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Middle East investors will remain ‘important’ source of capital, says top European LP

Billion-dollar fund Kembara’s founder: ‘Missing out on the deeptech era is unforgivable’

The first-time deeptech fund recently announced a €750m first close with a €1bn target

Nucleus and First Momentum back stealth geothermal energy startup Telura

Telura’s tech could potentially unlock the ability to mine geothermal energy anywhere

21 female founders and operators to watch in the Nordics

From former Slush CEOs to AI deeptech founders – these are the women to have on your radar in 2026

SPACs are back. This time they can’t be a dumpster fire for European startups

The SPAC comeback tour in Europe puts capital and tech sovereignty in the spotlight

'Chaotic and second-class’: UK's flagship female founder fund faces criticism

Two years after the launch of the UK’s Invest in Women Taskforce, its flagship fund of funds is yet to deploy any capital

European fintech’s most active angel investors

Fintech angel investment has sunk from a peak of $2.7bn in 2022 to just $837m last year

13 Danish startups to watch, according to investors

Investors from Dawn Capital, Kompas VC, Heartcore Capital and others name their top picks

French tech’s unicorns-in-waiting

France has already produced one unicorn in 2026. Which companies are most likely to follow?

EU faces scrutiny as €5bn Scaleup fund shortlist nears

Much of the speculation around who will steer the fund has centred around Swedish investment firm EQT

Chips startup Vertical Compute raises €37m to tackle AI’s memory overload

The startup has taped-out a first chip design developed in partnership with global semiconductor manufacturer TSMC

Why European founders should move to the US: 'You have to experience it to understand it'

CapChase founder and Andreessen Horowitz scout Ignacio Moreno Pubul on why the region’s best bet is to let its top tech talent build in the US

Iran war underscores the ‘urgency’ for Europe to build its defence capabilities, VCs say

“Iran, Israel and the US are using military technology that are still R&D-ing Series A startups in Europe,” says one VC

Exclusive: Stealth AI startup founded by Cambridge scientists unveils plan to challenge Nvidia’s dominance

Zettafleet's team met at Cambridge University’s Machine Learning Systems Lab

Exclusive: Ovo founder Stephen Fitzpatrick to lead Kraken challenger Kaluza

Kaluza is Ovo’s equivalent to Kraken, the energy software firm created by rival energy retailer Octopus Energy

What HBO's Industry gets right — and wrong — about European fintech

Season four of the HBO/BBC drama Industry swaps the trading floor for a high-flying fintech, borrowing from real-world scandals and startup politics. But how close is it to the real thing?

‘We can’t build it all ourselves’: Saab opens up to defence tech startups

Saab’s CTO on peace-time defence tech, increased budgets and its startup strategy to fill the prime’s capability gaps

AI upskilling platform Ivee raises $1m seed round backed by Steven Bartlett

The startup caught the public eye after appearing on BBC reality show Dragons’ Den

AI can help VCs win the hottest deals — here’s how

VCs are betting billions on AI but ignoring its potential internally, says Dawn Capital's head of data Ties Boukema

European robotics mapped: 90 startups driving the next wave of automation

From Paris to Zurich, Sifted's market map of Europe’s robotics landscape categorises 90 startups building across the industrial, logistics, defence and healthcare industries

10 German soonicorns to watch

Which startups are on track for a billion-dollar price tag?

Nuclear startup Proxima Fusion eyes €1.2bn from German government

CEO confident of winning government tender set to launch later this year

Adaptive ML boss: To win in AI, businesses must build with open source

Founded in 2024, Adaptive helps businesses build their own specialised AI systems

Wise aims to crack US market ahead of dual listing

CPO Nilan Peiris tells Sifted how the company plans to make it in America