Places | Hiring and workforce | 10 Apr In Amsterdam, tech is hiring more than any other sector On a hunt for "purpose" at work, employees are increasingly choosing to work in Amsterdam's tech sector.
Big Ideas | Industry 4.0 | 8 Apr Robots, self-driving cars and smart factories: Why Octopus Ventures is doubling down on “Industry 4.0” Plus: The car and robot startups to keep a close eye on.
Big Ideas | Mobility | 2 Apr From Voi to Flash, we compare Europe’s scooter startups Scooter mania is sweeping across Europe, as VCs throw cash at a handful of scooter startups in a race to conquer the continent. We meet the contenders — and ask whether investing in scooters is even a good idea?
Big Ideas | Government | 28 Mar Inside jHub, the secretive UK military lab working with startups on healthtech, drones and portable fridges Is the UK Joint Forces' low-profile innovation unit jHub a game-changing life-saver, or just a bit of fun for military folk?
Big Ideas | Finance | 26 Mar London’s fintech football league A hit spoof video has led to the launch of London’s first fintech football league — and could bring about a new era of collaboration between companies.
Big Ideas | Incubators | 22 Mar Inside Zinc, the company builder with a mission It’s a company builder with a mission to make the world a better place. Two years in, is it working?
In Practice | Hiring and workforce | 21 Mar How to build a brilliant team: Hiring advice for startups We asked six startup hiring pros from around Europe for their top tips on how to recruit right.
In Practice | Hardware | 19 Mar Building a hardware startup in a software age Founders are wary of hardware because, well, hardware's hard. Here's how robot maker Automata has beaten the odds, raised money and dodged supply chain disaster.
Big Ideas | VC | 17 Mar Where are all the UK’s black VCs? There are fewer than 20 black people in decision-making roles in VC firms in the UK. Here's how they plan to increase that number.
Brunch with Sifted | Communities | 17 Mar Sarah Drinkwater: “Are they a good egg?” The ex-head of Google Campus on why tech needs good eggs now, more than ever.
Places | Cities | 12 Mar Insider view: Amsterdam’s friendly tech community With two public listings last year, and an ever-closer community, Amsterdam’s startup scene is growing up.
In Practice | Hiring and workforce | 10 Mar How and why to build an advisory board From startups to VC funds to accelerators, plenty of organisations are turning to advisors to step up a level.
In Practice | Advertising | 5 Mar How to smash an ad campaign Digital mortgage broker Habito really messed up its first TV advert, but has since learned how to make ad campaigns marketing magic.
Big Ideas | Science | 3 Mar European space tech is about to take off A bold long-term strategy from the European Space Agency to back space-related startups is about to come to fruition.
Big Ideas | Consumer | 28 Feb Made.com founder Ning Li takes on the beauty business Ning Li transformed online furniture retailing with Made.com. Now he wants to do the same for another enormous industry: cosmetics.
In Practice | Advertising | 28 Feb Time for ‘traditional’ advertising? Startups are flocking to paste adverts across bus stops and underground platforms — and run TV campaigns too. But does ‘traditional’ advertising work?
