# News

Health unicorn Alan raises €480m Series G round led by Prosus
News
June 25, 2026
Health unicorn Alan raises €480m Series G round led by Prosus
Fresh funding round values French healthtech platform at €5.5bn
Martin Coulter
N26 hits profitability following leadership shakeup
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June 25, 2026
N26 hits profitability following leadership shakeup
The German neobank had a rocky 2025 with management and regulatory issues
Damisola Sulaiman
Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO
News
June 25, 2026
Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO
Dada hopes her move to become a VC-operator will “kick off a trend” among European investors
Anne Sraders
Exclusive: British Business Bank backs 10 VC funds with £90m pot
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June 25, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank backs 10 VC funds with £90m pot
It’s the first time the UK’s state economic development bank has committed capital specifically for underrepresented groups
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
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June 25, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
The UK’s involvement in the superfund now rests on the incoming British prime minister and the European Union
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Car subscription company Finn becomes Germany’s newest unicorn
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June 24, 2026
Car subscription company Finn becomes Germany’s newest unicorn
The Munich-based platform — which Sifted crowned as Europe’s fastest-growing startup in 2025 — zooms to milestone with a €140m Series D
Éanna Kelly
DeepMind handpicked this startup for its robotics accelerator. Now it’s raised an $11.7m seed round
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June 24, 2026
DeepMind handpicked this startup for its robotics accelerator. Now it’s raised an $11.7m seed round
Acumino builds robot models for dexterous tasks in industrial automation and is looking to scale the number of deployments it has with customers
Tom Nugent
Drones startup Stark confirms €500m raise backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund
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June 23, 2026
Drones startup Stark confirms €500m raise backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund
The announcement confirms details exclusively reported by Sifted
Martin Coulter
What would Andy Burnham do for UK startups?
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June 22, 2026
What would Andy Burnham do for UK startups?
The former Manchester mayor is widely expected to become the country's next prime minister
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
UnlikelyAI loses senior staff amid widening losses, strategic shakeup
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June 22, 2026
UnlikelyAI loses senior staff amid widening losses, strategic shakeup
Implied valuation of startup founded by Alexa co-creator fell significantly, company filings suggest
Martin Coulter
Eric Slesinger’s 201 Ventures plots second defence fund, sources say
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June 19, 2026
Eric Slesinger’s 201 Ventures plots second defence fund, sources say
Slesinger’s debut fund was backed by LPs like the NATO Innovation Fund
Anne Sraders
Cleo employees allege toxic workplace culture: ‘Directionless and deeply unhappy’
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June 19, 2026
Cleo employees allege toxic workplace culture: ‘Directionless and deeply unhappy’
Employee interviews, internal Slack messages and public reviews reveal questionable culture
Damisola Sulaiman
Legora warns investors against unapproved share trades
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June 19, 2026
Legora warns investors against unapproved share trades
It’s unclear whether Legora would be able to block the transfers
Freya Pratty
YC-backed Flagright raises $12.5m to fuel US expansion
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June 18, 2026
YC-backed Flagright raises $12.5m to fuel US expansion
The round was led by Infinity Ventures with participation from Sella Direct Ventures and Frontline
Martin Coulter
3 ex-Palantir engineers raise $60m from Index, Iconiq, SAP for agentic operating system
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June 17, 2026
3 ex-Palantir engineers raise $60m from Index, Iconiq, SAP for agentic operating system
Creandum, Lucid Capital and Bloom also backed the London-based startup
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’
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June 17, 2026
Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’
Mensch reacted on social media saying the Paris-based company “got put in the spotlight in the last few days”
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say
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June 17, 2026
CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say
The new round would more than quadruple the UK startup’s valuation from September last year
Tom Nugent
French battlefield software startup Comand AI raises €32m from Blossom Capital, Saab
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June 17, 2026
French battlefield software startup Comand AI raises €32m from Blossom Capital, Saab
The startup last raised funding in late 2024 and aims to expand into new domains like air and maritime
Anne Sraders
ChapsVision to replace Palantir in major contract with French intelligence agency
News
June 16, 2026
ChapsVision to replace Palantir in major contract with French intelligence agency
The controversial Palantir contract has caused concerns that the agency was over-reliant on foreign technology for critical services
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
What it actually takes to be a top performer at Revolut
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June 16, 2026
What it actually takes to be a top performer at Revolut
Europe’s most valuable startup has a highly coveted peak performance tier
Damisola Sulaiman
America has hit the AI kill switch. How should Europe respond?
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Explainer
June 16, 2026
America has hit the AI kill switch. How should Europe respond?
Anthropic has suspended access to its two most powerful models following an export control directive from the US government. What's next for Europe?
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet, Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions
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June 16, 2026
UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions
It comes as the defence prime is more actively investing in defence startups via an incubator programme
Anne Sraders
Inside Ineffable Intelligence: the team behind David Silver's $5.1bn superintelligence push
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June 15, 2026
Inside Ineffable Intelligence: the team behind David Silver's $5.1bn superintelligence push
Ineffable plans to keep its team lean, the startup’s lead investor tells Sifted
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Pleo lays off 50 employees in latest round of cuts
News
June 12, 2026
Pleo lays off 50 employees in latest round of cuts
Job cuts were reportedly concentrated on engineering and data roles.
Damisola Sulaiman

# News

Health unicorn Alan raises €480m Series G round led by Prosus

N26 hits profitability following leadership shakeup

Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO

Exclusive: British Business Bank backs 10 VC funds with £90m pot

Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund

Car subscription company Finn becomes Germany’s newest unicorn

DeepMind handpicked this startup for its robotics accelerator. Now it’s raised an $11.7m seed round

Drones startup Stark confirms €500m raise backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund

What would Andy Burnham do for UK startups?

UnlikelyAI loses senior staff amid widening losses, strategic shakeup

Eric Slesinger’s 201 Ventures plots second defence fund, sources say

Cleo employees allege toxic workplace culture: ‘Directionless and deeply unhappy’

Legora warns investors against unapproved share trades

YC-backed Flagright raises $12.5m to fuel US expansion

3 ex-Palantir engineers raise $60m from Index, Iconiq, SAP for agentic operating system

Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’

CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say

French battlefield software startup Comand AI raises €32m from Blossom Capital, Saab

ChapsVision to replace Palantir in major contract with French intelligence agency

What it actually takes to be a top performer at Revolut

America has hit the AI kill switch. How should Europe respond?

UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions

Inside Ineffable Intelligence: the team behind David Silver's $5.1bn superintelligence push

Pleo lays off 50 employees in latest round of cuts