# Venture Capital

The incubator launching Scotland’s next generation of tech: ‘We need to pull the bigger players into the Scottish market’
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July 15, 2026
The incubator launching Scotland’s next generation of tech: ‘We need to pull the bigger players into the Scottish market’
The Venture Builder Incubator programme, in partnership with Techscaler, is working to turn Scotland’s world-class university research into scalable commercial businesses
Sponsored by: Techscaler
Exclusive: ETCI-backed VC firms split over plan to limit non-European investments
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July 3, 2026
Exclusive: ETCI-backed VC firms split over plan to limit non-European investments
Some VCs believe being required to invest more into Europe could limit their appeal to private LPs
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Anne Sraders
Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive
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July 2, 2026
Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive
The US AI giant has unveiled a new set of tools designed to automate scientific research
Freya Pratty, Éanna Kelly, Martin Coulter and Tom Nugent
EU offers quota deal to end UK-France standoff over €5bn Scaleup fund
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July 2, 2026
EU offers quota deal to end UK-France standoff over €5bn Scaleup fund
The talks follow France’s attempt to block UK participation in the fund
Freya Pratty and Martin Coulter
Exclusive: DeepMind and Gensyn angels back Xylo in £2.8m raise
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July 1, 2026
Exclusive: DeepMind and Gensyn angels back Xylo in £2.8m raise
Govtech is trendy now, say the team behind Xylo, which provides AI agents for planning officers
Freya Pratty
Why this AI founder ditched bootstrapping for a $17m deal with 20VC
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July 1, 2026
Why this AI founder ditched bootstrapping for a $17m deal with 20VC
Fonio founder Daniel Keinrath spent years avoiding VCs. But a shift in pricing — and a meeting with Harry Stebbings — changed his mind
Éanna Kelly
More VC mergers are coming, says P101 founder
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June 30, 2026
More VC mergers are coming, says P101 founder
The Italian VC just acquired a fellow seed investor in what it says is the first such consolidation deal in the country
Anne Sraders
Berlin’s Peec AI targeting $200m valuation in new fundraise, sources say
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June 26, 2026
Berlin’s Peec AI targeting $200m valuation in new fundraise, sources say
The startup last raised $21m in November
Anne Sraders, Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO
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June 25, 2026
Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO
Dada hopes her move to become a VC-operator will “kick off a trend” among European investors
Anne Sraders
Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
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June 25, 2026
Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
The UK’s involvement in the superfund now rests on the incoming British prime minister and the European Union
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Europe’s investors eye nuclear startups amid ‘massive scramble’ for sovereign energy
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June 25, 2026
Europe’s investors eye nuclear startups amid ‘massive scramble’ for sovereign energy
Some investors report seeing more nuclear startups in the market, but big challenges remain
Anne Sraders
Revolut, Wise and UiPath-backer Seedcamp raises $320m
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June 22, 2026
Revolut, Wise and UiPath-backer Seedcamp raises $320m
'We won't back companies that have sovereignty as a sole differentiator,' says Seedcamp
Freya Pratty
Investors bemoan vibe-coded product slop
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June 22, 2026
Investors bemoan vibe-coded product slop
'More often than not, you can see that the product has been built in a silo'
Freya Pratty
Eric Slesinger’s 201 Ventures plots second defence fund, sources say
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June 19, 2026
Eric Slesinger’s 201 Ventures plots second defence fund, sources say
Slesinger’s debut fund was backed by LPs like the NATO Innovation Fund
Anne Sraders
Luxembourg Venture Days connects capital and dealflow
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June 17, 2026
Luxembourg Venture Days connects capital and dealflow
Meet LPs, investors and high-growth startups and scaleups in one curated event
Paid for and produced by: Startup Luxembourg
UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions
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June 16, 2026
UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions
It comes as the defence prime is more actively investing in defence startups via an incubator programme
Anne Sraders
ASML eyeing more Mistral-style startup bets, CEO says
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June 16, 2026
ASML eyeing more Mistral-style startup bets, CEO says
The CEO sat down with Sifted to talk Mistral, physical AI and why M&A is an “exception”
Anne Sraders
Exclusive: NIF hires ex-EIB investor to run fund of funds programme
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June 12, 2026
Exclusive: NIF hires ex-EIB investor to run fund of funds programme
The role was previously left unfilled after founding partner Thorsten Claus departed in 2024
Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty
SpaceX’s IPO: ‘It shows us what we’re missing in Europe’
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June 12, 2026
SpaceX’s IPO: ‘It shows us what we’re missing in Europe’
Some investors believe the IPO could “set the benchmark” for Europe’s defence, aerospace and deeptech startups
Anne Sraders and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Continuation fund craze: who really wins when VCs sell to themselves?
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June 11, 2026
Continuation fund craze: who really wins when VCs sell to themselves?
Critics warn continuation funds can introduce conflicts of interest
Freya Pratty
All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund
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June 8, 2026
All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund
The firm aims to back 25 healthcare and medtech startups and believes “AI is going to completely transform healthcare”
Anne Sraders
The European investors set to win big from Anthropic’s $1tn+ IPO
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June 5, 2026
The European investors set to win big from Anthropic’s $1tn+ IPO
Some European investors managed to squeeze into the US AI model maker’s cap table
Anne Sraders
Top 10 investors behind the Sifted Consumer 100 ranking
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June 5, 2026
Top 10 investors behind the Sifted Consumer 100 ranking
The startup ranking lists Europe’s breakout consumer tech startups by mainstream adoption, cultural momentum and global significance
Ruggero Di Spigna
EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?
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June 3, 2026
EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?
After winning the Scaleup Europe Fund mandate, EQT is positioned to help decide which startups become Europe’s next giants
Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders

# Venture Capital

The incubator launching Scotland’s next generation of tech: ‘We need to pull the bigger players into the Scottish market’

Exclusive: ETCI-backed VC firms split over plan to limit non-European investments

Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive

EU offers quota deal to end UK-France standoff over €5bn Scaleup fund

Exclusive: DeepMind and Gensyn angels back Xylo in £2.8m raise

Why this AI founder ditched bootstrapping for a $17m deal with 20VC

More VC mergers are coming, says P101 founder

Berlin’s Peec AI targeting $200m valuation in new fundraise, sources say

Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO

Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund

Europe’s investors eye nuclear startups amid ‘massive scramble’ for sovereign energy

Revolut, Wise and UiPath-backer Seedcamp raises $320m

Investors bemoan vibe-coded product slop

Eric Slesinger’s 201 Ventures plots second defence fund, sources say

Luxembourg Venture Days connects capital and dealflow

UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions

ASML eyeing more Mistral-style startup bets, CEO says

Exclusive: NIF hires ex-EIB investor to run fund of funds programme

SpaceX’s IPO: ‘It shows us what we’re missing in Europe’

Continuation fund craze: who really wins when VCs sell to themselves?

All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund

The European investors set to win big from Anthropic’s $1tn+ IPO

Top 10 investors behind the Sifted Consumer 100 ranking

EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?