Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

Meet the first-time European VC funds of 2025
Analysis
January 24, 2025
Meet the first-time European VC funds of 2025
All the first-time VC fund managers announcing closings in 2025
Amy Lewin
The Series A pitch deck template founders need in the AI era
Analysis
January 20, 2025
The Series A pitch deck template founders need in the AI era
Customer retention, long-term defensibility and team are key
Amy Lewin
UK founders are no longer the best-paid in Europe
Analysis
January 13, 2025
UK founders are no longer the best-paid in Europe
But founders all over the continent have given themselves pay rises in the past year
Amy Lewin
The 13 European startups that became unicorns in 2024
Analysis
January 7, 2025
The 13 European startups that became unicorns in 2024
… And the investors who backed them
Amy Lewin
Former A16z investor Sriram Krishnan given new role in Trump’s government
News
December 23, 2024
Former A16z investor Sriram Krishnan given new role in Trump’s government
Krishnan, who helped set up the firm’s first London office, said he is “honored” to “ensure continued American leadership in AI”
Anne Sraders and Amy Lewin
Sifted’s most-read stories of 2024
Analysis
December 23, 2024
Sifted’s most-read stories of 2024
AI, acquisitions and founder fallouts all caught Sifted's readers' attention in 2024
Amy Lewin
Most European VCs have spoken to over 100 LPs in the past two years
Analysis
December 20, 2024
Most European VCs have spoken to over 100 LPs in the past two years
50% of European VCs haven't returned any capital to LPs this year — but 95% expect to return more next year
Amy Lewin
All the new first-time European VC funds of 2024
Analysis
December 18, 2024
All the new first-time European VC funds of 2024
It’s a slog — but these European VCs are raising (and closing) first-time funds
Amy Lewin
Longtime Sequoia partner Matt Miller departs to start his own Europe fund
News
December 18, 2024
Longtime Sequoia partner Matt Miller departs to start his own Europe fund
The VC, who helped establish Sequoia’s European presence, invested in Graphcore and briefly sat on Klarna’s board
Anne Sraders and Amy Lewin
‘We have to find the Europeans who’ve gone to the US and drag them back here’: Proxima Fusion’s Francesco Sciortino
Interview
December 18, 2024
‘We have to find the Europeans who’ve gone to the US and drag them back here’: Proxima Fusion’s Francesco Sciortino
Nuclear fusion may be the biggest industry of the next century, says Proxima Fusion's CEO on the Sifted Podcast — and Europe needs to seize the opportunity
Amy Lewin
Who do Europe’s startups bank with?
Analysis
December 18, 2024
Who do Europe’s startups bank with?
HSBC tops Sifted's list of the 25 most popular banks amongst Europe's startups
Amy Lewin
Oura’s cofounder: ‘We’ve had multiple acquisition offers from Big Tech’
Interview
December 2, 2024
Oura’s cofounder: ‘We’ve had multiple acquisition offers from Big Tech’
As smart wearable ring startup Oura hits a $5.2bn valuation, cofounder Petteri Lahtela tells Sifted what more there is to do
Amy Lewin
So that's why they call it Slush: Takeaways from Helsinki this year
Analysis
November 22, 2024
So that's why they call it Slush: Takeaways from Helsinki this year
Like many investors and founders across Europe, we attended Slush 2024 — these are our reflections
Amy Lewin
General Catalyst partner and Helsing, Mistral board member Jeannette zu Fürstenberg on how to build more businesses like them
Interview
November 18, 2024
General Catalyst partner and Helsing, Mistral board member Jeannette zu Fürstenberg on how to build more businesses like them
It will take a lot more than venture capital
Amy Lewin
Here are all the European startups that have done secondaries this year
Analysis
November 15, 2024
Here are all the European startups that have done secondaries this year
Sifted’s tracked close to 50 secondary transactions in Europe so far in 2024, including several of the continent’s most closely followed scaleups
Amy Lewin, Federico Scolari and Hessa Alabbas
Why UK-based GPs are delaying fundraising plans
Analysis
November 8, 2024
Why UK-based GPs are delaying fundraising plans
A quarter of UK-based GPs have pushed back fundraising plans, according to a new survey from the British Business Bank
Amy Lewin
Podcaster-turned-VC Harry Stebbings raises $400m for third fund
News
October 15, 2024
Podcaster-turned-VC Harry Stebbings raises $400m for third fund
He’s backed up by a 13-person media team, three fellow investors and dozens of scaleup operators scouting companies
Amy Lewin and Anne Sraders
Formidable London tech journalist Steve O’Hear dies aged 49
News
October 14, 2024
Formidable London tech journalist Steve O’Hear dies aged 49
Former TechCrunch reporter Steve O’Hear has died after a short illness, his team announced today
Amy Lewin and Freya Pratty
Europe’s first accelerator for VCs launches
News
October 14, 2024
Europe’s first accelerator for VCs launches
The programme aims to help 15 emerging managers fundraise more easily, for free
Amy Lewin
Is there a clear path for women VCs to become partner?
Analysis
October 11, 2024
Is there a clear path for women VCs to become partner?
Here's how to make it to partner (for those who want to)
Amy Lewin
Wolt CEO: ‘We always thought that we would evolve to become more like a bank’
Interview
October 10, 2024
Wolt CEO: ‘We always thought that we would evolve to become more like a bank’
As the delivery giant turns 10, cofounder Miki Kuusi shares what’s on the roadmap for the next decade
Amy Lewin
“I wouldn’t be a CEO founder again”: Anne Boden at the Sifted Summit
Interview
October 2, 2024
“I wouldn’t be a CEO founder again”: Anne Boden at the Sifted Summit
The Starling Bank founder also won't be becoming a VC, an angel or a politician
Amy Lewin
Mubadala’s top team in Europe
Analysis
September 20, 2024
Mubadala’s top team in Europe
Despite backing many of Europe’s best-known tech companies, Mubadala’s team keeps on the DL
Freya Pratty and Amy Lewin
'You need to know you can't do': Avid Larizadeh Duggan on how not to be a bad board member
Interview
September 17, 2024
'You need to know you can't do': Avid Larizadeh Duggan on how not to be a bad board member
VCs need to stay calm when the shit hits the fan, says Mistral and DeepL investor Avid Larizadeh Duggan
Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin

Meet the first-time European VC funds of 2025

The Series A pitch deck template founders need in the AI era

UK founders are no longer the best-paid in Europe

The 13 European startups that became unicorns in 2024

Former A16z investor Sriram Krishnan given new role in Trump’s government

Sifted’s most-read stories of 2024

Most European VCs have spoken to over 100 LPs in the past two years

All the new first-time European VC funds of 2024

Longtime Sequoia partner Matt Miller departs to start his own Europe fund

‘We have to find the Europeans who’ve gone to the US and drag them back here’: Proxima Fusion’s Francesco Sciortino

Who do Europe’s startups bank with?

Oura’s cofounder: ‘We’ve had multiple acquisition offers from Big Tech’

So that's why they call it Slush: Takeaways from Helsinki this year

General Catalyst partner and Helsing, Mistral board member Jeannette zu Fürstenberg on how to build more businesses like them

Here are all the European startups that have done secondaries this year

Why UK-based GPs are delaying fundraising plans

Podcaster-turned-VC Harry Stebbings raises $400m for third fund

Formidable London tech journalist Steve O’Hear dies aged 49

Europe’s first accelerator for VCs launches

Is there a clear path for women VCs to become partner?

Wolt CEO: ‘We always thought that we would evolve to become more like a bank’

“I wouldn’t be a CEO founder again”: Anne Boden at the Sifted Summit

Mubadala’s top team in Europe

'You need to know you can't do': Avid Larizadeh Duggan on how not to be a bad board member