Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers university spinouts and robotics. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

Euan Blair’s Multiverse boosts valuation with $70m fundraise
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May 15, 2026
Euan Blair’s Multiverse boosts valuation with $70m fundraise
The workforce training unicorn hasn’t raised capital since 2022
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The hottest cities for robotics deals in Europe
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May 11, 2026
The hottest cities for robotics deals in Europe
Equity investment into European robotics startups more than doubled in 2025, reaching €1.45bn
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Can’t code? This startup just raised $9m to make you a workflow automation genius
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May 7, 2026
Can’t code? This startup just raised $9m to make you a workflow automation genius
A roster of high-profile angels including ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski and Supercell’s Ilkka Paananen were among the investors
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11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
May 4, 2026
11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
Sifted asked investors from AlbionVC, Oxford Science Enterprises, Imec.xpand and Seedcamp for their picks
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Sereact taps Headline to lead $110m Series B, plots US expansion
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April 27, 2026
Sereact taps Headline to lead $110m Series B, plots US expansion
The German robotics company is developing AI models to take on the industrial labour gap
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The European robotics startups hiring the most right now
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April 21, 2026
The European robotics startups hiring the most right now
Equity investment into European robotics startups more than doubled in 2025, reaching €1.45bn
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Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm
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April 15, 2026
Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm
The fresh funding follows a huge $1.2bn round announced in February from the likes of Nvidia, SoftBank and Microsoft
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19 AI agent startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
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April 8, 2026
19 AI agent startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
AI agent startups in Europe raised €6.2bn across 429 deals in 2025, according to Sifted data
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UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups
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April 1, 2026
UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups
Ministers cheer landmark deal to unlock capital for fast-growing companies
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Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom
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March 27, 2026
Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom
A cohort of deeptech spinouts has investors hunting for deals in the historic UK city
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AI notetaking startup Granola hits unicorn status with $125m Series C
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March 25, 2026
AI notetaking startup Granola hits unicorn status with $125m Series C
The London-based company, which transcribes meeting notes for users, is valued at $1.5bn
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Oxford spinout raises from Amadeus Capital and OSE to solve long-term memory problem in robotics
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March 24, 2026
Oxford spinout raises from Amadeus Capital and OSE to solve long-term memory problem in robotics
Stateful Robotics CEO Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes previously sold imitation learning startup Latent Logic to US autonomous vehicle giant Waymo
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Did robotics spinout Rivr sell to Amazon too early?
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March 24, 2026
Did robotics spinout Rivr sell to Amazon too early?
The ETH Zurich spinout, which builds delivery robots, sold to the US delivery giant for an undisclosed sum last week
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Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr
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March 20, 2026
Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr
The delivery robots startup will become part of the delivery giant’s operations
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Startups in the Netherlands to watch, according to VCs
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March 19, 2026
Startups in the Netherlands to watch, according to VCs
Dutch tech was on the up last year, with equity funding rising from €2.5bn to €3.6bn, according to Sifted data
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Can Rachel Reeves stop the UK’s deeptech startups drifting abroad?
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March 18, 2026
Can Rachel Reeves stop the UK’s deeptech startups drifting abroad?
UK finance minister Rachel Reeves this week announced a package of support for the UK's quantum companies. But is it enough?
Freya Pratty and Tom Nugent
Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn
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March 17, 2026
Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn
Enzo Wälchli, the former chief commercial officer at Swiss robotics scaleup ANYbotics, is general partner at Operator Circle
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All the decacorns in Europe: listed
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March 12, 2026
All the decacorns in Europe: listed
Europe’s cohort of $10bn+ startups is growing rapidly, with companies reaching the milestone quicker than ever before
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Nucleus and First Momentum back stealth geothermal energy startup Telura
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March 9, 2026
Nucleus and First Momentum back stealth geothermal energy startup Telura
Telura’s tech could potentially unlock the ability to mine geothermal energy anywhere
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SPACs are back. This time they can’t be a dumpster fire for European startups
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March 9, 2026
SPACs are back. This time they can’t be a dumpster fire for European startups
The SPAC comeback tour in Europe puts capital and tech sovereignty in the spotlight
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Self-driving startup Oxa raises $103m round backed by Nvidia and BP
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March 4, 2026
Self-driving startup Oxa raises $103m round backed by Nvidia and BP
Oxa develops self-driving software for industrial use cases, with customers including BP, DHL and Vantec
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UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B
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February 18, 2026
UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B
Optalysys is exploring licensing its chip designs to leading industry players
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Meet the 25-year-old wunderkind behind Britain’s newest unicorn
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February 12, 2026
Meet the 25-year-old wunderkind behind Britain’s newest unicorn
James Dacombe dropped out of school at 16 and now heads up two of the UK's buzziest tech companies
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OpenAI, Hugging Face angels back robotics startup Allonic in Hungary’s biggest ever pre-seed
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February 10, 2026
OpenAI, Hugging Face angels back robotics startup Allonic in Hungary’s biggest ever pre-seed
Budapest-based Allonic is targeting the hardware bottleneck in robotics by developing a new way to produce robotic bodies
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Tom Nugent

Euan Blair’s Multiverse boosts valuation with $70m fundraise

The hottest cities for robotics deals in Europe

Can’t code? This startup just raised $9m to make you a workflow automation genius

11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs

Sereact taps Headline to lead $110m Series B, plots US expansion

The European robotics startups hiring the most right now

Self-driving scaleup Wayve raises fresh funds from AMD, Qualcomm and Arm

19 AI agent startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups

Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom

AI notetaking startup Granola hits unicorn status with $125m Series C

Oxford spinout raises from Amadeus Capital and OSE to solve long-term memory problem in robotics

Did robotics spinout Rivr sell to Amazon too early?

Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr

Startups in the Netherlands to watch, according to VCs

Can Rachel Reeves stop the UK’s deeptech startups drifting abroad?

Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn

All the decacorns in Europe: listed

Nucleus and First Momentum back stealth geothermal energy startup Telura

SPACs are back. This time they can’t be a dumpster fire for European startups

Self-driving startup Oxa raises $103m round backed by Nvidia and BP

UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B

Meet the 25-year-old wunderkind behind Britain’s newest unicorn

OpenAI, Hugging Face angels back robotics startup Allonic in Hungary’s biggest ever pre-seed