# Balderton Capital

The investors with the biggest jumps in the Sifted AI 100

Balderton, Singular, EQT and LocalGlobe each added five companies to their Sifted AI 100 tally this year. Here's who is getting into Europe's best AI deals, and who is slipping.

‘I’m 30. I’ve got one more shot’: Reson8’s founder wants to build a European AI giant

After selling his healthcare company to Tandem Health, Thomas Kluiters is betting on voice AI — and says Europe’s founders need to think bigger

The top 10 investors backing Europe’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups

A look at the most active investors backing the startups on Sifted’s 2026 leaderboard of the 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe, based on the number of companies they backed

The VCs that could run the UK’s £1bn Scale-Up Fund

From Octopus Ventures to Molten Ventures, here are the investors that could land the mandate to manage the pot

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

From London to Helsinki: the VC funds consistently backing Europe's earliest-stage startups

The most active growth equity investors in Europe

83 growth-stage investors with at least three growth investments have deployed capital into European companies this year

The top junior VCs to watch in Europe, according to partners

Sifted polled partners across Europe to nominate the junior investors they believe are on the come-up

Europe’s 50 most active equity investors in H1 2026

Europe’s proactive health startups, mapped

From full-body scans to biological age tests, startups are building for consumers who want more data, earlier warnings and personalised ways to take control of their health

These investors backed the most European unicorns in 2025

Accel, General Catalyst and HV Capital were the most prolific unicorn-spotters this year

UK recruits leaders from Balderton, DeepMind and Monzo to steer AI strategy

Monzo cofounder Tom Blomfield appointed one of three new AI ambassadors

Spend platform Vertice tops Sifted’s second UK and Ireland leaderboard

Launching today, the Sifted 100: UK and Ireland ranks the region’s fastest growing startups

“You don’t need to burnout in order to succeed”: Key learnings on scaling a European startup at Sifted Summit

At Sifted Summit 2024, our Startup Life newsletter came to life on stage for the second year running. Here’s our key takeaways.