Nordic soonicorns to watch
Nordic soonicorns to watch
11 startups in line to hit unicorn status
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The UK’s first fund of funds with an explicit mandate to invest in female fund managers has announced a first close following team changes.
UK’s flagship fund of funds backing female investors and founders announces first close at £130m
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UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups
UK pension providers back £200m fund aimed at supercharging homegrown startups
Ministers cheer landmark deal to unlock capital for fast-growing companies. The fund will bring in pension capital for UK venture.
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Over 100 startups left waiting for cash after EU-funded body collapses
Over 100 startups left waiting for cash after EU-funded body collapses
EIT Manufacturing trades blows with former backer EIT after filing for liquidation Over 100 startups left waiting for cash after EU-funded body collapses
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Matt Clifford steps back from Entrepreneurs First after 15 years
Matt Clifford steps back from Entrepreneurs First after 15 years
The pioneering accelerator’s cofounder and former CEO will transitions to a non-executive chair role, he announced on Wednesday.
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How many government AI initiatives is too many?
How many government AI initiatives is too many?
British politician Ed Vaizey asks for a more joined-up AI investment strategy from the UK government
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EXCLUSIVE: The Women Backing Women fund of funds, which is yet to announce a first close, is down two partners.
UK’s flagship female founder fund loses two founding partners
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OPINION: An interaction with a dying patient was the moment I realised I couldn’t stay in the lab — I needed to do something that would help science reach people faster.
‘Going into industry’ is still a dirty phrase for academia. We need to change this
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NEWS: London-based AI chip maker Fractile is seeking to raise $200m in funding at a $1bn valuation, according to the Financial Times.
Chip maker Fractile in talks to raise $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say
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EXCLUSIVE: A growing number of fintech startups are making AI a core component of their offerings from the outset.
European fintech is going AI-native
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NEWS: London-based analytics business valued at $1.3bn following Series C round Credit data startup 9fin crowned Europe’s newest unicorn with $170m raise
Credit data startup 9fin crowned Europe’s newest unicorn with $170m raise
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RANKED: Sifted’s final roundup of the biggest cheque writers in 2025, covering everything from B2B SaaS and consumer to healthtech and fintech.
Europe’s top investors in climate, B2B SaaS, healthtech, fintech and consumer tech
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SCOOP: The EU is expected to imminently name the investor chosen to manage its new €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund.
Manager decision imminent for EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund — with fees still to be decided
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The HackSummit, taking place this year, is betting on European founders, investors and experts to meet the challenge of Europe’s deeptech moment.
Europe has a deeptech advantage. Can it execute?
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NEW: Reversal comes amid broader transatlantic push by British neobanks.
Monzo shuts down US operations to focus on UK and Europe
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ANALYSIS: Five writers on the secretive, well-paid job of making VCs and founders worth reading.
Confessions of a tech ghostwriter: ‘I will help you scale cringe mountain’
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The companies that succeed start by identifying a real problem and then let AI become part of the solution.
From hype to impact: How companies are scaling with AI
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LATEST: While we celebrate European founders who ‘make it’ in the US, we overlook the category-defining companies thriving because they doubled down on Europe.
European founders are obsessed with Silicon Valley. Here’s why I’m not
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OPINION: Tech sovereignty is a tough game — so maybe the region's startups should be playing differently.
Making the most of Europe’s second mover advantage
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EXCLUSIVE: Following a period of employee churn, the early-stage investor is making further cuts to increase efficiency.
Speedinvest cuts 10% of team after a period of churn
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French startup to acquire 13.8k Nvidia GPUs for its first data centre in the south of Paris Mistral secures $830m loan to fund AI data centre build-out.
Mistral secures $830m loan to fund AI data centre build-out
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This is the second iteration of the European Tech Champions Initiative, which launched in 2023 in a bid to boost late-stage startup funding in Europe.
EIF launches €15bn fund of funds to back 100 growth-stage VCs
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The London-based company, which transcribes meeting notes for users, is valued at $1.5bn.
AI notetaking startup Granola hits unicorn status with $125m Series C
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After launching three AI startups, Lebrun has embarked on the ‘project of a lifetime’ as CEO of LeCun’s new startup.
The ‘maverick’ founder Yann LeCun handpicked to run AMI Labs
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NEW: Balderton Capital, AVP and other investors were accused of orchestrating a “covert plot” to oust the former CEO of Cognism.
Balderton, AVP in ‘covert plot’ to oust Cognism founder, court hears
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EXCLUSIVE: Sifted tracked the 97 busiest cheque writers, in a year that saw investments rise 61%.
These were the most active deeptech investors in 2025
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