Analysis

April 25, 2025

‘Resilience’ is the new VC buzzword. But what does it actually mean?

Some VCs decry the new hot topic as mere branding


Spend any time on LinkedIn these days and you’re bound to come across VCs talking about one thing: ‘resilience’. European VCs are increasingly using it to describe everything from climate tech to space and new materials — and, most prominently, defence. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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