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Italian startups are growing up: bigger early-stage rounds and more late-stage money, data shows
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Sifted data
October 22, 2026
Italian startups are growing up: bigger early-stage rounds and more late-stage money, data shows
Bigger seeds, a rebound in growth rounds and a record year for late-stage equity point to a maturing pipeline
Federico Scolari
Exclusive: British Business Bank puts £180m into six AI funds, including Evantic and EF
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October 15, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank puts £180m into six AI funds, including Evantic and EF
‘The British Business Bank understands growth-stage risk as we do,’ says Evantic’s Matt Miller
Freya Pratty
Exein raises $270m to fight AI hackers, doubles valuation
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September 15, 2026
Exein raises $270m to fight AI hackers, doubles valuation
Europe’s newest unicorn wins investor backing amid mounting fear over AI progress
Martin Coulter
7 geothermal startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
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Investor survey
September 10, 2026
7 geothermal startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
VCs are eyeing startups working to improve drilling costs and provide Europe with more sovereign energy
Anne Sraders
Renewed online debate about German bureaucracy sparks criticism over startup scene: ‘Things need to change’
Analysis
August 31, 2026
Renewed online debate about German bureaucracy sparks criticism over startup scene: ‘Things need to change’
An X post by Stripe CEO Patrick Collison over the weekend highlighted the laborious procedures startups have to go through in Germany
Anne Sraders
The most active US VCs in Europe
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Most active investors
August 28, 2026
The most active US VCs in Europe
Between January and the August 26th, 738 US-headquartered investors put capital into European startups
Ruggero Di Spigna
The European startups racing to power the AI boom, mapped
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Market map
July 31, 2026
The European startups racing to power the AI boom, mapped
From nuclear to geothermal to tidal power, Sifted maps the European startups developing new sources of electricity for the continent’s growing data centre buildout
Jonathan Sinclair
Nvidia in talks to back Yann LeCun’s new AI startup in bumper funding round
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January 22, 2026
Nvidia in talks to back Yann LeCun’s new AI startup in bumper funding round
The startup's round was quickly oversubscribed, sources tell Sifted, with the final close expected to be higher than €500m
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Anne Sraders
17 voice AI startups to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
December 22, 2025
17 voice AI startups to watch, according to VCs
From AI-powered scribes for dentists to voice AI for military communications, investors share which voice AI startups are on their radar right now
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

# Headline

Italian startups are growing up: bigger early-stage rounds and more late-stage money, data shows

Exclusive: British Business Bank puts £180m into six AI funds, including Evantic and EF

Exein raises $270m to fight AI hackers, doubles valuation

7 geothermal startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

Renewed online debate about German bureaucracy sparks criticism over startup scene: ‘Things need to change’

The most active US VCs in Europe

The European startups racing to power the AI boom, mapped

Nvidia in talks to back Yann LeCun’s new AI startup in bumper funding round

17 voice AI startups to watch, according to VCs