# Venture capital

The latest news and analysis from Europe’s venture capital industry, including angel investing, impact investing, LPs, VCs and funding roundups.

LPs’ red flags
Pro
Explainer
October 9, 2026
LPs’ red flags
How can VCs ensure their firm raises more capital?
Freya Pratty
7 Cambridge alumni building in stealth
Pro
Stealth founders
October 8, 2026
7 Cambridge alumni building in stealth
The University of Cambridge has long been one of Europe's most reliable founder factories
Oshin Narang
The top 10 investors backing Europe’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups
Pro
Sifted data
October 7, 2026
The top 10 investors backing Europe’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups
A look at the most active investors backing the startups on Sifted’s 2026 leaderboard of the 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe, based on the number of companies they backed
Ruggero Di Spigna
8 pre-seed rounds led by Tier 1 US investors in AI-native companies
Pro
Sifted data
October 5, 2026
8 pre-seed rounds led by Tier 1 US investors in AI-native companies
Silicon Valley’s biggest venture firms are increasingly hunting for European AI startups before they’ve barely got off the ground
Oshin Narang
Who are Europe’s fastest-growing companies?
Podcast
October 2, 2026
Who are Europe’s fastest-growing companies?
London-based wellness marketplace Healf was crowned winner
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
The age of the scaleup fund
Analysis
October 2, 2026
The age of the scaleup fund
Investors predict more, and bigger, funds aimed at tackling the European growth funding gap
Anne Sraders
Harry Stebbings: ‘I regret 996 in many ways’
Interview
October 1, 2026
Harry Stebbings: ‘I regret 996 in many ways’
Speaking on stage at Sifted Summit, the 20VC podcast host and investor walks back earlier commitment to the intense working practice
Martin Coulter and Tara Shah
Wellness marketplace Healf tops Sifted ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe
News
October 1, 2026
Wellness marketplace Healf tops Sifted ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe
Digital health companies make strong showing in Sifted's third Europe-wide leaderboard
Éanna Kelly
Exclusive: EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund can back UK — and even US — companies
Exclusive
September 30, 2026
Exclusive: EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund can back UK — and even US — companies
France recently sought to block the UK’s participation in the fund
Anne Sraders, Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund
Pro
Analysis
September 30, 2026
The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund
From Octopus Ventures to Molten Ventures, here are the investors that could land the mandate to manage the pot
Anne Sraders, Tom Nugent and Freya Pratty
VCs push for US-style rules to cut cost of launching UK funds
News
September 28, 2026
VCs push for US-style rules to cut cost of launching UK funds
Atomico, Entrepreneurs First and Seedcamp among campaign’s signatories
Martin Coulter
Why Peter Thiel is both right and wrong about Europe
Sifted View
September 28, 2026
Why Peter Thiel is both right and wrong about Europe
As the likes of Revolut show, some younger European companies can still aspire to being world class
John Thornhill
Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders
Pro
Interview
September 25, 2026
Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders
The incoming partner talks why the Nordics are so hot, the "rough time" in VC and being flexible with round sizes
Anne Sraders
Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026
Pro
Sifted data
September 25, 2026
Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026
From London to Helsinki: the VC funds consistently backing Europe's earliest-stage startups
Jonathan Sinclair
Browse Sifted's company coverage
Pro
List
September 24, 2026
Browse Sifted's company coverage
Search our article directory of Europe's startups and scaleups — growing every week as we cover more.
Jonathan Sinclair
Is New York warming to European tech?
Podcast
September 24, 2026
Is New York warming to European tech?
Anne Sraders joins host Freya Pratty on this week's Sifted podcast
Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty
Growth investor DTCP raises €455m first close for defence fund, plots future funds
News
September 24, 2026
Growth investor DTCP raises €455m first close for defence fund, plots future funds
The firm launched the fund in January and has already made two investments
Anne Sraders
Anthropic: We're not trying to eat startups' lunch
News
September 24, 2026
Anthropic: We're not trying to eat startups' lunch
The frontier lab held an event for London's startups yesterday
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure
Pro
Interview
September 24, 2026
Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure
Duncan Johnson talks scaling the north of England tech ecosystem, Gritstone’s new San Francisco office and why portfolio exits are coming
Tom Nugent
Exclusive: Connect Ventures raises $55m in first close of fifth fund to chase deeptech founders
Pro
Exclusive
September 23, 2026
Exclusive: Connect Ventures raises $55m in first close of fifth fund to chase deeptech founders
“You have to go where the best founders are going," managing partner Sitar Teli tells Sifted.
Anne Sraders
A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon
Pro
Interview
September 22, 2026
A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon
General partner Anish Acharya talks the hottest AI trends, the "advantage" European startups have over SF and the European consumer
Anne Sraders
New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund
Pro
Exclusive
September 21, 2026
New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund
Project Ventures, founded by Shahryar Barati, will back pre-seed and seed startups with ties to Imperial College London
Tom Nugent
UK Sovereign AI Fund in talks to back raise for drug discovery startup
News
September 18, 2026
UK Sovereign AI Fund in talks to back raise for drug discovery startup
Head of ventures Josephine Kant is reportedly set to join Potential Sciences’ board
Martin Coulter
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
Pro
Analysis
September 18, 2026
The biggest conversations in US VC right now
From personal AI agents to the rising cost of AI compute, here's what they're chatting about
Anne Sraders

# Venture capital

LPs’ red flags

7 Cambridge alumni building in stealth

The top 10 investors backing Europe’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups

8 pre-seed rounds led by Tier 1 US investors in AI-native companies

Who are Europe’s fastest-growing companies?

The age of the scaleup fund

Harry Stebbings: ‘I regret 996 in many ways’

Wellness marketplace Healf tops Sifted ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe

Exclusive: EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund can back UK — and even US — companies

The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund

VCs push for US-style rules to cut cost of launching UK funds

Why Peter Thiel is both right and wrong about Europe

Tatiana Shalalvand joins Cherry with an eye to back Legora, Lovable mafia founders

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

Browse Sifted's company coverage

Is New York warming to European tech?

Growth investor DTCP raises €455m first close for defence fund, plots future funds

Anthropic: We're not trying to eat startups' lunch

Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure

Exclusive: Connect Ventures raises $55m in first close of fifth fund to chase deeptech founders

A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon

New solo GP firm backing early-stage AI and deeptech startups hits first close of maiden fund

UK Sovereign AI Fund in talks to back raise for drug discovery startup

The biggest conversations in US VC right now