Analysis | Other | 16 Dec 2020 Vision: predictions from 28 big-hitters in Europe’s startup scene What will 2020 bring for European startups? We hear from startup experts such as Jan Hammer at Index Ventures, Taavet Hinrikus at Transferwise and Roxanne Varza at Station F.
Interview | Venture Capital | 12 Dec The Scot who helped turn Peter Thiel-backed startup Xero into a €7bn business Gary Turner, a 51-year-old college drop out, has helped accounting software provider Xero to grow into a €7bn business.
Analysis | Fintech | 12 Dec The startups killing Italy’s cash economy Italy is still a predominantly cash economy, which presents a challenge to Europe's fintech startups such as Qonto and N26 trying to conquer the market. What's their plan?
Analysis | Fintech | 9 Dec European fintech weekly: After a last-minute fundraise, what lies ahead for Zopa and its lending peers The story of one of the UK's oldest fintechs to date - and what could be next
News | Venture Capital | 6 Dec Octopus Ventures loses “trailblazing” associate Juliette Souliman joined the major European venture firm last year. She is now leaving to start her own fintech fund.
Interview | Fintech | 4 Dec Why these “three old French men” launched a fintech to help millennials save A former Bank of America exec has cofounded a savings app for the next generation. The business model looks promising, but will millennials take interest?
Analysis | Fintech | 2 Dec European fintech weekly: N26 lags in the UK, Curve stays quiet and can NatWest’s Bó take off? Data suggests N26 is struggling to catch up in the UK, while NatWest's new digital bank gets off to a bumpy start.
Analysis | Angel Investing | 28 Nov Inside “Angel’s Den”; London’s speed dating for startups Sifted visited London’s fintech angel investor scene, to find out how founders secure millions of pounds in seed money with just a 7 minute pitch.
Interview | Digital Banks | 26 Nov Inside Anne Boden’s Starling Starling Bank now manages £1bn in deposits across 1m users. Its chief executive shares her plans to continue the fintech's growth spurt, M&A potential and beating the big banks.
Analysis | Finance | 25 Nov European fintech weekly: Wealthtech wars — and why the UK is the next battleground Wealthtech firms raised nearly $800m globally in the third quarter of this year. But will the arrival of US trading giant Robinhood stop the party in Europe?
Analysis | Finance | 18 Nov European fintech weekly: HSBC eyes new partnerships and is Google becoming a bank? An HSBC exec explains why acquistions of challenger banks could be on the cards and Google dips its toes into banking
Analysis | VC | 12 Nov European VC firm Balderton’s heavy hitters As Balderton raises its 7th fund, we ask: how great, really, is its portfolio?
Analysis | Finance | 11 Nov “We want 10m American users” — How Europe’s digital banks are taking on the US Monzo, N26 and Revolut are chasing the US market. It's early days but - finally - I'm convinced they might have a shot
Interview | Insurance | 8 Nov “The Little Prince made me cry” — Bookclub with Sten Saar, cofounder of Zego Zego CEO Sten Saar on what makes him cry, why he doesn't give books as gifts and how insurance will change everyone's life.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 7 Nov AI that can make mortgage decisions in 15 minutes M:Qube, a new fintech startup, plans to shake up the £270bn UK home loans market starting early next year with faster home loan decisions.
Interview | Finance | 6 Nov Brunch with Hiroki Takeuchi, founder of GoCardless He’s one of the most widely-respected founders in Europe’s startup ecosystem — but that doesn't mean Hiroki Takeuchi, founder of payments company GoCardless, has found the transition from startup to scaleup easy.
