Analysis | Hardware | 12 Feb Nine mental health startups smashing “taboo” in Europe Global investment in mental health startups has surged to £500m.
Interview | Future of Work | 17 Jan How Framery conquered the world’s tech workplaces — and grew 100x in five years With its soundproof booths, Framery killed noise in open-plan offices. Here’s how bootstrapping and grit equalled 100x growth.
Places | Cities | 3 Jan Why startups are relocating to Lisbon and what they’re finding behind the hype Three founders tell us why they moved their companies to the Portuguese capital, and how they feel about it now.
News | Analytics | 18 Dec Pexxi founder says venture capital funds are “painfully” clueless about birth control Investors are “afraid" of women's health, says Pexxi's Shardi Nahavandi. The femtech founder is building the world's first algorithm for oral birth control.
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.
