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Tech founders and investors on the Sunday Times Rich List 2025
Startup lifeList
May 16, 2025
Tech founders and investors on the Sunday Times Rich List 2025
Founders at some of the UK’s most high-flying startups such as Revolut, Checkout, Wayve, ElevenLabs and Octopus Energy all made it onto the list
By Kai Nicol-Schwarz
AI agent startup Lovable plans London office to snap up engineering talent
AI agentsExclusive
May 16, 2025
AI agent startup Lovable plans London office to snap up engineering talent
The Swedish startup announced reaching $50m ARR earlier this week
By Mimi Billing
Meet three prize-winning European women founders
Startup lifeAnalysis
May 16, 2025
Meet three prize-winning European women founders
Last month in Brussels, three entrepreneurs were announced as winners of the European Prize for Women Innovators
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Oskar Hartmann: The Instagram influencer pooling stakes in top unicorns
Venture capitalInterview
May 16, 2025
Oskar Hartmann: The Instagram influencer pooling stakes in top unicorns
Hartmann won big on early investments in Auto1 and Flaschenpost
By Freya Pratty
Pro

Exclusive: Adams Street raises €270m for debut European VC fund
Venture capitalNews
May 9, 2025
Exclusive: Adams Street raises €270m for debut European VC fund
The large US fund of funds aims to back up to 20 European GPs over the next decade
By Anne Sraders
Pro
How to plan your path to VC partner
Venture capitalInterview
May 6, 2025
How to plan your path to VC partner
Cherry Ventures' Dinika Mahtani on the five steps that took her from tech operator to VC partner
By Amy Lewin
Hamilton Lane: 'We've seen a massive increase in GP-led secondaries'
Venture capitalInterview
May 2, 2025
Hamilton Lane: 'We've seen a massive increase in GP-led secondaries'
The US firm with $956bn in assets under management is actively investing in Europe with its new VC fund
By Anne Sraders
Pro
Q1’s most active venture debt providers
Venture capitalAnalysis
May 1, 2025
Q1’s most active venture debt providers
The 12 lenders which made the busiest start to 2025, as debt financing rebounds after a sluggish end to 2024
By Jonathan Sinclair
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OpenAI and Meta angels bet on employee perks startup Origin
HR techNews
May 14, 2025
OpenAI and Meta angels bet on employee perks startup Origin
The London-based intelligence platform for staff benefits raised $21m in Series A funding
By Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Meet the 25 startups selected for UK’s Future Fifty growth programme
Startup lifeNews
May 9, 2025
Meet the 25 startups selected for UK’s Future Fifty growth programme
ElevenLabs and Abound headline the latest cohort of fast-growing UK scaleups
By Jonathan Sinclair
Pro
How to scale your startup with AI
Startup lifeSifted Talks
May 8, 2025
How to scale your startup with AI
AI is changing how startups scale — will you be left behind?
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Compensation platform Ravio raises $12m Series A
Startup lifeNews
May 8, 2025
Compensation platform Ravio raises $12m Series A
Founded by ex-Deliveroo managers, the company has built a platform to help companies offer fairer compensation
By Miriam Partington

Klarna CEO dials down AI ambitions with human hiring push
FintechNews
May 9, 2025
Klarna CEO dials down AI ambitions with human hiring push
Sebastian Siemiatkowski previously waxed lyrical about the benefits of AI in cutting costs and increasing operational efficiency
By Tom Matsuda
Klarna IPO delayed until late 2025, reports say
FintechNews
May 9, 2025
Klarna IPO delayed until late 2025, reports say
Swedish fintech’s management reportedly want ‘greater support and momentum’
By Martin Coulter
Index backs Stripe alumni’s fintech in a €10.7m seed round
FintechNews
May 6, 2025
Index backs Stripe alumni’s fintech in a €10.7m seed round
Duna, based in Germany and the Netherlands, says it will eventually create “digital passports” for businesses
By Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Qonto power players: the leadership team behind the French fintech unicorn
FintechAnalysis
May 6, 2025
Qonto power players: the leadership team behind the French fintech unicorn
The business banking fintech is one of France’s most famous fintech exports
By Tom Matsuda
Pro

Northvolt founder Peter Carlsson joins new AI startup
Climate techNews
May 6, 2025
Northvolt founder Peter Carlsson joins new AI startup
The company develops software for “manufacturing, factory design and production"
By Freya Pratty
Climate unicorn 1Komma5 mulls delaying IPO until after next US election
Climate techNews
May 5, 2025
Climate unicorn 1Komma5 mulls delaying IPO until after next US election
1Komma5 raised a round of pre-IPO financing at the end of last year
By Freya Pratty
Climate startup Beam shuts down months after announcing expansion plans
Climate techNews
May 1, 2025
Climate startup Beam shuts down months after announcing expansion plans
Sifted understands that the company was looking to raise more than £100m in new funds in late 2024
By Freya Pratty and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Enpal, 1Komma5, Zolar: Germany’s solar giants adapt to harsh market realities
Climate techAnalysis
May 1, 2025
Enpal, 1Komma5, Zolar: Germany’s solar giants adapt to harsh market realities
Demand for solar panels has dropped over the last two years, causing companies to turn to other energy tech
By Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty

Mistral models ‘60 times more likely to produce child exploitation material’ than competitors, study says
DeeptechNews
May 9, 2025
Mistral models ‘60 times more likely to produce child exploitation material’ than competitors, study says
The French startup’s models were significantly more likely to generate harmful content when prompted
By Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
ElevenLabs’ Mati Staniszewski: 'The pressure is increasing'
DeeptechAnalysis
May 9, 2025
ElevenLabs’ Mati Staniszewski: 'The pressure is increasing'
The founder of the Sequoia-backed AI unicorn says competition in text-to-voice is heating up
By Mimi Billing
Pro
Mistral unveils new enterprise AI assistant to compete with Microsoft and OpenAI
DeeptechNews
May 8, 2025
Mistral unveils new enterprise AI assistant to compete with Microsoft and OpenAI
The French startup is now offering products that compete directly with Big Tech
By Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Big Interview: Meet the 18-year-old dropout building the AI agent to rule them all
The Big InterviewInterview
May 7, 2025
Big Interview: Meet the 18-year-old dropout building the AI agent to rule them all
LocalGlobe-backed Arlan Rakhmetzhanov quit school to build an AI agent which he hopes could be a game changer for developers
By Amy Lewin
Pro

French healthtech unicorn Doctolib hits €348m ARR, eyes profitability
HealthtechNews
April 29, 2025
French healthtech unicorn Doctolib hits €348m ARR, eyes profitability
Doctolib, France’s most highly-valued VC-backed company shared financial results for the first time
By Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Novo Holdings and EIFO invest €48m in Swedish HealthCap's latest fund to strengthen Nordic healthtech
Venture capitalNews
April 24, 2025
Novo Holdings and EIFO invest €48m in Swedish HealthCap's latest fund to strengthen Nordic healthtech
HealthCap will establish a local presence in Copenhagen as part of the investment
By Mimi Billing
The ‘breakthrough’ to make cures for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer possible
HealthtechAnalysis
April 22, 2025
The ‘breakthrough’ to make cures for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer possible
Biotech startup Cranebio proved with recent tests that it can reach target cells 10x more efficiently than current methods
By Mimi Billing
No guts, no glory: The microbiome startups working with pets
HealthtechAnalysis
April 16, 2025
No guts, no glory: The microbiome startups working with pets
Gut microbiomes may reveal insights into pet — and human — health
By Adam Green

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Tech founders and investors on the Sunday Times Rich List 2025

AI agent startup Lovable plans London office to snap up engineering talent

Meet three prize-winning European women founders

Oskar Hartmann: The Instagram influencer pooling stakes in top unicorns

Exclusive: Adams Street raises €270m for debut European VC fund

How to plan your path to VC partner

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

Q1’s most active venture debt providers

OpenAI and Meta angels bet on employee perks startup Origin

Meet the 25 startups selected for UK’s Future Fifty growth programme

How to scale your startup with AI

Compensation platform Ravio raises $12m Series A

Klarna CEO dials down AI ambitions with human hiring push

Klarna IPO delayed until late 2025, reports say

Index backs Stripe alumni’s fintech in a €10.7m seed round

Qonto power players: the leadership team behind the French fintech unicorn

Northvolt founder Peter Carlsson joins new AI startup

Climate unicorn 1Komma5 mulls delaying IPO until after next US election

Climate startup Beam shuts down months after announcing expansion plans

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

Mistral models ‘60 times more likely to produce child exploitation material’ than competitors, study says

ElevenLabs’ Mati Staniszewski: 'The pressure is increasing'

Mistral unveils new enterprise AI assistant to compete with Microsoft and OpenAI

Big Interview: Meet the 18-year-old dropout building the AI agent to rule them all

French healthtech unicorn Doctolib hits €348m ARR, eyes profitability

Novo Holdings and EIFO invest €48m in Swedish HealthCap's latest fund to strengthen Nordic healthtech

The ‘breakthrough’ to make cures for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer possible

No guts, no glory: The microbiome startups working with pets

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