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Analysis | Venture Capital | 3 Jul

Impact investors to know in Europe

Meet the impact investors, fund managers and support groups shaking up Europe’s impact space and paving the way for a sustainable future.

News | VC | 3 Jul

Lakestar partner steps down after decade at the VC firm

Manu Gupta is leaving prominent European VC firm, Lakestar.

News | Deeptech | 22 Jun

AImotive raises $20m to become Europe’s ‘largest VC-backed automated driving company’

Hungarian startup has raised over $70m as it looks for affordable and software-driven solutions to making autonomous driving a reality.

Photo of Guillaume Pousaz, founder and CEO of Checkout.com

News | Fintech | 22 Jun

Payments startup Checkout.com hits $5.5bn valuation

The payments processor has tripled its valuation from its last raise. It is now the joint most-highly valued fintech in Europe.

Opinion | Investment | 19 Jun

Black businesses are in crisis

Governments need to encourage investors and banks to support black businesses.

News | Venture Capital | 18 Jun

Hoxton Ventures closes its second fund of (almost) $100m

It has a tiny team, a trio of billion dollar companies and a must-read Twitter account.

Opinion | Venture Capital | 17 Jun

VCs should pay themselves less

Why big fat salaries are a bad idea for VCs — according to a VC.

News | Logistics | 11 Jun

Ontruck raises €17m in Spain’s biggest round of 2020

Digital freight platform OnTruck has big plans to develop its carbon-saving logistics tech.

Interview | Coronavirus | 9 Jun

Startups can re-invent the post-pandemic world, says Armenian president

President Armen Sarkissian talks tech startups, reinventing the world and his idea for a club of small nations.

Analysis | Fintech | 8 Jun

Public market investors bet on a full fintech recovery

Top fintech stocks are recovering. So, are Europe's fintech startups over the worst of it too?

News | Venture Capital | 4 Jun

New pre-seed pitch event launches — remotely

The Debut Sessions wants to hear from UK founders raising their first round.

News | Startup Life | 4 Jun

94% of VC-backed startups are going to survive Covid

Station F’s ecosystem survey looks at how startups are coping with coronavirus. The answer is: mostly well.

A portrait of Pascal Cagni co-founder of C4 Ventures

Interview | Venture Capital | 3 Jun

Who will the Covid unicorns be?

Pascal Cagni used to be Steve Jobs’ Europe guy at Apple. Now he’s running a VC with a five unicorn track record and a recipe for investing after coronavirus.

Analysis | Cities | 2 Jun

Why Covid is your ticket to working by the beach

If everyone’s working remotely, will Europe’s tech capitals lose to smaller hubs with lifestyle perks? Marseille for one is making a push to shine.

Opinion | Venture Capital | 2 Jun

Why more funds should consider launching scout programmes in Europe

For starters, it's a way to get ahead of the (growing) competition.

Interview | Venture Capital | 1 Jun

Spain’s top women investors

Sifted asked some of Spain’s leading women in the investment sector about their track record on diversity.