Interview | Wellbeing | 13 Dec All work and no play makes you a dull founder French investor Jean de la Rochebrochard says creating a company isn’t about working infinite hours. His book ‘Human Machine’ reflects a maturing startup ecosystem’s introspection about work-life balance.
Interview | Healthtech | 10 Dec With €2.7m Iceland’s star therapy startup is springing into Europe “Leaving Iceland is something I should have done earlier,” says Kara Connect founder and chief executive Thorbjorg Helga.
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 | Wellbeing | 11 Oct Stress in tech: “I was a mess for large periods through anxiety” It's the last day of Mental Health Awareness week, so Sifted spoke to startup employees and founders struggling under the severe pressures of startup life.
Interview | Health | 3 Oct Britain’s $1bn robot surgeon startup is taking on “unloved” medtech The man behind the machine: CMR Surgical's Martin Frost is rolling out robot surgeons into hundreds of hospitals.
Opinion | Wellbeing | 27 Sep Why entrepreneurs should celebrate their failures Celebrating our failures, as well as our successes, in a constructive and humble way will improve our community. It’s only by learning from our failures that we can become better.
Analysis | Health | 18 Sep Hey, Elon Musk! Europe’s startups are biohacking the brain Investors are pouring millions into “punk” biohacking startups.
Interview | Health | 23 Aug Thriva founder Hamish Grierson tackles “the elephant in the room” "The elephant in the room is, of course, Theranos."
Analysis | Health | 13 Aug From Baze to Vitl, personalised vitamin startups want your blood Would you take a blood test for personalised supplements and vitamins?
Analysis | Health | 22 Jul The ‘femtech’ doctor on demand will see you now Do we need special doctor services just for women?
Analysis | Future of Work | 2 Jul Working with kids: Europe’s coworking spaces with childcare Kids are ‘welcome’ at a just a quarter of coworking spaces and only 2% offer childcare. But times are changing.
Opinion | Hiring and workforce | 21 Jun Enough of the “hustle” startup culture Are the most successful startups the ones which work the longest hours? Avi Meir, founder of TravelPerk, thinks not.
Analysis | Health | 20 Jun ‘Menopause tech’ is the hot new niche in femtech Femtech founders are taking on the world of hot flushes, emotional turbulence and flagging libido. But can Europe build menopause tech for the masses?
Opinion | Wellbeing | 5 Jun The best startup founders are stubborn and bull-headed… but also ask for advice From time to time the best founders pause the mad charge forward, raise their head and ask for advice, says Neil Rimer, the cofounder of venture capital firm Index Ventures
Analysis | Funding | 4 Jun European investors are finally putting money into sextech startups The so-called ‘sextech’ industry — made up of sex toys, apps and services — is now worth $30bn and is growing by 30% each year.
Analysis | Health | 29 May Get Market Fit CEO Vicky Brock: On lonely startup life & suicidal thoughts Serial entrepreneur Vicky Brock shares her experiences in Sifted's debut series on mental health.
