# Wellbeing

Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’

The firm is focused on less popular areas like health, wellness and decarbonisation

Europe’s founders and VCs share their New Year resolutions for 2026

Which ones do you also want to adopt?

Lessons in founder endurance and the ‘joy of stress’

The stamina required to run a startup is not always innate — but it can be acquired

Taking a holiday is good for business

Founders: not being able to switch off isn’t just an emotional weakness. It’s a systems problem

How a shifting market and turbulent politics created a perfect storm for climate tech founders

‘What do I do with my money, and with my life?’ The club helping founders deal with post-exit blues

When Louis Debouzy sold his company in 2022, it triggered a deep identity crisis. So he launched a club for founders facing similar challenges

44% of startups score their investors a “1 out of 5” on helpfulness

Founders report their relationships with VCs have gotten worse or much worse in the last 12 months.

Microdosing is on the rise in UK tech

A trend in Silicon Valley for years, now a growing number of founders and investors are taking magic mushrooms on this side of the Atlantic

‘I felt lost and empty’: Founders share their exit blues stories

Exiting isn’t all champagne and party poppers

European tech has a mental health problem: here are the startups offering a solution

87% of employees have experienced mental health problems because of work — here’s how businesses can help.

It’s time we talked about menstruating at work. Period

90% of people experience cramps on their period — some as painful as a heart attack.

Burnout and bullying: Why startup workers’ mental health is so bad

Sifted readers share their experiences of mental health in the workplace.

Startup employees are using company benefits to pay for electricity

As cost of living increases, employees are using company benefits to cover essential purchases

The 15 ultimate tips that startup operators shared this year

Here's what we learnt about working with superfans, running offsites and hiring your first developer from our Startup Life newsletter this year.

The existential loneliness of the founder CEO

If you want to know what it really feels like to run a startup, speak to a founder’s coach. 

Want to increase productivity? Embrace the four-day week

After the lockdown grind, we gave employees Fridays off and saw benefits for employee productivity and wellbeing.

Not all fun and GIFs: inside the lives of startup social media managers

Creativity blocks, panic attacks and extreme comments — it's time to look beyond the fun side of managing social media at a startup.

Culture or cult? How to stop your startup falling apart

How should founders tread the line between a strong company culture and a toxic workplace? Psychological safety is the key.

How to deal with toxic behaviour in the workplace

Toxic behaviour in the workplace can be difficult to deal with — but it's necessary to do so. Leadership coach Alice Driscoll tells us how.

Why all companies should offer paid period leave

Roos Jansen of Bitwala explains why instituting a period leave policy at work is crucial — and how to do it.

Four mistakes growing startups make when setting up their company spending

We spoke to Jeppe Rindom, CEO and cofounder of Pleo, to find out how fast growing startups can manage their company spending without it leading to chaos.

This Slackbot wants to fix fintech's workplace harassment problem

There have been hundreds of cases of harassment in the fintech sector. Today, InChorus launched a slack bot to track and collate data on microaggressions.

“Spirituality as a service" — the rise of spiritual consultants

“Spiritual consultants” are a growing trend in US workplaces... are European offices spiritually bankrupt?

Dating a founder

Behind every great founder, there’s an incredibly patient partner.