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March 19, 2025

Do founders need VC-backed wellness programmes?

Sifted asked founders how far their investors should be helping support their mental and physical health

In my six years reporting on European tech, I’ve often been intrigued by the variety of founder-investor relationships. Some founders claim to be close to their investors, able to tell them anything. Others keep a clear-cut professional distance, only calling their VCs for advice when a fire needs putting out.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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