Sifted’s small but mighty team of journalists, based in London, Stockholm, Paris and Berlin, want to hear from YOU.
Is there a topic we absolutely mustn’t miss in 2026? Is there a startup you think we should peek under the hood of, or an investor you’d love us to profile? Have you heard of foul play within Europe’s tech ecosystem and would like to (confidentially) tip us off?
Then you’ve come to the right place. Here, we list the full suite of Sifted journalists — and describe what they’re focused on, where they’re based, how best to contact them and where to follow their work.
Senior reporter and investigations lead: Freya Pratty
Areas of interest: European tech policy, UK tech, climate tech
Leads on: Investigations
Based in: London
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Freya Pratty is senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted, where she’s worked for five years. As well as leading on investigations, Freya covers UK startups and has an interest in tech policy and climate tech. If you have a tip for Freya and would like to reach out confidentially via Protonmail: fpw100@protonmail.com. Please also read our policy on working with anonymous sources.
Europe editor: Mimi Billing
Areas of interest: Nordic tech
Based in: Stockholm
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Mimi Billing is Sifted’s Europe editor and one of Sifted’s longest-serving journalists. Based in Stockholm, she has spent over a decade uncovering the stories, trends and founders shaping Europe’s most innovative region.
Senior reporter: Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Areas of interest: French tech, deeptech, AI
Leads on: AI & Deeptech, our weekly newsletter on hottest tech sectors
Based in: Paris
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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is Sifted’s French tech correspondent, based in Paris. Alongside covering the French tech ecosystem, Daphné also writes Sifted’s weekly AI & Deeptech newsletter and reports on everything from LLMs to quantum computers.
Senior reporter: Miriam Partington
Areas of interest: German tech, German & European tech policy, Startup Life, tech talent
Leads on: Startup Life, our weekly newsletter on everything it takes to launch and scale a startup
Based in: Berlin
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Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH tech ecosystem and writes Sifted’s weekly Startup Life newsletter, which covers the nuts and bolts of company building. She’s particularly interested in reporting on German/European tech policy, Europe’s talent movements and how AI is reshaping how startups operate.
Reporter: Tom Matsuda
Area of interest: Fintech
Leads on: Fintech, our weekly newsletter covering Europe’s fintech sector
Based in: London
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Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted, where he covers the goings-on at some of Europe’s largest tech scaleups, including Revolut, Monzo, Starling and Klarna. He also writes Sifted’s weekly Fintech newsletter, which goes out to more than 35k people.
Senior reporter: Anne Sraders
Areas of interest: Defence tech, venture capital
Leads on: Up Round, our weekly newsletter about capital flows in European tech
Based in: Berlin
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Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry, along with defence tech, robotics and spacetech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round.
Previously Anne was a senior writer at Fortune Magazine in New York, where she co-wrote the Term Sheet newsletter.
Founder: John Thornhill
Areas of interest: AI, deeptech, Europe's innovation ecosystem
Leads on: Sifted View, a weekly column
Based in: London
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John Thornhill is the founder of Sifted (and innovation editor at the Financial Times). He writes a weekly column for Sifted's Pro subscribers, the Sifted View.
Editor: Amy Lewin
Areas of interest: Venture capital, Startup Life
Leads on: Sifted Podcast
Based in: London
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Amy Lewin is the editor of Sifted, and the host of Sifted’s weekly podcast, Startup Europe. She can often be found onstage at startup events across the continent and has a soft spot for reporting on the VC industry. Amy joined Sifted as its first employee in 2018.
News editor: Martin Coulter
Areas of interest: UK tech, European tech policy
Leads on: News coverage
Based in: London
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Martin Coulter is news editor at Sifted, where he shapes the daily news agenda and steers editorial coverage. (Have a story? Pitch it to news@sifted.eu.)
Before joining Sifted, he reported on technology for the Financial Times, Reuters and Business Insider.
Managing editor: Tom Nugent
Areas of interest: University spinouts, robotics
Leads on: Newsletters
Based in: London
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Tom Nugent is the managing editor at Sifted, where he masterminds our five free newsletters (check out the full suite here). He also reports on AI and robotics, university spinouts and UK tech.
Contributing editor: Éanna Kelly
Areas of interest: Spacetech, robotics, AI, defence, French tech
Leads on: Sifted reports/briefings
Based in: Paris
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Éanna Kelly is the contributing editor at Sifted, with a roving beat that covers deeptech topics such as spacetech and niche “tech lifestyle” stories. He writes weekly Sifted Pro briefings and longer-form Sifted reports.
Editorial assistant: Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Areas of interest: Healthtech, UK tech
Leads on: Podcast production
Based in: London
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Maya Dharampal-Hornby is Sifted’s editorial assistant. She reports on UK tech policy and healthtech, alongside producing and editing Sifted’s weekly podcast, Startup Europe.
