# Accelerators and incubators

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

25 European YC startups due to raise a Series A

Some of Europe’s most successful startups leveraged the investor’s first cheque to reach funding milestones quicker

Project Europe CEO Kitty Mayo: ‘Harry Stebbings is like our head of state and I’m prime minister’

Plus: why 996 is "outdated"

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

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

NATO tech accelerator's search for new chief drags on, sparking complaints

The accelerator has had three different managing directors in the last year

Sequoia, General Catalyst, Mistral and OpenAI back new European AI accelerator to compete against Y Combinator

Based in Station F in Paris, the programme will focus on helping early-stage AI startups with their go-to-market strategy

The Family cofounder Oussama Ammar faces tax fraud probe, reports say

France’s National Financial Prosecutor reportedly opened a preliminary investigation into Ammar in 2023

Startuplab closes $32m fund to boost Norwegian tech startups

The Oslo-based accelerator is backing early-stage startups throughout Norway

This AI-powered proptech got into YC without writing a single line of code

Elias Kassell and Ismail Jeilani impressed the famed accelerator with a product built in Lovable

Entrepreneurs First scraps France and Germany schemes in favour of US

Better access to funding and faster revenue-generation in the US is driving the shift, says EF chief Alice Bentinck

Lovable and Project Europe reveal winners of whirlwind hackathon

Team of London engineers awarded €20k after winning ‘Project Lovable’

Entrepreneurs First CEO Alice Bentinck: 'There’s a lot of nationalism in VC'

Sifted sat down with the EF cofounder to discuss life as CEO, changing European tech and the accelerator's shift to the US

NATO tech accelerator hires new interim managing director amid shakeup

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

Just nine of the 143 companies are European

Head of NATO tech accelerator departs amid broader tech turnover

The managing director of NATO Diana quietly left the role this month, amid high turnover at fellow NATO VC investment arm

German accelerator EWOR raises €60m to challenge YC and find the next $1bn founders

“I believe there's not enough DeepMinds out there, and there's not enough DeepSeeks,” says cofounder Daniel Dippold

Exclusive: Coinbase and Founders Factory to launch UK crypto and AI accelerator

Organisers aim to revive interest in the sector after a number of industry leaders withdrew from the country

Exclusive: The Family cofounder Oussama Ammar ordered to pay £6.5m in damages

A ruling by a UK court found Ammar liable for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty

'Project Europe' has VCs talking. Not everyone's optimistic

The 100+ founder-led fund has drawn criticism in startup and VC circles

Mistral, Klarna join 100+ founder initiative to supercharge next generation of young European startups

The collective of top European founders and VCs including Point Nine will back young European talent with a €10m fund

Eight years, 100+ startups scaled: What Morgan Stanley’s startup accelerator has learned

In a challenging economic climate, mentorship can make the difference between failing or scaling

Top 10 startup hubs in Europe

Munich’s UnternehemerTUM remains on top while Parisian hubs dominate

The deeptech company builder with a ‘flavour of YC’ coming to the UK

US VC Fifty Years is bringing its company builder to the UK with funding from innovation agency ARIA — and it wants hundreds of scientists through its doors