Technology

Interview | Corporate Innovation | 21 Jan

Selling to businesses is hard, selling to the military is harder

1,200 startups come to defense giant Thales each year to tap otherwise inaccessible army contracts. In turn, their technology means faster, cheaper military innovation.

Opinion | Government | 16 Jan

“Regulation is not a means to all ends,” EU tech companies tell Brussels

An open letter from the European Tech Alliance (EUTA), which represents some of Europe’s largest technology companies, to the new EU Commission.

Interview | Quantum | 9 Jan

What Europe needs to survive the quantum wars

Is quantum just another technological leap that will leave Europe on the side of the road?

Interview | Hardware | 8 Jan

How Czech startup Prusa Research hit 17,122% revenue growth

3D printer manufacturer Prusa Research’s rapid expansion highlights the importance of engaging with your community

Analysis | Healthtech | 31 Dec

The best of Sifted: Healthtech

Startups are reinventing how people take care of themselves. Here are Sifted's health (and sleep, and sex, and pet...) tech must-reads.

Analysis | Mobility | 30 Dec

The best of Sifted: Mobility and travel

We'll still be talking about electric scooters, driverless vehicles and flying cars in 2020. So you'd better catch up on Sifted's mobility and travel must-reads.

News | Analytics | 18 Dec

Pexxi founder says venture capital funds are “painfully” clueless about birth control

Investors are “afraid" of women's health, says Pexxi's Shardi Nahavandi. The femtech founder is building the world's first algorithm for oral birth control.

News | Artificial Intelligence | 16 Dec

DeepMind exec Andrew Eland leaves to launch startup

The startup, called Diagonal Works, aims to find new ways to improve towns and cities with software.

News | Public | 12 Dec

Labour activists using Tinder election bots to sway vote

The UK's general election is seeing dating-tech enter the fray, with left-wing activists running a Tinder bot to boost the Corbyn vote. But does it really work?

Interview | Venture Capital | 12 Dec

The Scot who helped turn Peter Thiel-backed startup Xero into a €7bn business

Gary Turner, a 51-year-old college drop out, has helped accounting software provider Xero to grow into a €7bn business.

Interview | Investment | 10 Dec

Launching Europe’s “unicorn factory”

Jean-Eric Paquet has a €10bn war chest to turn the European Innovation Council into "the biggest deeptech equity fund in Europe.”

Analysis | Corporate Innovation | 10 Dec

“Forget the money, startups” says chief executive of German unicorn Otto Bock

The chief executive of Europe's 100-year-old unicorn tells founders to stop focusing on profit.

Analysis | Fintech | 9 Dec

European fintech weekly: After a last-minute fundraise, what lies ahead for Zopa and its lending peers

The story of one of the UK's oldest fintechs to date - and what could be next

Opinion | Venture Capital | 4 Dec

Technology is stagnating and the venture capital industry is to blame

There is more and more money in tech, but when was the last time you experienced the launch of a product that felt truly revolutionary? We think the venture capital industry is to blame.

Interview | Fintech | 4 Dec

Why these “three old French men” launched a fintech to help millennials save

A former Bank of America exec has cofounded a savings app for the next generation. The business model looks promising, but will millennials take interest?

Analysis | Food | 27 Nov

This startup built a €250k edible-insect farm inside an old mine — with its own sauna

Finnish startup EntoCube says it will make insect farming cheaper by taking it 1436m underground.