Sifted Scout

Extended reality: Stepping up the startup game

Insurtech: Europe’s new premium players

Medtech: a resuscitated sector

Climate intelligence: VCs are coming in hot

Robotics: raving for the machines

Legal & Regtech: billable laggards

Wealthtech: is the comeback on in Europe?

Carbon accounting & offsets: startups with audit-tude

Biodiversity & Conservation: can startups also be guardians of nature?

Advanced materials: Can AI conquer the physical world?

Drug discovery: Entering the DrugGPT era

Retail & ecommerce: How to spend it, startup edition

Future of Work & Productivity: AI-focused products hog the spotlight

Digital banking: Europe’s creditworthy startups

Semiconductors: Hot, hot, hot AI chips

Smart grids: startups with an electric feel

Spacetech: stuck following US contrails

Defence tech: Can startups defend Europe?

Digital lending: From faster approvals to better access

Agritech & foodtech: Serving up some tasty startups

Energy Storage: the startups storing our supplies for a rainy day

Industrial tech: AI makes its way to the factory floor

Supply chain & logistics: Turning 'Lost in Transit' into 'Right on Time'

Data: the startup's startups

Autonomous Vehicles: the startups driving themselves through the scale effect

Edtech: the startups teaching you how it’s done

Hydrogen & Nuclear Energy: the go big or go home startups

Solar Energy: the early-stage startups with bright futures keeping Europe’s lights on

Crypto & DeFi: There’s a new wave of enthusiasm for the industry

Sales & Customer Service: startups for closers and complainers

CFO Tech Stack: behind every growth-stage CFO is a robust software stack

HR Tech: startups by the people, for the people managers

Construction Tech: coming together, brick by brick

Cybersecurity: startups vs hackers

Quantum Computing: Waiting for its ‘ChatGPT’ moment

Circular Economy: startups rethinking consumption for a better world

Neurotech: playing Mario Kart with your mind

Assistive & Caretech: startups serving the 60+ population

Aviation Tech: renewable jet fuels, air taxis, robot-powered airports and more

Digital Marketing & Creative Tools: startups helping you convert clicks to conversions

Smart Cities and Greener Homes: the startups leading eco-conscious urbanism

Hospitality, Events & Travel: startups to expand your horizons

Payments: Startups trying to make it to payday

Extended Reality: the startups redefining reality

Gen AI: the coolest brainiacs of tomorrow

Climate Intelligence: the startups helping decode climate signals

Insurtech: who can be the next wefox, Alan or ManyPets?

Carbon Tech: Europe's CO2 hunters, hoarders and recyclers

Regtech: the startups that love red tape

Proptech: the startups with grand designs

Medtech: unlocking the future of healthcare with next-gen hardware

Longevity: the life-extending masterminds aiming to let us outlive the giant tortoise

Robotics: the real-life transformers bringing robots to warehouses, hospitals and more

Advanced Materials: the startups behind Europe’s next industrial boom

Wealthtech: the startups sitting on gold looking to make a killing

Carbon Accounting & Offsetting: the accountants and carbon credit traders fighting off greenwashing claims

Biodiversity & Conservation: the startups working to heal nature

Drug Discovery: the startups vying to bring AI-designed therapies to market

Retail & Ecommerce: the tools that brands are deploying to take their digital shopfronts to the next level

Future of Work & Productivity: the tools keeping you productive

Digital Health: health is wealth for this cluster of early-stage disruptors

Digital Banking: the neobanks and BaaS powerlifters hoping to kickstart fintech's recovery

Semiconductors: the advanced chipmakers manufacturing tech's workhorses

B2B Edtech: the startups that have turned their attentions to the lucrative world of corporate L&D budgets and schools

Spacetech: the early-stage dreamers opening up whole new worlds of possibilities

Energy Storage: the power-hungry startups pioneering the renewable revolution

Future of Data: the European startups creating fuel for the AI furnace

Neurotech: the startups making (brain)waves in Europe

No/Low Code & Dev Tools: you don’t need to learn Python — these startups do the coding for you

Biotech: the cutting-edge biologists tracking down treatments for our most inscrutable diseases

Quantum Computing: the qubit-accruing companies racing to reach quantum supremacy

Construction Tech: the brick-laying startups stirring the sleeping giant to do more with less

Solar Energy: the early-stage startups with bright futures keeping Europe's lights on

Foodtech: the flavours of the month that will soon have a full plate — with lots more mouths to feed