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April 1, 2026

Matt Miller: Tech sovereignty is ‘welfare’ for weak startups

Ex-Sequoia investor and Evantic founder on why Europe deserves better VC firms and partying with Stormzy


Martin Coulter

8 min read

Matt Miller pictured at Evantic's inaugural Legends Gala in February.

Matt Miller is not an easy man to pin down. 

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(Left-right) Evantic Capital talent chief Franky Roberts, Lovable CEO Anton Osika, OpenAI's Laura Modiano, Miller and Cocoa founder Carmen Alfonso Rico
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Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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