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Europe’s chips startups mapped: 113 companies building the hardware behind AI
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Market map
November 11, 2026
Europe’s chips startups mapped: 113 companies building the hardware behind AI
From AI accelerators to photonic interconnects, the startups betting Europe can claim a place in the semiconductor supply chain
Ruggero Di Spigna
Photonics mapped: 74 European startups using light to power the AI era
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Market map
November 3, 2026
Photonics mapped: 74 European startups using light to power the AI era
From optical chips to laser weapons, these are the companies turning photons into Europe’s next deeptech export
Ruggero Di Spigna
15 photonics startups to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
November 2, 2026
15 photonics startups to watch, according to VCs
Photonics are becoming red-hot as increasingly demanding AI workloads require faster and more efficient approaches to computing
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
This fintech wasn’t ‘actively’ fundraising. Then it closed a $90m round at an $800m valuation
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October 29, 2026
This fintech wasn’t ‘actively’ fundraising. Then it closed a $90m round at an $800m valuation
New Enterprise Associates, Index ventures and Speedinvest participated in Spiko’s latest fundraise
Damisola Sulaiman
Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money
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Market map
October 16, 2026
Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money
From AI accountants to agents that pay other agents, Sifted maps the startups rebuilding the back office of finance
Ruggero Di Spigna
Spiko raises $90m in Series B backed by Index Ventures and Speedinvest
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October 6, 2026
Spiko raises $90m in Series B backed by Index Ventures and Speedinvest
Revolut cofounder Nik Storonsky previously backed the company’s Series A
Damisola Sulaiman
European quantum mapped: 50+ startups betting big on the revolutionary tech
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Market map
March 25, 2026
European quantum mapped: 50+ startups betting big on the revolutionary tech
Your guide to Europe's quantum landscape, featuring startups building hardware, software and early applications
Jonathan Sinclair and Éanna Kelly
European robotics mapped: 90 startups driving the next wave of automation
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Market map
February 27, 2026
European robotics mapped: 90 startups driving the next wave of automation
From Paris to Zurich, Sifted's market map of Europe’s robotics landscape categorises 90 startups building across the industrial, logistics, defence and healthcare industries
Jonathan Sinclair
The most active corporate VCs in 2025
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Most active investors
February 10, 2026
The most active corporate VCs in 2025
84 corporate investors struck three or more deals last year
Hessa Alabbas
Most active semiconductor and photonics investors in Europe
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Most active investors
February 17, 2025
Most active semiconductor and photonics investors in Europe
Which investors in Europe are backing the most semiconductor and photonics startups?
Tom Nugent
Dutch VC PhotonVentures bets all on photonic chips with new €100m fund
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August 31, 2023
Dutch VC PhotonVentures bets all on photonic chips with new €100m fund
With a €60m fund — which is expected to double in size by 2024 — PhotonVentures wants to support startups using photonic chips to solve real-world problems
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

# Netherlands

Europe’s chips startups mapped: 113 companies building the hardware behind AI

Photonics mapped: 74 European startups using light to power the AI era

15 photonics startups to watch, according to VCs

This fintech wasn’t ‘actively’ fundraising. Then it closed a $90m round at an $800m valuation

Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money

Spiko raises $90m in Series B backed by Index Ventures and Speedinvest

European quantum mapped: 50+ startups betting big on the revolutionary tech

European robotics mapped: 90 startups driving the next wave of automation

The most active corporate VCs in 2025

Most active semiconductor and photonics investors in Europe

Dutch VC PhotonVentures bets all on photonic chips with new €100m fund