Analysis | Finance | 21 Oct

European fintech weekly: Monzo under the spotlight

The success of fintech is being propped up by the payments industry, and challenger banks are feeling the heat over their tech

Interview | Health | 21 Oct

Health tech startups look beyond Europe for expansion

Legacy issues and the lack of problem-solving attitude in the European healthcare system push startups like Kind to go elsewhere to scale.

News | Media | 21 Oct

Members of exclusive ‘ICE’ tech network rush to Jennifer Arcuri’s defence

ICE members include Monzo CEO Tom Blomfield and TransferWise cofounder Taavet Hinrikus.

News | Software | 17 Oct

Microsoft launches new female founder pitch competition

M12, the software company's venture capital arm, struggled to find enough female-led startups through its own networks.

News | Accelerators | 17 Oct

What’s better: The Apprentice or Entrepreneur First?

The Apprentice’s Alan Sugar has been schooled in a public spat with Entrepreneur First cofounder Matt Clifford about whose organisation is doing more for the overall economy.

Opinion | VC | 17 Oct

European VCs are missing out on the best software deals

Most Silicon Valley VCs hire partners from Microsoft, Cisco, Vmware, and Amazon. European VCs need to do the same to get a better understanding of the sector.

Interview | Investment | 17 Oct

German entrepreneurs call for €5bn government startup fund

German startups are not getting big cheques from local investors. They want a Macron-style scaleup fund.

Analysis | Finance | 17 Oct

10 European fintechs with the biggest raises this year

As Revolut eyes a $1.5bn raise, we list the European fintechs that have pulled in the most money so far this year

Analysis | Finance | 17 Oct

Fintech exits have raked in €83bn since 2013 amid European funding boom

The sale of European fintechs has proven lucrative over the past six years, according to a new report by Dealroom. And it's set to continue

News | Finance | 16 Oct

European fintechs are lagging behind China, McKinsey partner warns

Europe hosts a pool of unicorns, but most challengers still “lack ambition”, says McKinsey partner

News | Artificial Intelligence | 16 Oct

The inventor of Viagra just raised $56m for his AI drug startup

Healx is using artificial intelligence to speed up the discovery of new treatments for rare diseases

Analysis | Health | 16 Oct

Seven exoskeleton startups rising up in Europe

The exoskeleton market generates well over $100m in revenue each year.

News | Mobility | 16 Oct

The week in mobility: electric cars & Uber’s grocery play

Uber buys an on-demand grocery startup and Dyson drops electric vehicles, while Swedish startup Uniti's compact electric car goes on sale.

Analysis | Blockchain | 15 Oct

Startups are helping big companies build ethical supply chains – but is the tech ready?

Berlin-based startup Minespider has started working with Volkswagen to track the source of its lead. And although it's still early days for blockchain-based solutions, major corporations are ready to trial it

Opinion | Investment | 15 Oct

Another pointless app – no thanks

Investors are obsessed with memory foam mattresses, taxi-hailing apps, electric scooters and ready meals like these are the most important problems on the planet.

News | Accelerators | 15 Oct

UK startups are shying away from aerospace, says Boeing

Here’s how the US company is hoping to tempt more of them in

Analysis | Finance | 14 Oct

European fintech weekly: Klarna backlash & Revolut’s $1.5bn

Klarna faces political rumblings, Revolut's a-raising, Facebook's Libra could be crumbling, and another fintech predicts its own profitability

News | Health | 14 Oct

Visionable is using 5G to build smart ambulances 

Will the ‘Skype for doctors’ startup transform health?

Opinion | Investment | 14 Oct

Europe, don’t draw the wrong lessons from the fall of the unicorns

We Europeans shouldn’t pay too much attention to the ups and downs of the tech unicorns across the Atlantic. Just like China, we should be willing to dance to our own music.

Interview | Artificial Intelligence | 11 Oct

UK founder Terry Walby on getting acquired by automation giant Blue Prism

Terry Walby, the chief executive and founder of Thoughtonomy, who shares his tips and experiences of being acquired by a UK automation company Blue Prism.

Analysis | Blockchain | 11 Oct

Europe’s blockchain ecosystem: cutting through the noise

If you've never understood crypto, don't panic. We summarise the late-stage players you should know about, and explore how Europe is an underestimated hub for the so-called "tech of the future"

Interview | Wellbeing | 11 Oct

Stress in tech: “I was a mess for large periods through anxiety”

It's the last day of Mental Health Awareness week, so Sifted spoke to startup employees and founders struggling under the severe pressures of startup life.

News | Transport | 10 Oct

Former Volvo boss raises $25m to disrupt the transport market with autonomous electric trucks

Being the first driverless electric truck on public roads, Einride now has the means to take its sustainable transportation system to the US.

Interview | Travel | 10 Oct

Experience: “I launched my startup in the worst possible week”

Hannah Cox was excited to launch her travel startup the other week. But then the implosion of WeWork and the collapse of ThomasCook threw it all off track.

News | VC | 10 Oct

Female founders are more likely than men to attract later-stage VC funding

New data shows that female startup bosses who succeed in raising a first round are (ever so slightly) more likely than men to attract funding later in the game

Interview | Mobility | 9 Oct

How Spanish scooter startup Koko went from market leader to exit in just 11 months

Spanish founder Oriana Circelli shares the "crazy" and "brutal" journey of launching her escooter startup Koko.

How To | Legal | 9 Oct

The top legal documents for every startup

These are the essential legal documents that every new startup needs

News | Mobility | 9 Oct

The week in mobility: scooter funding & regulation debate

Scooter startups raise even more money, while further regulatory crackdowns seem imminent in Paris. Plus a mysterious new micromobility vehicle is in the making.

Interview | Insurance | 8 Oct

Mapping epidemics and AI to analyse natural disaster damage

What Munich Re’s head of innovation is excited about.

Analysis | Health | 8 Oct

Escaping the grasp of Big Pharma — how one Nordic life science startup is carving its own route

With investors giving medtech startups the shoulder, founders turn to the stock exchange or Big Pharma to survive. Sigrid Therapeutics has found a different path.