Analysis | Travel | 18 Jun Meet the Valencian startup taking on Richard Branson in the Hyperloop race Valencia-based Zeleros recently scored €7m to get its nose in front of the Hyperloop race.
Interview | Startup Life | 11 Jun Could Meero’s founder be the next Emmanuel Macron? Meero’s flamboyant founder Thomas Rebaud has been thinking a lot about employees, doing deals — and politics.
Analysis | Funding | 18 May Europe’s Airbnb competitor was on track for unicorn status. Then Covid-19 struck. The Plum Guide is one of many European startups which have had their funding plans derailed by Covid-19. What’s its Plan B?
News | Travel | 30 Apr German travel startups ask Google for a helping hand Eight chief executives, supported by the German government, have written to Google requesting deferment on ad payments.
Analysis | Startup Life | 24 Mar Coronavirus: Which startups are winning and losing? Europe’s founders on how coronavirus has shaken their plans.
Analysis | Travel | 17 Mar Corona files: TravelPerk advises against travel Demand for business trips is down 50-65%, but TravelPerk is most worried about keeping staff entertained
Interview | Mobility | 27 Feb BlaBlaCar on doing deals and getting back to profit Chief executive Nicolas Brusson talks about acquisitions, growth and when BlaBlaCar will be ready for the stock market.
Interview | Travel | 11 Feb Travel tech startup Impala raises $20m just four months after raising $11m Impala hopes to shake up hotel infrastructure — and become one of Europe’s leading remote-first workplaces.
Interview | Mobility | 7 Feb Cracking the code to European expansion, Virtuo’s way With 70% of its sales coming from returning clients, Paris-based startup Virtuo is looking to build on customer loyalty to expand into Germany and Italy next.
Analysis | Mobility | 30 Dec The best of Sifted: Mobility and travel We'll still be talking about electric scooters, driverless vehicles and flying cars in 2020. So you'd better catch up on Sifted's mobility and travel must-reads.
Interview | Travel | 22 Nov The Berlin-based founder trying to reshape the business travel market A few unanswered emails and stubborn accountants were what sparked Comtravo founder and chief executive Michael Riegel to rethink how business travel bookings for small companies are made.
News | Travel | 18 Nov Cities like Venice should consider tourist caps, says Booking.com chairwoman Gillian Tans, former chief executive of Booking.com, thinks tourist quotas should be enforced in overcrowded cities.
Analysis | Travel | 14 Nov Don’t underestimate the size of Booking.com, says chairwoman: ‘Airbnb is so much smaller’ Who is the biggest technology company in Europe? Booking.com is bigger than the likes of Spotify and Adyen, according to Gillian Tans, the company's chairwoman.
Interview | Mobility | 14 Nov Autonomous flying taxis will arrive by 2031, says Volocopter They will be accessible to everyone, not just for VIPs, says the German startup.
News | Travel | 28 Oct Travel disrupter Duffel raises another $30m and finally comes out of stealth Travel tech startup Duffel is ready to tell the world what it’s up to at last. This could be the start of a new era of travel innovation.
News | Mobility | 22 Oct Lilium vs Volocopter: battle of the air taxis Both startups need to convince regulators and the public that their planned air taxi services could start running in cities in the next few years.
