# SaaS

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

Europe lost the B2C tech race. Can it win in B2B?

AI-enabled B2B startups are all the rage with budding European entrepreneurs. Next step: take them global

SaaSpocalypse: What’s next for Europe’s SaaS scaleups and investors?

Business models of traditional software companies are being disrupted by AI-native companies

Can European VC portfolios weather a SaaSpocalypse?

If older SaaS companies fail to compete with AI-native startups, it could leave VCs sitting on portfolios that aren’t growing at the pace LPs like to see

11 Turkish startups to watch, according to VCs

Turkey is home to a burgeoning fintech scene and is catching the attention of new investors such as QED, QuantumLight and Spark Capital

Peec AI brought the SF mindset to Berlin. Can it fend off its rivals?

The German startup touts its ARR, speedy hiring and fast growth. Can its AI search platform ward off the competition?

European tech’s 2025 in data: VC funding reaches its third-best year on record

Europe’s top eight tech hubs all record year-on-year funding growth, as AI investment jumps 161%

Salesforce challenger Brevo becomes Europe’s newest unicorn with €500m share sale

The Paris-based scaleup is set to record a second year of profitability with €200m ARR

Framer raises $100m in funding round backed by Atomico and Meritech

Website design platform crowned Europe’s newest unicorn

Exclusive: Berlin’s Talon.One raises $135m to power loyalty scheme platform

UiPath and Salesforce investor Meritech Capital is among those backing the company

DocuSign threatens legal action against copycat app built with Lovable

Spryngtime is said to have been built in two days using the AI-powered app builder

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