# Venture capital

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

The most active robotics VCs in 2025
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Most active investors
August 28, 2025
The most active robotics VCs in 2025
From humanoids to warehouse automation: who’s backing the future of robotics?
Hessa Alabbas
Graphcore CEO to launch deeptech VC fund
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Exclusive
August 27, 2025
Graphcore CEO to launch deeptech VC fund
Nigel Toon is teaming up with OpenOcean’s Ekaterina Almasque for BlankPage Capital
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Meet the legaltech startups using AI to automate the boring side of law
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August 27, 2025
Meet the legaltech startups using AI to automate the boring side of law
Will we see the end of billable hours?
Sponsored by: Sapphire Ventures
Thoma Bravo: 'The exit routes for VCs are clearly changing'
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The big interview
August 27, 2025
Thoma Bravo: 'The exit routes for VCs are clearly changing'
The US PE firm hopes to close one more European deal before the end of the year
Freya Pratty
Peter Thiel-backed Norwegian VC SNÖ Ventures shuts down
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August 25, 2025
Peter Thiel-backed Norwegian VC SNÖ Ventures shuts down
The VC launched its most recent fund in 2021; its partners will launch their own funds
Anne Sraders and Mimi Billing
German strike drones startup Stark has raised $62m led by Sequoia
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August 20, 2025
German strike drones startup Stark has raised $62m led by Sequoia
The startup has raised $100m in total funding
Anne Sraders and Amy Lewin
The most active AI agent investors of 2025 (and the 44 startups they backed)
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Most active investors
August 19, 2025
The most active AI agent investors of 2025 (and the 44 startups they backed)
VCs on both sides of the Atlantic make the cut
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
2025’s most prolific unicorn backers
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List
August 18, 2025
2025’s most prolific unicorn backers
A few VCs have helped spawn multiple new billion dollar companies so far this year
Éanna Kelly
The ‘vast majority’ of spacetech startups are pivoting to defence
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Interview
August 18, 2025
The ‘vast majority’ of spacetech startups are pivoting to defence
Mark Boggett, CEO of space VC Seraphim Space, says the boom in defence has been a catalyst for space startups
Anne Sraders
Check Warner: ‘This is the worst time to go backwards’
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Brunch with Sifted
August 16, 2025
Check Warner: ‘This is the worst time to go backwards’
The Ada Ventures founder discusses her journey into VC, pushback against DEI and her time directing surrealist theatre
Martin Coulter
16 UK startups (not from London) to watch, according to investors
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Investor survey
August 12, 2025
16 UK startups (not from London) to watch, according to investors
Sifted speaks to VCs at Praetura, JamJar Investments, Octopus Ventures, Dawn Capital and Ada Ventures
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
The 16 startups backed by Nik Storonsky’s QuantumLight
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List
August 11, 2025
The 16 startups backed by Nik Storonsky’s QuantumLight
The Revolut CEO launched his AI-powered VC firm in 2022
Tom Matsuda
Are European VCs getting muscled out of AI dealmaking?
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Analysis
August 8, 2025
Are European VCs getting muscled out of AI dealmaking?
US VCs have massively stepped up their AI dealmaking in Europe
Hessa Alabbas and Éanna Kelly
European VCs are raising more specialist defence funds. Is it a good idea?
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Analysis
August 8, 2025
European VCs are raising more specialist defence funds. Is it a good idea?
The boom in defence-focused funds could mirror the spurt of climate funds raised in the early 2020s which are now looking to rebrand
Anne Sraders and Miriam Partington
Helsing-backer Plural is eyeing ‘mundane’ defence startups
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Interview
August 7, 2025
Helsing-backer Plural is eyeing ‘mundane’ defence startups
Founding partner Sten Tamkivi is eyeing more logistics-oriented startups after the firm’s big bet on AI defence unicorn Helsing
Anne Sraders
H1’s biggest M&A deals
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Sifted data
August 6, 2025
H1’s biggest M&A deals
A recap on what’s hot in European exits so far this year
Ruggero Di Spigna
Newly-formed VC firm PXN plots ‘golden triangle’ for north of UK
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August 5, 2025
Newly-formed VC firm PXN plots ‘golden triangle’ for north of UK
The newly created £670m PXN Group has is aiming to take on the dominance of London, Oxford and Cambridge in the UK
Tom Nugent
Deeptech VC Michael Jackson: ‘LinkedIn bans me twice a year’
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August 2, 2025
Deeptech VC Michael Jackson: ‘LinkedIn bans me twice a year’
The outspoken investor on European navel-gazing and why the region's AI startups are 'bringing a knife to a gunfight'
Éanna Kelly
Cambridge Innovation Capital commits £100m to spinouts, launches EIR programme
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August 1, 2025
Cambridge Innovation Capital commits £100m to spinouts, launches EIR programme
The Cambridge-based VC is aiming to get more research out of the lab and into the market
Tom Nugent
The European VCs hiring in summer 2025
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Analysis
August 1, 2025
The European VCs hiring in summer 2025
Northzone, Point Nine, Project A… even Station F: here are the VC jobs out there right now
Anne Sraders
Europe’s most active debt providers in H1
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Most active investors
August 1, 2025
Europe’s most active debt providers in H1
The busiest lenders — and their dealcount in the first six months of 2025
Hessa Alabbas and Éanna Kelly
Spotlight on Dutch tech: AI catchup or 'stagnation'?
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Analysis
July 31, 2025
Spotlight on Dutch tech: AI catchup or 'stagnation'?
Amsterdam tech heads say 2025 funding ‘looks good on paper’ but many sectors struggling
Éanna Kelly and Ruggero Di Spigna
‘An investor’s dream’: Inside the growing cohort of European AI-native startups
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July 30, 2025
‘An investor’s dream’: Inside the growing cohort of European AI-native startups
A new subsector of AI technology is emerging — and the stakes are high
Sponsored by: Sapphire Ventures
Project Europe unveils first cohort of startups
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July 30, 2025
Project Europe unveils first cohort of startups
Six companies from across Europe receive €200k and coaching from industry leaders
Martin Coulter

# Venture capital

The most active robotics VCs in 2025

Graphcore CEO to launch deeptech VC fund

Meet the legaltech startups using AI to automate the boring side of law

Thoma Bravo: 'The exit routes for VCs are clearly changing'

Peter Thiel-backed Norwegian VC SNÖ Ventures shuts down

German strike drones startup Stark has raised $62m led by Sequoia

The most active AI agent investors of 2025 (and the 44 startups they backed)

2025’s most prolific unicorn backers

The ‘vast majority’ of spacetech startups are pivoting to defence

Check Warner: ‘This is the worst time to go backwards’

16 UK startups (not from London) to watch, according to investors

The 16 startups backed by Nik Storonsky’s QuantumLight

Are European VCs getting muscled out of AI dealmaking?

European VCs are raising more specialist defence funds. Is it a good idea?

Helsing-backer Plural is eyeing ‘mundane’ defence startups

H1’s biggest M&A deals

Newly-formed VC firm PXN plots ‘golden triangle’ for north of UK

Deeptech VC Michael Jackson: ‘LinkedIn bans me twice a year’

Cambridge Innovation Capital commits £100m to spinouts, launches EIR programme

The European VCs hiring in summer 2025

Europe’s most active debt providers in H1

Spotlight on Dutch tech: AI catchup or 'stagnation'?

‘An investor’s dream’: Inside the growing cohort of European AI-native startups

Project Europe unveils first cohort of startups