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10 Berlin startups to watch, according to VCs

Investors from Cherry Ventures, Project A and others are keeping tabs on these companies in the German capital

Europe’s defence-focused VC funds in 2025

These VCs are backing defence tech — and raising new funds focused on the startups

Climate tech VCs want to hear these pitches

Investors want to see everything from tools to make AI greener to personal cooling devices

Revolut’s power players: Inside Nik Storonsky’s inner circle

Nik Storonsky may be the face of Revolut — but who has helped him steer the fintech to a $45bn valuation?

Fintech M&A: All the European deals so far this year

There have been 62 acquisitions in Europe’s fintech ecosystem so far this year

Swedish vibe coding hotshot Lovable tops Sifted’s B2B SaaS ranking

The AI platform tops this year’s Sifted B2B SaaS Rising 100

The European startups that made it to Y Combinator’s spring batch

Just nine of the 143 companies are European

The 10 fastest-growing Italian startups

B2B SaaS dominates Italian entries on Sifted’s 2025 France and southern Europe leaderboard

Meet the women founders behind France and Southern Europe's fastest growing startups

Women remain deeply underrepresented in deeptech and fintech

The 10 fastest-growing French startups

Climate techs and AI startups score big on Sifted’s 2025 France and southern Europe leaderboard

The top investors behind Sifted’s France & Southern Europe leaderboard

These 11 investors have 5+ startups on Sifted’s latest ranking

Meet the 21 venture scouts A16z has hunting for deals across Europe

The US VC giant has been ramping up its scout presence in Europe

Meet DACH and CEE’s fastest-growing climate tech startups

Just 12 climate techs made it onto the Sifted 100 — and software-first models and tiny teams continue to gain speed

The VCs in Europe on the Forbes 2025 Midas List

Investors from the likes of Accel, Index and Sequoia made the cut

Meet the 10 fastest-growing DACH & CEE fintechs

Sifted’s latest ranking reveals the big revenue growers across 25 European countries

DACH and CEE’s fastest-growing healthtech startups by revenue

In the black: DACH & CEE’s fastest-growing and profitable companies

27 of the DACH and CEE region’s 100 fastest-growing startups by revenue growth are also profitable

Europe’s most active fintech investors in Q1

Funding and deal count have fallen as many larger payers forgo primary raises for secondary share sales 

Tech founders and investors on the Sunday Times Rich List 2025

Founders at some of the UK’s most high-flying startups such as Revolut, Checkout, Wayve, ElevenLabs and Octopus Energy all made it onto the list

The investors backing DACH & CEE’s fastest-growing startups

The 10 biggest backers of the region’s fastest-growing companies

Car subscription service Finn tops Sifted’s DACH & CEE leaderboard for the second year in a row

Launching today, the Sifted 100: DACH & CEE ranks the region’s fastest growing startups

Most active semiconductor and photonics investors in Europe

Which investors in Europe are backing the most semiconductor and photonics startups?