Interview | Startup Life | 6 Dec Formation: the Berlin-based company builder with a difference It's free, run by volunteers, for underrepresented founders and named after a Beyoncé song. What's not to love about company builder Formation?
News | Startup Life | 6 Dec What’s Europe done this month for diversity in tech? A €21m Dutch fund to invest solely in female founders, female venture capital partners call for more female venture capital partners and a pan-European VC internship programme begins.
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?
News | Hiring and workforce | 2 Dec Two of Silicon Valley’s most crucial hubs outside the US are about to get connected Dublin and Tel Aviv are major hubs for Silicon Valley firms like Google and Facebook. The cities are about to be joined by a direct flight for the first time, and tech workers are excited.
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.
News | Startup Life | 27 Nov 250 UK tech entrepreneurs set out policy demands Political parties have so far failed to address the biggest concerns of startups and scaleups.
News | Property | 26 Nov Europe’s answer to Airbnb is all about local community Leavy.co, which announced a $14m funding round on Tuesday, was conceived as a way to broaden the reach of the short-term online apartment rentals popularised by Airbnb.
Analysis | Hiring | 25 Nov These are the 12 French startups with the fastest growing teams Some of these fast-hiring French startups have quadrupled their team size in just a year.
Analysis | Events | 20 Nov How Slush gave Finland its mojo back — and built a thriving ecosystem Every year Slush brings together the world’s tech elite to Helsinki. But for Finland it's so much more than just a startup conference.
Interview | Intrapreneurship | 19 Nov Waitrose: £10m in annual cost savings through innovation The UK supermarket chain saved £460,000 just from tweaking tills to allow people to opt out of getting a receipt — and that was just one of 4000+ staff ideas.
How To | Coaching | 15 Nov How to create company culture and use it to help you grow Culture is the foundation on which every startup is built. Here are five tips on how to build a good one.
News | Health | 14 Nov Peanut app launches ‘Trying to Conceive’ safe space for aspiring mothers Peanut hopes that hopeful mothers will talk candidly and openly on the new 'Trying to Conceive' social media channel.
News | Corporate accelerators | 12 Nov Founders Factory launches healthtech hub in the US The London-based startup builder is launching a healthcare-focused New York hub in partnership with Johnson & Johnson Innovation.
Opinion | Corporate Innovation | 12 Nov Why your big-spending corporate venture strategy is all wrong Corporate venture capital fund sizes are creeping up — the median is now above $75m — but $150,000 might go just as far as $500,000 in this industry.
Analysis | Corporate accelerators | 12 Nov Top automotive industry accelerators There has been an explosion of automobile company accelerators — since around 2017 almost every major carmaker runs some kind of startup programme. But programmes vary hugely in terms of what is on offer.
News | VC | 12 Nov Balderton raises new $400m fund to invest in more European heavy-hitters It’s one of Europe’s top venture capital firms but, as Balderton raises its seventh fund, we ask: what makes it different and how great, really, is its portfolio?
