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Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?
Analysis
April 17, 2026
Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?
Some investors are cautious about the influx of public money, arguing other systemic changes are needed instead
# Venture capital
AI startups swallow half the funding across European tech
Analysis
April 17, 2026
AI startups swallow half the funding across European tech
AI startups captured 51% of funding in Q1; AI agents were the biggest VC draw
# Venture capital
The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups
List
April 16, 2026
The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups
Drug discovery, cheap supercomputing and sustainability startups among chosen partners
# Artificial intelligence
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
Analysis
April 16, 2026
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
London startups raised more in Q1 2026 than in the whole of H1 2025; the UK capital also captured over half of all European AI funding
# Venture capital
16 insurtech startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
Investor survey
April 16, 2026
16 insurtech startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
AI powers next new wave of B2B startups investors can’t get enough of
# Fintech
Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic
Analysis
April 16, 2026
Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic
Engineers work through the night to prepare new releases
# Artificial intelligence
Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare
Exclusive
April 16, 2026
Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare
The Copenhagen-based company provides an information verification browser extension
# Artificial intelligence
Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’
Exclusive
April 15, 2026
Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’
In a further sign of the 'SaaSpocalypse' hitting the tech world, the decade-old European tech conference SaaStock is closing down
# Events
Baillie Gifford on filling Europe's growth investment gap: 'There’s a dearth of capital in Europe'
Interview
April 15, 2026
Baillie Gifford on filling Europe's growth investment gap: 'There’s a dearth of capital in Europe'
With clearly defined guardrails “someone else takes the risk”, says director Alan Coffey
# Venture capital
Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’
News
April 14, 2026
Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’
With experience from Spotify, Google and Meta, Patrik "Totte" Torstensson moves back to Sweden to manage engineering at Lovable
# Startup life
Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay?
Analysis
April 14, 2026
Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay?
Fintech giant Revolut reports significant growth in its direct payment option
# Fintech
After Orbán? Hungary's tech leaders celebrate with 'cautious optimism'
Analysis
April 14, 2026
After Orbán? Hungary's tech leaders celebrate with 'cautious optimism'
Removal of authoritarian PM after 16 years signals optimism for homegrown entrepreneurs
# Government
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
News
April 13, 2026
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
The firm is focused on less popular areas like health, wellness and decarbonisation
# Venture capital
Who gets ahead in VC? Mostly the usual suspects
Sifted View
April 13, 2026
Who gets ahead in VC? Mostly the usual suspects
New insights on the backgrounds of successful investors are a mix of unsurprising, surprising and depressing.
# Venture capital
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
Analysis
April 13, 2026
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
Ministers face tough choices over energy prices, tech sovereignty and partnerships with Big Tech
# Deeptech
AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?
Analysis
April 13, 2026
AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?
Future price hikes of AI models could throw startups’ unit economics out of whack
# Artificial intelligence
Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years
Analysis
April 10, 2026
Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years
14 billion-dollar companies emerge across AI, defence and fintech
# Venture capital
All the first-time European VC funds of 2026
List
April 10, 2026
All the first-time European VC funds of 2026
Tracked for the fifth year in a row: all the first-generation funds announcing a first or final close
# Venture capital
Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer
Features
April 9, 2026
Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer
Securing access to Isambard sllows startups to train far more powerful AI models than their competitors
# Artificial intelligence
19 AI agent startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
Investor survey
April 8, 2026
19 AI agent startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
AI agent startups in Europe raised €6.2bn across 429 deals in 2025, according to Sifted data
# AI agents
Wallapop founders’ factory: Meet nine alumni turned startup founders
Founder factories
April 8, 2026
Wallapop founders’ factory: Meet nine alumni turned startup founders
The Spanish startup launched in 2013 and has seen many former employees start their own thing since
# Consumer
Wallapop CEO on selling to South Korean internet giant Naver: ‘The scale they have dwarfs ours’
The big interview
April 8, 2026
Wallapop CEO on selling to South Korean internet giant Naver: ‘The scale they have dwarfs ours’
The Spanish e-commerce darling was recently acquired by Naver in a deal that valued the startup €600m
# Consumer
Exclusive: Nvidia challenger Arago tapes out first chip in a milestone move for semiconductor startup
Exclusive
April 7, 2026
Exclusive: Nvidia challenger Arago tapes out first chip in a milestone move for semiconductor startup
Sifted understands the Paris-based startup is preparing a $150m Series A as it plans to increase chip production
# AI chips
14 Ukrainian defence techs to watch
Investor survey
April 6, 2026
14 Ukrainian defence techs to watch
Investors from Ukraine’s tech sector share their picks
# Defence tech

Sifted Pro articles

Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?

AI startups swallow half the funding across European tech

The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups

Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin

16 insurtech startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic

Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare

Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’

Baillie Gifford on filling Europe's growth investment gap: 'There’s a dearth of capital in Europe'

Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’

Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay?

After Orbán? Hungary's tech leaders celebrate with 'cautious optimism'

Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’

Who gets ahead in VC? Mostly the usual suspects

OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions

AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?

Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years

All the first-time European VC funds of 2026

Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer

19 AI agent startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

Wallapop founders’ factory: Meet nine alumni turned startup founders

Wallapop CEO on selling to South Korean internet giant Naver: ‘The scale they have dwarfs ours’

Exclusive: Nvidia challenger Arago tapes out first chip in a milestone move for semiconductor startup

14 Ukrainian defence techs to watch