# Events

Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’
Pro
Exclusive
April 15, 2026
Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’
In a further sign of the 'SaaSpocalypse' hitting the tech world, the decade-old European tech conference SaaStock is closing down
Amy Lewin
Inside ElevenLabs’ Warsaw hackathon with Project Europe: ‘This has ruined all the others’
Analysis
December 5, 2025
Inside ElevenLabs’ Warsaw hackathon with Project Europe: ‘This has ruined all the others’
It featured Santa Clauses, roaming camera crews and a flame-throwing dancer
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Sifted Summit 2025: In pictures
Features
October 13, 2025
Sifted Summit 2025: In pictures
Thousands of startup founders, operators and investors descend on Magazine London for fourth annual event
Martin Coulter
10 Sifted Summit sessions not to miss
Features
October 7, 2025
10 Sifted Summit sessions not to miss
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Sequoia VC Luciana Lixandru and Octopus founder Greg Jackson among this year’s guestlist
Martin Coulter
The Next Web conference shuts down
Exclusive
September 5, 2025
The Next Web conference shuts down
The Amsterdam tech conference won’t be back in 2026
Amy Lewin
Searching for startups at Sweden’s Techarena conference: 'It still doesn’t know what it wants to be'
Analysis
February 24, 2025
Searching for startups at Sweden’s Techarena conference: 'It still doesn’t know what it wants to be'
The 'very Swedish affair' played host to lawmakers and big corporations like Amazon and Microsoft
Mimi Billing
The tech events Sifted will be attending in 2025
Analysis
January 8, 2025
The tech events Sifted will be attending in 2025
There’s no shortage of events and conferences for a European startup enthusiast in 2025
Mimi Billing
So that's why they call it Slush: Takeaways from Helsinki this year
Analysis
November 22, 2024
So that's why they call it Slush: Takeaways from Helsinki this year
Like many investors and founders across Europe, we attended Slush 2024 — these are our reflections
Amy Lewin
CogX issued winding up petition by UK tax authority HMRC
News
October 15, 2024
CogX issued winding up petition by UK tax authority HMRC
The petition follows Sifted reporting that suppliers were turning to the courts and debt collectors to recoup money owed to them by the business
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Freya Pratty
Court cases and debt collectors: CogX suppliers take steps to recoup money owed by UK tech event
News
September 27, 2024
Court cases and debt collectors: CogX suppliers take steps to recoup money owed by UK tech event
A CogX spokesperson told Sifted that it acknowledges “a number of suppliers are awaiting payment”
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Freya Pratty
Want to hear from the cofounder of YouTube and explore sunny Valencia? Try this tech event
Places
August 2, 2024
Want to hear from the cofounder of YouTube and explore sunny Valencia? Try this tech event
VDS, one of southern Europe's most prominent international tech events, is taking place on October 23-24 in Valencia, Spain
Paid for and produced by: VDS
CogX: Leading UK tech event owes ‘tens of thousands’ to suppliers
News
April 12, 2024
CogX: Leading UK tech event owes ‘tens of thousands’ to suppliers
CogX says it's committed to paying the suppliers and working tirelessly to bring in revenues to pay them
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Freya Pratty
Hopin's UK business enters liquidation as it transfers HQ to the US
News
February 26, 2024
Hopin's UK business enters liquidation as it transfers HQ to the US
The company was once valued at $7.75bn
Sifted reporters
The best communities to join in European tech, according to women in tech
Pro
Analysis
January 30, 2024
The best communities to join in European tech, according to women in tech
A list of 18 of Europe’s best tech communities
Sophie Rowe
The tech and startup events Sifted will be attending in 2024
Analysis
January 4, 2024
The tech and startup events Sifted will be attending in 2024
There is no shortage of events and conferences for a European startup enthusiast in 2024 — here's which the Sifted team will attend
Sadia Nowshin
Why 'femtech' needs to die and 8 other headlines from Sifted Summit
Analysis
October 18, 2023
Why 'femtech' needs to die and 8 other headlines from Sifted Summit
We came to Magazine London. We saw startup Europe take the stage. We Sifted through PR speak
Sophie Rowe
Startups will make headlines: 6 reasons not to miss Sifted Summit
How to
September 6, 2023
Startups will make headlines: 6 reasons not to miss Sifted Summit
Learn tech’s new rules at Sifted Summit in October — and you might bump into John Collison, Eileen Burbidge and Taavet Hinrikus
Sophie Rowe
Readers' views: The Slush controversy
Opinion
November 25, 2022
Readers' views: The Slush controversy
Sifted readers' views on Slush's decision to revoke the pitch award it gave to Immigram, following a wave of outrage
Sifted Readers
Slush revokes Immigram’s controversial win at pitch competition
News
November 21, 2022
Slush revokes Immigram’s controversial win at pitch competition
The startup says it has opted out from the competition amid growing criticism
Zosia Wanat
Outrage after a startup with Russian founders wins Slush pitch competition
News
November 20, 2022
Outrage after a startup with Russian founders wins Slush pitch competition
The Polish and Ukrainian startup communities, in particular, have criticised the result of Slush’s pitching competition
Zosia Wanat
Troubled events startup Pollen in administration after failing to find buyer
News
August 10, 2022
Troubled events startup Pollen in administration after failing to find buyer
It follows a rocky few months of missed payroll and unpaid refunds
Freya Pratty
Europe’s best tech conferences: ranked
Analysis
August 9, 2022
Europe’s best tech conferences: ranked
Our extremely unbiased ranking is based on many late nights and many cups of bad coffee
Sifted reporters
Inside the bitter falling out at the top of Web Summit
News
October 29, 2021
Inside the bitter falling out at the top of Web Summit
Legal battles, ‘secret’ fund and ‘kompromat’ claims hang over world's largest tech conference
Freya Pratty and Eanna Kelly
What it takes to scale up European tech
News
February 18, 2021
What it takes to scale up European tech
A new initiative has 150+ European innovators debating how to leverage deeptech, talent, startup-corporate collaboration — and drive more money to startups.
Marie Mawad in Paris

# Events

Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’

Inside ElevenLabs’ Warsaw hackathon with Project Europe: ‘This has ruined all the others’

Sifted Summit 2025: In pictures

10 Sifted Summit sessions not to miss

The Next Web conference shuts down

Searching for startups at Sweden’s Techarena conference: 'It still doesn’t know what it wants to be'

The tech events Sifted will be attending in 2025

So that's why they call it Slush: Takeaways from Helsinki this year

CogX issued winding up petition by UK tax authority HMRC

Court cases and debt collectors: CogX suppliers take steps to recoup money owed by UK tech event

Want to hear from the cofounder of YouTube and explore sunny Valencia? Try this tech event

CogX: Leading UK tech event owes ‘tens of thousands’ to suppliers

Hopin's UK business enters liquidation as it transfers HQ to the US

The best communities to join in European tech, according to women in tech

The tech and startup events Sifted will be attending in 2024

Why 'femtech' needs to die and 8 other headlines from Sifted Summit

Startups will make headlines: 6 reasons not to miss Sifted Summit

Readers' views: The Slush controversy

Slush revokes Immigram’s controversial win at pitch competition

Outrage after a startup with Russian founders wins Slush pitch competition

Troubled events startup Pollen in administration after failing to find buyer

Europe’s best tech conferences: ranked

Inside the bitter falling out at the top of Web Summit

What it takes to scale up European tech