# General Catalyst

Onodrim raises $300m as European defence rollups heat up

The big fundraise comes as European defence ‘rollups’ are becoming a bigger trend

European startups are using rollup strategies for defence. Some VCs are sceptical

Commonly used in private equity, rollups acquire a bunch of smaller companies and make them more efficient

Missile startup Hypersonica raises €100m from Lightspeed, General Catalyst as missile defence takes off

The Series B raise reportedly values the startup at around €700m.

Sequoia and General Catalyst value ex-police chief’s AI startup at $400m — reports

London-based 22one is developing AI tools for police forces as the UK government pushes to modernise policing

Strawberry's Charles Maddock on lessons from Anton Osika, US ambitions – and how Legora’s Junestrand helped land GC

Strawberry is backed by General Catalyst and EQT Ventures, and this week launched its first full product, Strawberry 1.0

Exclusive: General Catalyst-backed Strawberry launches first full product, 'the European alternative' to US agents

Strawberry founder Charles Maddock chats the new release, his US ambitions – and how Legora’s Junestrand helped land GC

Palantir chief: Europe must ‘accept some dependency’ on US tech

UK and Europe chief Louis Mosely rejects continent’s push for tech sovereignty

More startup ‘mafias’ are coming in Norway, predicts VC

Though Oslo's tech scene trails its neighbour Stockholm, some local VCs see promise in physical AI

Legora raises fresh $550m at $8.8bn valuation

Fast-growing legaltech startup wins backing from Atreides Management and JP Morgan

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.

Governments need startups. So why is it so hard to sell to them?

Execs from Synthesia, General Catalyst and the UK's Sovereign AI Fund debated how startups can break into government — and whether European sovereignty should come before the best technology

Sifted Summit day one: dispatched

Featuring Zeynep Yavuz Wilson, Sir Nick Clegg, UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan and Max Junestrand

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

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

The top 10 investors in the Nordics

A look at the leading early- and growth-stage VCs active in the Nordics, based on the number of companies they backed on Sifted’s 2026 Nordics leaderboard

The most active US VCs in Europe

Between January and the August 26th, 738 US-headquartered investors put capital into European startups

Europe’s 50 most active equity investors in H1 2026

AI rollup startup Dwelly raises $170m backed by EQT and General Catalyst

Leading AI founders from ElevenLabs, Legora and Synthesia also participated

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

Inside Dwelly’s AI-powered rollup playbook

London-based proptech reportedly in talks to raise $200m from General Catalyst and others

Factorial raises $150m Series D backed by General Catalyst and Atomico

Fresh funding comes as European software companies race to adapt to AI

Frontier computing mapped: 70+ companies racing to power the AI era

The startups that could finally shift the continent from consumer to competitor

Revealed: The 20 startups chosen for the AI accelerator backed by Sequoia, General Catalyst, Mistral and OpenAI

The first batch of AI companies chosen for Station F's new F/ai programme

Sequoia, General Catalyst, Mistral and OpenAI back new European AI accelerator to compete against Y Combinator

Based in Station F in Paris, the programme will focus on helping early-stage AI startups with their go-to-market strategy

General Catalyst’s policy chief: EU Inc is biggest concern for startups

The General Catalyst Institute has been lobbying and working with EU policymakers on the top issues of 2026