Interview

Interview | Health | 21 Oct

Healthtech startups look beyond Europe to expand

The European healthcare system has legacy issues and lacks a problem-solving attitude, pushing startups like Kind to go elsewhere to scale.

Interview | 18 Oct

“Anger is the most under-utilised part of women’s power” — Bookclub with Ida Tin, cofounder of Clue

Ida Tin talks to Sifted about finding her own way, the power of female anger and the risk of building algorithms.

Interview | Investment | 17 Oct

German entrepreneurs call for €5bn government startup fund

German startups are not getting big cheques from local investors. They want a Macron-style scaleup fund.

Interview | Artificial Intelligence | 11 Oct

UK founder Terry Walby on getting acquired by automation giant Blue Prism

Terry Walby, the chief executive and founder of Thoughtonomy, who shares his tips and experiences of being acquired by a UK automation company Blue Prism.

Interview | Wellbeing | 11 Oct

Stress in tech: “I was a mess for large periods through anxiety”

It's the last day of Mental Health Awareness week, so Sifted spoke to startup employees and founders struggling under the severe pressures of startup life.

Interview | Travel | 10 Oct

Experience: “I launched my startup in the worst possible week”

Hannah Cox was excited to launch her travel startup the other week. But then the implosion of WeWork and the collapse of ThomasCook threw it all off track.

Interview | Mobility | 9 Oct

How Spanish scooter startup Koko went from market leader to exit in just 11 months

Spanish founder Oriana Circelli shares the "crazy" and "brutal" journey of launching her escooter startup Koko.

Interview | Insurance | 8 Oct

Mapping epidemics and AI to analyse natural disaster damage

What Munich Re’s head of innovation is excited about.

Interview | Finance | 4 Oct

“Being an entrepreneur gives me a public voice” – Bookclub with Anne Boden, CEO and founder of Starling bank

Starling CEO Anne Boden explains how books gave her insight into another world, the power of being a generalist, and the book she recently wrote.

Interview | Health | 3 Oct

Britain’s $1bn robot surgeon startup is taking on “unloved” medtech

The man behind the machine: CMR Surgical's Martin Frost is rolling out robot surgeons into hundreds of hospitals.

Interview | Finance | 3 Oct

London’s Curve snags former Amex VP as chief operating officer, as it prepares to expand to US

Curve, the all-in-one payment service, has made a key hire to its C-suite. Sifted speaks to the new COO to find out who she is and her secret for recruiting top talent.

Interview | Mobility | 2 Oct

German transport unicorn FlixMobility wants to move the world

FlixMobility's electric green buses are a common sight across Europe and, since last year, in the US as well. In July, the German startup raised €500m at a €2bn valuation with big plans to expand.

Interview | Transport | 2 Oct

“We’re not going to launch a Blablatrains” 

French unicorn Blablacar has conquered the world of carpooling. Can it also become the go-to app for booking long-distance buses — and trains?

Interview | Hardware | 1 Oct

“I couldn’t take a routine project”

Sennheiser's entrepreneur in residence describes how she gets the 74-year old company to try new things

Interview | Robotics | 30 Sep

Being ‘impact-shamed’ on Christmas by his wife turned Denmark’s robot-king into an investor

Having sold two robotics companies for a total of €560m over the course of a few years, Esben Østergaard has had enough of being an entrepreneur.

Interview | Coaching | 27 Sep

“Building teams is actually about quickly breaking up with potential cofounders” – Bookclub with EF’s Alice Bentinck

Building teams, trading off between speed and efficiency and coming of age with Entrepreneur First cofounder Alice Bentinck