Buy one ticket at $210 savings, get the second at 50% off at Sessions: AI

You’re not the only one thinking about where AI is headed. So why come alone? From…

How to survive and thrive as tariffs, AI, and politics unsettle the rules of business

Trump’s tariffs have upended global trade and created an environment of uncertainty. But this situation wasn’t…

Datadog acquires AI-powered observability startup Metaplane

Cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Metaplane, an AI-powered…

Exclusive: German deeptech VC First Momentum raises €35m fund to back energy, automation and AI

German deeptech VC First Momentum, which invests pre-seed cheques into technical founders, has raised €35m for…

Bending Spoons CEO: ‘We hope to invest well over $1bn this year’

In the past 12 months, Italian software unicorn Bending Spoons has bought six other startups; most…

StrictlyVC London agenda for May 13

StrictlyVC is heading to London on May 13, uniting top investors and entrepreneurs to spark meaningful…

Berlin-based Noxtua raises over €80m Series B to build ‘sovereign’ legal AI

Berlin-based startup Noxtua — formerly known as Xayn — has raised a €80.7m Series B round…

Early-stage VC Kompas raises €150m for second fund

Early-stage VC Kompas has raised €150m for its second fund to invest in industrial technology across…

Exclusive: Kindred Capital backs AI agents startup Cakewalk in $7.5m seed round

AI agents startup Cakewalk has raised a $7.5m seed round led by Kindred Capital and San…

StrictlyVC heads to Athens, covering European tech and investment

StrictlyVC is turning up the heat in 2025 — and we’re going international! First stop: Athens,…

Why OpenAI wanted to buy Cursor but opted for the fast-growing Windsurf

Anysphere, maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, is growing so quickly, it’s not in the market…

Khloe Kardashian launches consumer brand backed by Serena Ventures, WME

Khloe Kardashian has formerly launched her new food company, Khloud, and its first product, a protein…

Vibe coding helps Supabase nab $200M at $2B valuation just seven months after its last raise

In 2020, when open source database Supabase was founded, its New Zealand-based CEO, Paul Copplestone, couldn’t…

Ex-Meta engineer raises $14M for Lace AI, a revenue generation software startup

As an AI engineer at Meta, Boris Valkov helped build PyTorch, one of the world’s largest…

Adaptive Computer wants to reinvent the PC with ‘vibe’ coding for non-programmers

Dennis Xu is a repeat tech startup founder, but he’s the first to admit he’s not…

Exclusive: Secretive VC firm Hedosophia raises over $200m for secondaries fund, sources say

Secretive London-based VC Hedosophia has raised a dedicated secondaries fund, multiple sources tell Sifted, as the…

The 10 most active corporate investors in Europe in 2024

In 2024, corporate venture capital (CVC) arms continued to play a big role in seeding European…

Superpower wants to help people detect and address health issues before symptoms appear

A startup called Superpower is publicly launching what it calls the world’s first super-app that is…

Barking up the right tree: Could the bioeconomy make Europe money, while solving its biggest climate challenges?

Once upon a time the bioeconomy was a “nice-to-have”: a perfunctory nod to making the world…

Wayve ramps up international expansion with Japan testing hub

AI startup Wayve has expanded to Japan, ramping up the company’s international growth as it races…

16 European hardware startups to watch, according to VCs

As global trade tensions simmer after Donald Trump’s latest wave of tariffs sent markets into freefall,…

The ‘breakthrough’ to make cures for neurological diseases viable

London-based biotech Cranebio, which works on the delivery of RNA treatments, thinks it’s found a way…