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Leaked plans for 28th regime not good enough, says EU Inc

European Commission expected to present full proposals next week

Hélène Huby, CEO of The Exploration Company: ‘Only the crazy people change the world’

Hélène discusses dealing with very public failure as a CEO

Europe’s growth fund push

A number of recent growth fund announcements aim to fill the homegrown late stage funding gap

Inside the booming secondaries market in Europe: 'Who isn’t selling?’

Secondaries investors report premiums for the most in-demand names

Vinted, ElevenLabs, Iceye: Inside Europe’s hottest secondary sales

'Some people are asking, who is selling secondaries? It's the wrong question. Who is not selling?'

Allica Bank founder sues investor for ‘unfair prejudice’

The London-based startup was crowned a unicorn last month

The anatomy of venture capital

An unillustrated guide to the investors you'll meet out there

Owkin spinout Waiv raises $33m to scale AI-powered medical testing

French healthtech aims to revolutionise cancer screening

UVC Partners raises €77m first close of new growth fund in ‘move into multi-stage investing’

The VC is planning to launch more, and larger, funds in the future

Nscale is set to deliver $14bn of compute. Can it meet its deadlines?

The company has proven its ability to raise billions. Now can it deliver compute?

All the decacorns in Europe: listed

Europe’s cohort of $10bn+ startups is growing rapidly, with companies reaching the milestone quicker than ever before

Europe’s youngest female managing partner: ‘We won’t build enduring VC firms if we don’t sort succession’

Pauliina Martikainen takes over the reins at Maki Ventures

Revolut finally wins UK banking licence after five-year tussle

Europe's biggest fintech has been stuck in an unusually long 'mobilisation period'

Health insurance unicorn Alan hits €5bn valuation

Shopify founder and Atletico Madrid star among French startup’s backers

It’s time for AI to worry about humans

Startups desperate to stand out from AI slop are turning to spruced-up branded content pros — the ‘storytellers’

Entrepreneurs First crowned a unicorn following $200m fundraise

EF founders are moving faster than ever thanks to relocation to Silicon Valley, says CEO Alice Bentinck

Blackcat CTO on the future of European fintech: multi-rail finance and operational maturity

The region’s fintechs are entering a new phase with mutli-rail stacks slowly becoming the new normal.

9 Bulgarian startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

VCs from Bek Ventures, Eleven Ventures and BrightCap share the startups they’re eyeing

Legal tech Legora raises $550m Series D at a $5.55bn valuation

Accel led the round that triples Legora’s valuation

Lloyds wants to be the UK’s biggest fintech. Are legacy banks ready to fight back?

European incumbents are feeling the pressure a decade into the fintech boom

Europe built the Green Regulation. It forgot to fund the companies that would deliver it

The continent’s regulatory system and financial system are working at cross-purposes — undermining geopolitical, economic and climate goals

Yann LeCun's AI startup raises $1bn seed round backed by Nvidia and Temasek

The announcement confirms Sifted reporting of the chip titan and Singaporean firm’s involvement

A startup’s most essential hire is no longer a coder — but a clear thinker

Startups used to be powered by engineering velocity. Now they’re powered by sharp, decisive thinkers

Middle East investors will remain ‘important’ source of capital, says top European LP