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Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders
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Interview
September 25, 2026
Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders
The incoming partner talks why the Nordics are so hot, the "rough time" in VC and being flexible with round sizes
# Venture capital
The fastest-growing spacetech startup teams in Europe
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Fastest-growing startup teams
September 25, 2026
The fastest-growing spacetech startup teams in Europe
Europe's spacetech sector is having a breakout year, and startups are hiring fast to keep up.
# Spacetech
Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026
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Sifted data
September 25, 2026
Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026
From London to Helsinki: the VC funds consistently backing Europe's earliest-stage startups
# Venture capital
Browse Sifted's company coverage
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List
September 24, 2026
Browse Sifted's company coverage
Search our article directory of Europe's startups and scaleups — growing every week as we cover more.
# Venture capital
Exclusive: Revolut customers hit by fresh security breach
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Exclusive
September 24, 2026
Exclusive: Revolut customers hit by fresh security breach
The broker the fintech uses to trade US stocks suffered a security incident, emails seen by Sifted show
# Fintech
‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
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Interview
September 24, 2026
‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
Kohl left DeepMind three years ago to launch Latent Labs, an AI lab dedicated to drug design and discovery
# Artificial intelligence
Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure
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Interview
September 24, 2026
Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure
Duncan Johnson talks scaling the north of England tech ecosystem, Gritstone’s new San Francisco office and why portfolio exits are coming
# Venture capital
AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer
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Market map
September 24, 2026
AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer
Amid growing alarm over the threats of a rapidly-developing technology, AI safety has become a catch-all term
# Artificial intelligence
Exclusive: Connect Ventures raises $55m in first close of fifth fund to chase deeptech founders
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September 23, 2026
Exclusive: Connect Ventures raises $55m in first close of fifth fund to chase deeptech founders
“You have to go where the best founders are going," managing partner Sitar Teli tells Sifted.
# Venture capital
Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup
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Exclusive
September 23, 2026
Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup
London-based StandardX is building a particle accelerator to manufacture medical isotopes at scale
# Advanced materials
From one of Europe’s biggest fintech exits to bootstrapping an AI startup: ‘There’s no limitation’
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September 23, 2026
From one of Europe’s biggest fintech exits to bootstrapping an AI startup: ‘There’s no limitation’
Tink founders Daniel Kjellén and Fredrik Hedberg have emerged from stealth with Freda
# Fintech
Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI
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Interview
September 23, 2026
Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI
The Berlin-based company achieved a 365% two-year CAGR revenue growth, and plans to help robots think and remember.
# Data
Exclusive: NIF backs defence startup Terasi in €11m raise
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September 22, 2026
Exclusive: NIF backs defence startup Terasi in €11m raise
The NATO Innovation Fund confirmed details of its first investment in a Swedish startup
# Defence tech
A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon
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Interview
September 22, 2026
A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon
General partner Anish Acharya talks the hottest AI trends, the "advantage" European startups have over SF and the European consumer
# Venture capital
N8n boss: ‘Our goal is to get to 1bn users with fewer than 1,000 employees'
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Interview
September 22, 2026
N8n boss: ‘Our goal is to get to 1bn users with fewer than 1,000 employees'
Jan Oberhauser on the surge in demand for AI agents and how companies can now do more with a much lower headcount
# AI agents
Exclusive: GFC, Firstminute back Palantir and Goldman alums to take on the Big Four
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September 22, 2026
Exclusive: GFC, Firstminute back Palantir and Goldman alums to take on the Big Four
Benford is a tech-native financial audit firm
# Fintech
London Demo Day 2026: startups to watch
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September 21, 2026
London Demo Day 2026: startups to watch
London Demo Day, the annual event where university-founded startups pitch for capital, returned this month
# Startup life
New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund
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September 21, 2026
New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund
Project Ventures, founded by Shahryar Barati, will back pre-seed and seed startups with ties to Imperial College London
# Venture capital
Europe’s advantage: moving AI from the screen to the real world
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Sifted View
September 21, 2026
Europe’s advantage: moving AI from the screen to the real world
The continent has already grown some highly promising startups in vertical AI
# Artificial intelligence
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
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Analysis
September 18, 2026
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
From personal AI agents to the rising cost of AI compute, here's what they're chatting about
# Venture capital
‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI
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Interview
September 18, 2026
‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI
Shilov launched Paris-based startup White Circle in 2025 to help companies deploying AI to keep the behaviour of the models they use under control
# Artificial intelligence
Inside London's weirdest neolab
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Interview
September 18, 2026
Inside London's weirdest neolab
Inherent was founded by DeepMind alumni and has been backed with $50m from Index and Radical
# AI agents
Inside Luminar Ventures, the Nordics' early-stage deal sourcing machine
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Interview
September 17, 2026
Inside Luminar Ventures, the Nordics' early-stage deal sourcing machine
Luminar Ventures has topped Sifted's Nordics investor ranking two years in a row. Cofounder Jacob Key explains how a three-decade network, sharpened by an in-house AI system, feeds the fund's deal flow
# Venture capital
Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?
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Analysis
September 17, 2026
Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?
Founders report mixed interest in safety discussions from their investors
# Artificial intelligence

Sifted Pro articles

Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders

The fastest-growing spacetech startup teams in Europe

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

Browse Sifted's company coverage

Exclusive: Revolut customers hit by fresh security breach

‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech

Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure

AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer

Exclusive: Connect Ventures raises $55m in first close of fifth fund to chase deeptech founders

Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup

From one of Europe’s biggest fintech exits to bootstrapping an AI startup: ‘There’s no limitation’

Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI

Exclusive: NIF backs defence startup Terasi in €11m raise

A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon

N8n boss: ‘Our goal is to get to 1bn users with fewer than 1,000 employees'

Exclusive: GFC, Firstminute back Palantir and Goldman alums to take on the Big Four

London Demo Day 2026: startups to watch

New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund

Europe’s advantage: moving AI from the screen to the real world

The biggest conversations in US VC right now

‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI

Inside London's weirdest neolab

Inside Luminar Ventures, the Nordics' early-stage deal sourcing machine

Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?