# SaaS

Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari: ‘We're trying to build one of the most successful companies of all time’

The Italian unicorn plans to spend over $1bn on acquisitions this year

Exclusive: German deeptech VC First Momentum raises €35m fund to back energy, automation and AI

The firm’s second fund, which is nearly 10x larger than its first, will invest in up to 35 companies

The defence tech startups fundraising right now, according to VCs

From demining to geospatial data, here are a handful of startups VCs say are in the market

Hybrid growth in SaaS is great for customers, tough on finance

Figma warns Lovable to stop using the term ‘Dev Mode’ in trademark row

In a letter shared online, the US tech company said it needed to protect its ‘intellectual property’

Europe’s open-source startups lose out on funding frenzy: ‘The US is a generation ahead’

Almost two-thirds of commercial open source software companies are based in the US

Spend platform Vertice tops Sifted’s second UK and Ireland leaderboard

Launching today, the Sifted 100: UK and Ireland ranks the region’s fastest growing startups

Why Vertice is the UK’s fastest-growing startup

The Sifted leaderboard topper uses AI to help customers cut spend on software and cloud

Lovable FOMO has VCs hunting for the next super fast app builder

Sifted lists seven European startups in the buzzing AI app builder space

Skype to shut down in May, Microsoft confirms

The company paved the way for the likes of Zoom and Google Hangouts

Dutch unicorn Bird quits Europe over AI regulations

Europe's AI regulations will "block true innovation," Bird's CEO says

19 former Palantir employees now heading up startups of their own

The data analytics company has become a key line on the resume of many of Europe’s tech set

General Catalyst doubles down on TravelPerk in $200m Series E

The round sees the company hit a $2.7bn valuation

Europe’s 10 fastest-growing B2B SaaS startups by revenue

B2B SaaS featured more on the Sifted 250 than any other vertical. Here’s the pick of the bunch from tech’s most saturated market

Europe has its latest unicorn: Hotel software provider Lighthouse raises $370m

The raise comes on the back of a resurgence in B2B SaaS funding in 2024

Ex-Speedinvest and Target Partners VCs make first close of new fund

The Munich-based fund will invest in 'boring' startups in AI infrastructure, developer tools and security

Here are the early-stage marketing startups currently fundraising

Sifted scouted and contacted 88 European early-stage marketing startups to discover who is actively fundraising

Where VCs are placing their next AI bets

VCs are starting to wonder whether their AI investments will pay off. Here's where they're looking for their next bets

Is private equity’s interest in European startups on the up again?

PE firms upped their spend on venture-backed tech companies in the first half of 2024; but deal count is yet to return to the highs of 2021

London GenAI company V7 tops Sifted’s B2B SaaS Rising 100 ranking

AI tools dominate Sifted’s annual ranking of most promising B2B SaaS startups

What does it take to be a top performing SaaS company?

A new report from Dealroom and Flashpoint highlights the revenue figures that top-performing SaaS startups are seeing

Condom supplies and castle renovations: How Paris-based Tengo wants to shake up public procurement

The platform centralises calls for public tenders and helps businesses find the right matches

ElevenLabs angel investor launches AI startup to transform SaaS sales 

Bartek Pucek has cofounded Proofs to take on one of the biggest sales pain points facing API-first companies like Salesforce, SAP and Stripe.

Benchmark backs one-year-old AI legaltech Leya in $10.5m seed round

The AI startup was “bombarded with requests” after being accepted by Y-Combinator