be able to offer its customers an…

Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

TechCrunch Sessions: AI is just over a month away! We’re doing a last call for exceptional…

Climate startup Beam shuts down months after announcing expansion plans

Beam, a British climate startup which designed AI and robotics to power the offshore wind industry,…

Enpal, 1Komma5, Zolar: Germany’s solar giants adapt to harsh market realities

Across the last six months, German startup Zolar has cut its workforce from nearly 400 people…

Exclusive: H Company quietly acquires open-source AI agents startup

Secretive French AI startup H Company has quietly acquired Mithril Security, another Paris-based business, Sifted has…

Q1’s most active venture debt providers

Sifted tracked just over €4bn of debt financing to European startups in Q1, an increase from…

Sam Altman’s World unveils a mobile verification device

Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World human verification project that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…

AI sales tax startup Kintsugi has doubled its valuation in 6 months

Kintsugi, a Silicon Valley-based startup that helps companies offload and automate their sales tax compliance, has…