# Features

The age of the scaleup fund
Analysis
October 2, 2026
The age of the scaleup fund
Investors predict more, and bigger, funds aimed at tackling the European growth funding gap
Anne Sraders
Sifted Summit day two: dispatch
Analysis
October 2, 2026
Sifted Summit day two: dispatch
Sifted's annual event is our litmus test for where European tech is heading in the coming 12 months
Tom Nugent
Harry Stebbings: ‘I regret 996 in many ways’
Interview
October 1, 2026
Harry Stebbings: ‘I regret 996 in many ways’
Speaking on stage at Sifted Summit, the 20VC podcast host and investor walks back earlier commitment to the intense working practice
Martin Coulter and Tara Shah
Sifted Summit day one: dispatched
Features
October 1, 2026
Sifted Summit day one: dispatched
Featuring Zeynep Yavuz Wilson, Sir Nick Clegg, UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan and Max Junestrand
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
AI helped make my new cologne. Smells like success to me
Analysis
September 30, 2026
AI helped make my new cologne. Smells like success to me
A Dutch startup’s chatbot brought my ‘eau de LLM’ fragrance to life — can it waft its way into the perfume world?
Éanna Kelly
The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund
Pro
Analysis
September 30, 2026
The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund
From Octopus Ventures to Molten Ventures, here are the investors that could land the mandate to manage the pot
Anne Sraders, Tom Nugent and Freya Pratty
Sex, money, power — or seeing EU Inc come into force? I put the big questions to Sifted Summit’s moderators
Analysis
September 30, 2026
Sex, money, power — or seeing EU Inc come into force? I put the big questions to Sifted Summit’s moderators
Think you know Sifted’s journalists? Well, you don’t. Not really. But that’s about to change
Éanna Kelly
Safety debate missing the risks of physical AI, says Tapestry VC partner
Interview
September 30, 2026
Safety debate missing the risks of physical AI, says Tapestry VC partner
Audrey Miller says a growing number of projects dedicated to improving the safety of physical AI systems in a soon-to-be ‘massive category’
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Manna boss Bobby Healy on moving to Oklahoma: ‘The US is open for business, Europe is not’
Interview
September 29, 2026
Manna boss Bobby Healy on moving to Oklahoma: ‘The US is open for business, Europe is not’
The Irish drone maker recently relocated himself and the bulk of his operations to Tulsa. He reflects on how his dreams of leading the delivery market in Europe fell to earth
Éanna Kelly
'We build them and sell them': Monzo's sale talks reignite fears over Britain's tech exit problem
Analysis
September 28, 2026
'We build them and sell them': Monzo's sale talks reignite fears over Britain's tech exit problem
Reported negotiations sparked a wave of outcry on X
Damisola Sulaiman
Cohere’s chief AI officer: US and China will hold us ‘by the throat’ if we don’t develop local capabilities
Interview
September 28, 2026
Cohere’s chief AI officer: US and China will hold us ‘by the throat’ if we don’t develop local capabilities
The merger between Cohere and Aleph Alpha was signed earlier this month in a move pitched as a win for sovereignty, and opens the door for more consolidation
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders
Pro
Interview
September 25, 2026
Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders
The incoming partner talks why the Nordics are so hot, the "rough time" in VC and being flexible with round sizes
Anne Sraders
‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
Pro
Interview
September 24, 2026
‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
Kohl left DeepMind three years ago to launch Latent Labs, an AI lab dedicated to drug design and discovery
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure
Pro
Interview
September 24, 2026
Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure
Duncan Johnson talks scaling the north of England tech ecosystem, Gritstone’s new San Francisco office and why portfolio exits are coming
Tom Nugent
‘You cannot hide from AI’: Should we fear AI-led performance reviews?
Analysis
September 23, 2026
‘You cannot hide from AI’: Should we fear AI-led performance reviews?
Fuse Energy boss Alan Chang says the tech is helping him achieve "the ultimate meritocracy" — but some are sceptical that AI can do this job well
Éanna Kelly
Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI
Pro
Interview
September 23, 2026
Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI
The Berlin-based company achieved a 365% two-year CAGR revenue growth, and plans to help robots think and remember.
Federico Scolari
A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon
Pro
Interview
September 22, 2026
A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon
General partner Anish Acharya talks the hottest AI trends, the "advantage" European startups have over SF and the European consumer
Anne Sraders
N8n boss: ‘Our goal is to get to 1bn users with fewer than 1,000 employees'
Pro
Interview
September 22, 2026
N8n boss: ‘Our goal is to get to 1bn users with fewer than 1,000 employees'
Jan Oberhauser on the surge in demand for AI agents and how companies can now do more with a much lower headcount
Éanna Kelly
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
Pro
Analysis
September 18, 2026
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
From personal AI agents to the rising cost of AI compute, here's what they're chatting about
Anne Sraders
‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI
Pro
Interview
September 18, 2026
‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI
Shilov launched Paris-based startup White Circle in 2025 to help companies deploying AI to keep the behaviour of the models they use under control
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Inside London's weirdest neolab
Pro
Interview
September 18, 2026
Inside London's weirdest neolab
Inherent was founded by DeepMind alumni and has been backed with $50m from Index and Radical
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Inside Luminar Ventures, the Nordics' early-stage deal sourcing machine
Pro
Interview
September 17, 2026
Inside Luminar Ventures, the Nordics' early-stage deal sourcing machine
Luminar Ventures has topped Sifted's Nordics investor ranking two years in a row. Cofounder Jacob Key explains how a three-decade network, sharpened by an in-house AI system, feeds the fund's deal flow
Jonathan Sinclair
Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?
Pro
Analysis
September 17, 2026
Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?
Founders report mixed interest in safety discussions from their investors
Freya Pratty, Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Martin Coulter
Why US VC Left Lane is betting on the European consumer
Pro
Interview
September 17, 2026
Why US VC Left Lane is betting on the European consumer
The New York-based firm is betting that investors will look to diversify away from AI-heavy portfolios in the coming years
Anne Sraders

# Features

The age of the scaleup fund

Sifted Summit day two: dispatch

Harry Stebbings: ‘I regret 996 in many ways’

Sifted Summit day one: dispatched

AI helped make my new cologne. Smells like success to me

The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund

Sex, money, power — or seeing EU Inc come into force? I put the big questions to Sifted Summit’s moderators

Safety debate missing the risks of physical AI, says Tapestry VC partner

Manna boss Bobby Healy on moving to Oklahoma: ‘The US is open for business, Europe is not’

'We build them and sell them': Monzo's sale talks reignite fears over Britain's tech exit problem

Cohere’s chief AI officer: US and China will hold us ‘by the throat’ if we don’t develop local capabilities

Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders

‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech

Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure

‘You cannot hide from AI’: Should we fear AI-led performance reviews?

Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI

A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon

N8n boss: ‘Our goal is to get to 1bn users with fewer than 1,000 employees'

The biggest conversations in US VC right now

‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI

Inside London's weirdest neolab

Inside Luminar Ventures, the Nordics' early-stage deal sourcing machine

Are VCs doing their AI safety due diligence?

Why US VC Left Lane is betting on the European consumer