# Profile

EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?
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June 3, 2026
EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?
After winning the Scaleup Europe Fund mandate, EQT is positioned to help decide which startups become Europe’s next giants
Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders
Meet Jonny Clifford: ex-teacher, Entrepreneurs First partner and Matt's 'more fun' brother
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June 2, 2026
Meet Jonny Clifford: ex-teacher, Entrepreneurs First partner and Matt's 'more fun' brother
Former colleagues and portfolio founders dig into Jonny’s teacherly approach to venture, his unprecedented personality test and a very viral dance video
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
A PhD pivot, a stint in VC and a rumoured Anthropic deal: why Europe is watching Walter Goodwin
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May 12, 2026
A PhD pivot, a stint in VC and a rumoured Anthropic deal: why Europe is watching Walter Goodwin
‘He projects this underlying inevitability to what he is building towards’
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
The ‘maverick’ founder Yann LeCun handpicked to run AMI Labs
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March 26, 2026
The ‘maverick’ founder Yann LeCun handpicked to run AMI Labs
After launching three AI startups, Lebrun has embarked on the ‘project of a lifetime’ as CEO of LeCun’s new startup
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Inside Project Europe’s first year: cold water swims, club nights and accusations of ‘doing the devil’s work’
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March 20, 2026
Inside Project Europe’s first year: cold water swims, club nights and accusations of ‘doing the devil’s work’
Harry Stebbings, Kitty Mayo and more speak to Sifted about the accelerator’s first 12 months and their plans to raise a second fund
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Meet the 25-year-old wunderkind behind Britain’s newest unicorn
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February 12, 2026
Meet the 25-year-old wunderkind behind Britain’s newest unicorn
James Dacombe dropped out of school at 16 and now heads up two of the UK's buzziest tech companies
Freya Pratty and Tom Nugent
Peec AI brought the SF mindset to Berlin. Can it fend off its rivals?
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January 16, 2026
Peec AI brought the SF mindset to Berlin. Can it fend off its rivals?
The German startup touts its ARR, speedy hiring and fast growth. Can its AI search platform ward off the competition?
Anne Sraders and Miriam Partington
Inside neobank Bunq’s chaotic rise: ‘You have to be full speed every single minute of the day’
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December 22, 2025
Inside neobank Bunq’s chaotic rise: ‘You have to be full speed every single minute of the day’
The Dutch neobank’s working practices have made headlines in its home country
Tom Matsuda
Life at Bending Spoons: Billion-dollar acquisitions, lavish offsites and an ‘utter disrespect for elders’
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October 20, 2025
Life at Bending Spoons: Billion-dollar acquisitions, lavish offsites and an ‘utter disrespect for elders’
Bending Spoons is known for its sweeping layoffs — but employees that stay on can expect some lavish perks
Freya Pratty
The AI ‘genius’ behind Mistral’s meteoric rise
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October 17, 2025
The AI ‘genius’ behind Mistral’s meteoric rise
Guillaume Lample helped build Meta’s flagship LLM Llama before teaming up with Arthur Mensch and Timothée Lacroix
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
‘Not a pill mill’: How weight loss startup Yazen saw revenue jump 800%
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September 30, 2025
‘Not a pill mill’: How weight loss startup Yazen saw revenue jump 800%
The Malmo-based startup is the fastest-growing startup in the Nordics and Benelux region
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Life at Lovable: cracked hires, 17-year-old coders and no shoes
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September 16, 2025
Life at Lovable: cracked hires, 17-year-old coders and no shoes
Employees describe life at Europe's most talked about company
Freya Pratty
Iceye: The Finnish startup at the heart of modern warfare
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September 4, 2025
Iceye: The Finnish startup at the heart of modern warfare
By partnering with Rheinmetall and Saab, Iceye has leapt into the defence arena
Mimi Billing
‘The biggest lab we see in the world for defence’: How Darkstar’s bootcamps give founders live battlefield testing in Ukraine
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August 15, 2025
‘The biggest lab we see in the world for defence’: How Darkstar’s bootcamps give founders live battlefield testing in Ukraine
The Estonian coalition also announced recently it's raising a €25m fund to invest in military tech
Tom Nugent
Tekever: The defence unicorn outselling its big-spending rivals
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August 12, 2025
Tekever: The defence unicorn outselling its big-spending rivals
Tekever has raised significantly less funding than some of the most-talked about defence techs in Europe — but is drawing in coveted contracts
Freya Pratty
Inside Revolut’s ‘new bets’ strategy
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August 6, 2025
Inside Revolut’s ‘new bets’ strategy
Revolut’s internal ‘new bets’ programme has created some of its biggest revenue drivers
Tom Matsuda
Revealed: How H Company CEO went from raising $220m to stepping down just one year later
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July 4, 2025
Revealed: How H Company CEO went from raising $220m to stepping down just one year later
Charles Kantor led H Company as it went from being one of Europe’s most-hyped startups to facing an uncertain future
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s family office is betting big on European climate tech
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May 29, 2025
Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s family office is betting big on European climate tech
Builders Vision is an LP in numerous climate VCs: here’s what it looks for
Freya Pratty

# Profile

EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?

Meet Jonny Clifford: ex-teacher, Entrepreneurs First partner and Matt's 'more fun' brother

A PhD pivot, a stint in VC and a rumoured Anthropic deal: why Europe is watching Walter Goodwin

The ‘maverick’ founder Yann LeCun handpicked to run AMI Labs

Inside Project Europe’s first year: cold water swims, club nights and accusations of ‘doing the devil’s work’

Meet the 25-year-old wunderkind behind Britain’s newest unicorn

Peec AI brought the SF mindset to Berlin. Can it fend off its rivals?

Inside neobank Bunq’s chaotic rise: ‘You have to be full speed every single minute of the day’

Life at Bending Spoons: Billion-dollar acquisitions, lavish offsites and an ‘utter disrespect for elders’

The AI ‘genius’ behind Mistral’s meteoric rise

‘Not a pill mill’: How weight loss startup Yazen saw revenue jump 800%

Life at Lovable: cracked hires, 17-year-old coders and no shoes

Iceye: The Finnish startup at the heart of modern warfare

‘The biggest lab we see in the world for defence’: How Darkstar’s bootcamps give founders live battlefield testing in Ukraine

Tekever: The defence unicorn outselling its big-spending rivals

Inside Revolut’s ‘new bets’ strategy

Revealed: How H Company CEO went from raising $220m to stepping down just one year later

Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s family office is betting big on European climate tech