Analysis | Entertainment | 14 Feb So you think you can make a dating app? Here’s why it’s not so easy. Funding for dating apps is drying up, and there was never much of it anyway. But several new startups are trying to reignite the sector in the name of love.
News | Venture Capital | 13 Feb SoftBank is involved in 6% of all VC flows in Europe With the Vision Fund's sequel in trouble, Europe braces for a Softbank chill.
Analysis | Hardware | 12 Feb Nine mental health startups smashing “taboo” in Europe Global investment in mental health startups has surged to £500m.
Analysis | Venture Capital | 11 Feb Europe’s top Series A investors These are Europe’s top 10 Series A investors, according to Dealroom. But what are they really like — and what do founders think of them?
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.
Analysis | Venture Capital | 10 Feb The US VCs are coming to Europe Legendary Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia is coming to Europe — and it’s not the only US fund showing increasing interest in the continent. But how will the Americans fare over here?
Opinion | Investment | 6 Feb A guide to impact investing for startups Impact investing is on the rise — but raising money can bring just as many challenges as it does opportunities to startups focused on social and environmental good. Here's what to look out for.
Interview | Software | 5 Feb Inside GitLab, the startup with the largest all-remote team in the world It’s Ukraine’s first unicorn, has over 1,000 (entirely remote) employees and is planning a public listing for later this year. Time to meet GitLab
Opinion | Venture Capital | 31 Jan Brexit should be the catalyst to create the United Tech of Europe Brexit can spur Europe to create a new set of startup-friendly policies, argue some of the continent's largest startups associations in an open letter on Sifted.
Analysis | Hiring | 28 Jan Europe’s fastest growing startups with female founders Women to watch in 2020.
Opinion | Venture Capital | 23 Jan The unicorn has no clothes! Endless funding and billion-dollar hype will not make a unicorn out of a horse; companies have to make money at some point.
Interview | Accelerators | 22 Jan Antler: tapping into Europe’s talent It’s company builder Antler’s first London demo day. But how is it different from its main competitor, Entrepreneur First?
Interview | Venture Capital | 22 Jan Inside Blossom, the venture capital fund all European founders should get to know As venture capital fund Blossom Capital raises $185m (its second fund in just two years), we find out how it works behind the scenes.
Opinion | Venture Capital | 22 Jan The fragmentation of venture capital Venture capital has never been more powerful. But it's also fragmenting.
Interview | Corporate Innovation | 21 Jan Selling to businesses is hard, selling to the military is harder 1,200 startups come to defense giant Thales each year to tap otherwise inaccessible army contracts. In turn, their technology means faster, cheaper military innovation.
Analysis | Venture Capital | 20 Jan 25 UK venture capital funds founders should know Our take on some of the UK's top VCs: who they are, what they're looking for and why they're worth getting to know.
