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October 2, 2025

Isembard CEO’s grand plan to 'trigger a second industrial revolution’

The manufacturing startup aims to reindustrialise Europe as concerns over supply chain resilience bubble up in defence

Anne Sraders

3 min read

Alexander Fitzgerald isn’t modest. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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