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Nvidia’s big European push raises questions for sovereignty

The US chip maker has announced plenty of new projects and partnerships in Europe this week

The 10 fastest-growing French startups

Climate techs and AI startups score big on Sifted’s 2025 France and southern Europe leaderboard

How Anthropic is looking to attract top AI talent as it launches ‘aggressive’ European expansion

Sifted speaks to Europe chief Guillaume Princen about the AI company's hiring spree in the region

Longevity guru Bryan Johnson: ‘Instead of 996, I would suggest 811’

From 966 work culture, the lost trust in institutions to accusations of being a grifter

The top investors behind Sifted’s France & Southern Europe leaderboard

These 11 investors have 5+ deals on Sifted’s latest ranking

“At Klarna, 99% of people don’t care about the IPO”: buy now pay later’s poster child trumpets banking push after delayed listing

Klarna is set to take on some of the world’s largest fintechs as well as traditional finance heavyweights in its consumer banking push

How the UK-France rivalry can help European tech flourish

Competition between London and Paris is a wonderful thing for the continent’s wider ecosystem

VC's ‘tale of two cities’ at SuperVenture

European VCs are anxious about fundraising, but enthusiastic about defence and AI

Europe’s VC mafias

Ranked for the first time: the firms creating the most VC offshoots

Tech’s anti-ageing obsession hits Stockholm

The city is getting ready for its first major longevity event

Investors doing the most deals in Stockholm in 2025

Ranked: Stockholm’s biggest VC dealmakers in 2025

Meet the 21 venture scouts A16z has hunting for deals across Europe

The US VC giant has been ramping up its scout presence in Europe

Startup payments frozen following EU fraud investigation

An audit conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office found ‘serious irregularities’

Meet the man behind Nik Storonsky’s VC firm: ‘He’s not going to let you relax’

Ilya Kondrashov runs QuantumLight, the AI-powered VC firm he founded with Revolut's CEO Nik Storonsky

The €1bn NATO Innovation Fund loses third partner in a year

The fund has seen a lot of turnover at the top since launching in the summer of 2023

Carrots, as well as sticks, can encourage European tech investment

It is bizarre that American and Middle Eastern investors are often more enthusiastic about European startups than local counterparts

$100m revenue companies growing at 20% is “not what investors are focused on,” says Goldman Sachs

The average company going public today is valued in the $5-10bn range, compared to $1-2bn a decade ago

Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s family office is betting big on European climate tech

Builders Vision is an LP in numerous climate VCs: here’s what it looks for

Meet DACH and CEE’s fastest-growing climate tech startups

Just 12 climate techs made it onto the Sifted 100 — and software-first models and tiny teams continue to gain speed

Lunch with Lovable’s Anton Osika: vegan, nerd and founder of Europe’s fastest-growing startup

On living in a hacker house, having an Oura as an engagement ring and his thoughts on longevity guru Bryan Johnson

Meet the 10 fastest-growing DACH & CEE fintechs

Sifted’s latest ranking reveals the big revenue growers across 25 European countries

DACH and CEE’s fastest-growing healthtech startups by revenue

Forget human intuition. Algorithmic investing is all about the data

With relatively little private market data, should VCs rely on AI to make investment decisions?

In the black: DACH & CEE’s fastest-growing and profitable companies

27 of the DACH and CEE region’s 100 fastest-growing startups by revenue growth are also profitable