Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

Sorry! My Prada's at the cleaners — how to dress tech bro in 2025
Analysis
April 21, 2025
Sorry! My Prada's at the cleaners — how to dress tech bro in 2025
The evolution of European tech style — and what it says about the industry
Éanna Kelly
AI agents score big in a Q1 with fewer deals and bigger rounds
Analysis
April 16, 2025
AI agents score big in a Q1 with fewer deals and bigger rounds
Healthtech closes gap with climate tech; Ireland soars; median deal size up 36%
Jonathan Sinclair and Éanna Kelly
Europe gets a rocket boost but ‘we’re still 10 years behind SpaceX’
Analysis
April 1, 2025
Europe gets a rocket boost but ‘we’re still 10 years behind SpaceX’
Isar Aerospace's orbital launch offers renewed hope for the region’s stalled space ambitions — but a concerning gap with the US remains
Éanna Kelly, Anne Sraders and Martin Coulter
Spend platform Vertice tops Sifted’s second UK and Ireland leaderboard
News
March 26, 2025
Spend platform Vertice tops Sifted’s second UK and Ireland leaderboard
Launching today, the Sifted 100: UK and Ireland ranks the region’s fastest growing startups
Éanna Kelly
Why Vertice is the UK’s fastest-growing startup
Analysis
March 26, 2025
Why Vertice is the UK’s fastest-growing startup
The Sifted leaderboard topper uses AI to help customers cut spend on software and cloud
Éanna Kelly
Lovable FOMO has VCs hunting for the next super fast app builder
Analysis
March 13, 2025
Lovable FOMO has VCs hunting for the next super fast app builder
Sifted lists seven European startups in the buzzing AI app builder space
Mimi Billing, Federico Scolari and Éanna Kelly
'Make Europe Great Again!' Splinter groups push to reverse EU rules and unleash homegrown AI
Analysis
February 28, 2025
'Make Europe Great Again!' Splinter groups push to reverse EU rules and unleash homegrown AI
European leaders are scrambling to match Trump's pro-tech agenda
Éanna Kelly and Martin Coulter
Visionaries Club has a useful habit of rubbing shoulders with tech VIPs — here are the recent bets it’s been making
Analysis
February 21, 2025
Visionaries Club has a useful habit of rubbing shoulders with tech VIPs — here are the recent bets it’s been making
The VC hosted the buzziest event at the Paris AI Summit
Éanna Kelly and Hessa Alabbas
Megarounds back with a bang in January with highest monthly deal count since 2022
Analysis
February 6, 2025
Megarounds back with a bang in January with highest monthly deal count since 2022
Investment ticks up after tepid six months; a record month for ‘AI agent’ startups; healthtech the early 2025 pacesetter
Federico Scolari, Jonathan Sinclair and Éanna Kelly
Mushroom coffins, dog wakes and ‘digital smells’: the weirdest VC deals of the year
Analysis
December 27, 2024
Mushroom coffins, dog wakes and ‘digital smells’: the weirdest VC deals of the year
The most unusual companies to receive investor backing in Europe. Bonus material: best startup names and most over-used tech jargon of 2024
Éanna Kelly
Allica Bank tops Sifted ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe
News
December 5, 2024
Allica Bank tops Sifted ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe
Fintechs make a strong showing in Sifted's first Europe-wide leaderboard
Éanna Kelly
Paris mobile app publisher Kovalee tops Sifted’s France leaderboard
News
November 14, 2024
Paris mobile app publisher Kovalee tops Sifted’s France leaderboard
Launching today, the Sifted 50: France is the sixth in a series of rankings tracking Europe’s fastest growing startups
Éanna Kelly
Hard pivot: Ukraine’s tech workers face the ultimate test
Analysis
November 4, 2024
Hard pivot: Ukraine’s tech workers face the ultimate test
Russian threat has forced defence tech up the agenda in Europe
Éanna Kelly and Zosia Wanat
In eastern Europe, success keeps breeding success
Analysis
November 1, 2024
In eastern Europe, success keeps breeding success
Skype set in motion a flywheel that has kept spinning in the region
Zosia Wanat and Éanna Kelly
xFarm raises €36m to build superapp for farmers
News
October 9, 2024
xFarm raises €36m to build superapp for farmers
The Swiss-Italian company, which aims to offer loans and insurance to farmers, hails Series C round as Europe’s biggest “smart farming” deal to date
Éanna Kelly
Car subscription startup Finn tops Sifted Leaderboard of Germany’s fastest-growing startups
Analysis
October 1, 2024
Car subscription startup Finn tops Sifted Leaderboard of Germany’s fastest-growing startups
Launching today, the Sifted 50: Germany is the fourth in a series of regional rankings
Éanna Kelly
Dream casting: the actors we want to see play Europe’s top founders
Analysis
September 6, 2024
Dream casting: the actors we want to see play Europe’s top founders
Probably not coming to a theatre near you...
Éanna Kelly, Freya Pratty, Tom Nugent and Daria Dmytrenko
Founder photos: have tech folk finally figured out how to pose normally?
Analysis
August 30, 2024
Founder photos: have tech folk finally figured out how to pose normally?
It’s been a year of alarmingly sane startup pictures — with some great exceptions
Éanna Kelly
Merch wars: Why spacetechs are moonlighting as lifestyle brands
Analysis
August 21, 2024
Merch wars: Why spacetechs are moonlighting as lifestyle brands
It's the sign of an industry that takes itself less seriously than it once did
Éanna Kelly
Italy climbs tech table
Analysis
August 7, 2024
Italy climbs tech table
The country boasts nearly half of the 50 fastest-growing companies in southern Europe.
Éanna Kelly
Why making fun of VCs is good for (almost) everyone
Analysis
July 29, 2024
Why making fun of VCs is good for (almost) everyone
A long hard look at the serious subject of VC trolling
Éanna Kelly
Looking for the next $1bn idea? You might find it here
Opinion
July 12, 2024
Looking for the next $1bn idea? You might find it here
Seven Sifted reporters make their best startup pitches
Éanna Kelly
London GenAI company V7 tops Sifted’s B2B SaaS Rising 100 ranking
News
June 25, 2024
London GenAI company V7 tops Sifted’s B2B SaaS Rising 100 ranking
AI tools dominate Sifted’s annual ranking of most promising B2B SaaS startups
Éanna Kelly and Jonathan Sinclair
Spacetechs search for Nato’s front door
Analysis
May 3, 2024
Spacetechs search for Nato’s front door
We attend a Nato gathering in Toulouse to explore how the military alliance can adopt more spacetech
Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly

Sorry! My Prada's at the cleaners — how to dress tech bro in 2025

AI agents score big in a Q1 with fewer deals and bigger rounds

Europe gets a rocket boost but ‘we’re still 10 years behind SpaceX’

Spend platform Vertice tops Sifted’s second UK and Ireland leaderboard

Why Vertice is the UK’s fastest-growing startup

Lovable FOMO has VCs hunting for the next super fast app builder

'Make Europe Great Again!' Splinter groups push to reverse EU rules and unleash homegrown AI

Visionaries Club has a useful habit of rubbing shoulders with tech VIPs — here are the recent bets it’s been making

Megarounds back with a bang in January with highest monthly deal count since 2022

Mushroom coffins, dog wakes and ‘digital smells’: the weirdest VC deals of the year

Allica Bank tops Sifted ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe

Paris mobile app publisher Kovalee tops Sifted’s France leaderboard

Hard pivot: Ukraine’s tech workers face the ultimate test

In eastern Europe, success keeps breeding success

xFarm raises €36m to build superapp for farmers

Car subscription startup Finn tops Sifted Leaderboard of Germany’s fastest-growing startups

Dream casting: the actors we want to see play Europe’s top founders

Founder photos: have tech folk finally figured out how to pose normally?

Merch wars: Why spacetechs are moonlighting as lifestyle brands

Italy climbs tech table

Why making fun of VCs is good for (almost) everyone

Looking for the next $1bn idea? You might find it here

London GenAI company V7 tops Sifted’s B2B SaaS Rising 100 ranking

Spacetechs search for Nato’s front door