Mobility | 17 Apr On board: Lilium appoints its first CFO Lilium, the German flying car company, has appointed Christopher Delbrück as its first ever chief financial officer, the latest in a series of "star hires" designed to bolster the business.
Gaming | 17 Apr Esports needs to start charging for premium content Esports has 380m fans, but not that much money. Jens Hilgers, one of esports' biggest investors, says the industry needs to rethink how it charges for big events.
Communities | 15 Apr Data reveals that meetups make for a thriving tech scene Atomico’s head of insights Tom Wehmeier gives compelling data that community meetups are a key factor in fostering innovation.
Food | 12 Apr Bug bites: Are insects the new sushi? Edible insect companies are moving into the mainstream with supermarkets increasingly stocking their wares and investors pumping cash into insect farming startups like Ynsect and Protix. But can they overcome the "yuck factor"?
Mobility | 10 Apr Slovakia’s AeroMobil wants to build flying cars for the rich, not the masses Lilium and Uber are wrong about the flying car market, says AeroMobil.
AI | 10 Apr The AI tool that eavesdrops on doctor-patient conversations Where the emergency services have difficulties to diagnose cardiac arrest, the Danish startup Corti has found the perfect place to introduce its AI tool.
Hiring and workforce | 9 Apr European developers are cheaper and more loyal than those in the US Among the things we learned from the Stack Overflow developer survey: Eastern European developers are optimistic. UK and German ones are loyal. And female developers are leaving.
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.
Brunch with Sifted | Computing | 8 Apr Eben Upton: Blowing a Raspberry Pi at the computer industry The credit card-sized kids' computer has grown up into an education, publishing and retail operation. And the device is increasingly being picked up by business users too.
Investment | 7 Apr European early-stage VC deals are getting bigger Across seed, Series A and Series B, investment round sizes in Europe are much bigger than they were five years ago.
Health | 4 Apr Can tech improve your “emotional fitness”? London’s entrepreneurs think so Videos to boost specific neurotransmitters, mind control headsets, and even digitally-driven digital detox: the next-gen mental health apps
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?
Accelerators | 31 Mar Can L’Oreal’s beauty accelerator in Paris help it keep up with the Kardashians? How well is the beauty industry's latest attempt to get "down with the kids" working? We caught up with Sillages Paris and Sampler.io, veterans of the programme.
Investment | 31 Mar It’s been a record quarter for European VC investment with €7bn poured into startups Venture capital investments into European startups reached an all-time quarterly high of €7bn.
VR/AR | 29 Mar These early-stage European startups are pushing into VR therapy despite the industry gloom We ask early-stage startups, a market leader and Europe's VR unicorn.
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?
