Analysis | Food | 11 Aug 11 winetech startups to know in France Think of this as Sifted’s wine tour, starting in Bordeaux. Here’s our list of up and coming winetech startups worth knowing, straight from the home of Château Margaux.
News | Payments | 4 Aug Cash is dead(ish) Is the long-predicted death of cash finally happening because of coronavirus?
News | Environment | 3 Aug The binge watching crackdown begins France is pointing fingers at consumers’ video streaming habits for generating too much pollution.
Analysis | Drones | 30 Jul The €200,000 luxury drone and the startup behind it Delair designs and builds ultra-high-end super expensive drones in France. They’re not for the average Joe.
News | Digital Health | 28 Jul Withings raises $60m for healthcare pivot Fitbit type devices aren't just for fitness fanatics — they could also play a huge role in cutting down high blood pressure and other chronic diseases. That's the market Withings is going after.
Analysis | Startup Life | 27 Jul Sifted’s summer reading list They’re good books. Sifted readers said so.
Analysis | Government | 24 Jul What has Cedric O done for French startups? The French government’s main man for startups is likely to stay in his job after a reshuffle. What’s he done for you?
News | Marketing | 22 Jul AB Tasty raises a delicious $40m and doubles down on US expansion The Paris marketing startup is raising money and accelerating its US push. Its founder moving to New York has been instrumental.
News | Fintech | 20 Jul Young Frenchies don’t love banks A poll shows French 18- to 35-year-olds want to save up and invest their money more — just not with banks.
Analysis | Startup Life | 16 Jun Europe’s top tech for good startups to watch Here are European startups worth knowing that have built their business with social and environmental impact in mind. But will the tech for good opportunity survive coronavirus?
Interview | Startup Life | 11 Jun Could Meero’s founder be the next Emmanuel Macron? Meero’s flamboyant founder Thomas Rebaud has been thinking a lot about employees, doing deals — and politics.
News | Government | 10 Jun French tracking app tops one million downloads StopCovid launched on June 2. Since then, France’s app for tracing the spread of coronavirus has been installed on more than 1m phones.
Interview | Science | 5 Jun Meet the JEDI fighting Covid…and for Europe’s tech future Could this be Europe's equivalent to the US Defence department's DARPA?
News | Startup Life | 4 Jun 94% of VC-backed startups are going to survive Covid Station F’s ecosystem survey looks at how startups are coping with coronavirus. The answer is: mostly well.
Interview | Venture Capital | 3 Jun Who will the Covid unicorns be? Pascal Cagni used to be Steve Jobs’ Europe guy at Apple. Now he’s running a VC with a five unicorn track record and a recipe for investing after coronavirus.
Analysis | Cities | 2 Jun Why Covid is your ticket to working by the beach If everyone’s working remotely, will Europe’s tech capitals lose to smaller hubs with lifestyle perks? Marseille for one is making a push to shine.
