Finance | 13 Sep The fintech IPO that nearly-was: what WeSwap did next Last year, the UK startup scrapped its plans to list. CEO Jared Jesner reflects on a gruelling few months, going from breaking point to potentially breaking even.
Education | 12 Sep “The last book I gave as a gift was ‘The Asshole Survivor Guide’” — Bookclub with Code First: Girls chief Anna Brailsford Edtech leader Anna Brailsford discusses books on sleep, disruptive innovation and post colonial literature with Sifted bookclub
Finance | 10 Sep On the path to profitability with Lydia, France’s Venmo Fintech Lydia, the Venmo of France, will be profitable in two years, says cofounder Cyril Chiche. It has 2.3m users and just 70 staff.
Interview | 3 Sep The books that inspired dark-kitchen founder Anton Soulier Goosebumps, Shoe Dog and Setting the Table: here are the books that have inspired Taster founder Anton Soulier
Consumer | 29 Aug Can open innovation boost Henkel? The 143-year-old German laundry and adhesives conglomerate is under pressure to lift sales. Is an open innovation programme the answer?
Gaming | 26 Aug The early days of scaling $6bn Unity were a “slow-moving panic” Unity's David Helgason tells the story of when having $5m in the bank and a dream board still can be too much to handle.
Funding | 26 Aug “In business it doesn’t matter what you do, it matters why you do it” – Bookclub with Luke Lang Crowdcube's Luke Lang's reading list on startups, dealing with change and marathon running.
Health | 23 Aug Thriva founder Hamish Grierson tackles “the elephant in the room” "The elephant in the room is, of course, Theranos."
Banking | 19 Aug “Look to the past for the future” — Bookclub with David Brear Reading suggestions from fintech CEO David Brear on scaling a business, company culture and the lesson learned from a little red hen.
Banking | 9 Aug Klarna founder’s secret of success: Island life After an organisational restructuring, Sebastian Siemiatkowski sees new opportunities for Klarna to become one of the leading companies in its space.
Work trends | 8 Aug Sifted Bookclub: Unbabel CEO Vasco Pedro A new series discovering the books, podcasts and films that successful startup founders have used to overcome some of the less intuitive aspects of growing a business.
Consumer | 6 Aug Estée Lauder won’t stop fighting this tiny French beauty startup French startup Wired Beauty has been fighting multinational beauty conglomerate Estée Lauder over the name of its trademarked app for four years — and it keeps on winning.
Transport | 5 Aug Europe is “obsolete” and the battle to shape the future of transport is in the US, says Einride’s CEO Europe is lagging behind in the race to reshape the global transport industry.
Work trends | 1 Aug Interview with Fiverr’s Micha Kaufman: “The labour market is undergoing a revolution” Sifted speaks to the founder of Israeli tech startup Fiverr about the future of work, leadership and building a startup that went public.
Finance | 26 Jul Europe is beating the US in fintech innovation, says Revolut’s Nikolay Storonsky The US may be a more developed market for almost all areas of startups and tech, but not fintech.
Investment | 8 Jul Tetra Pak heir turns angel investor Magnus Rausing is heir to the multi-billion euro Tetra Laval fortune. Now he has turned to startup investing.
