Pivots are a part of any startup's journey. The team at Lago changed their business mode after some surprising investor advice. | Continue reading
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We look at how companies can stop their engineers from getting bored | Continue reading
Sifted spoke to investors and analysts to get the inside scoop on how the downturn is impacting European tech's startup valuations | Continue reading
VC advice to founders during the slowdown is mostly about preserving — and even raising — more cash. Here's the advice founders really need. | Continue reading
Though pivots are common for early-stage US startups, Europe's ecosystem still isn't supportive when a young startup changes direction. | Continue reading
Operator angel investors may write smaller cheques but they can bring important expertise and networks to early-stage startups. | Continue reading
As startups in Europe chase the status of being the continent's next unicorn, we rank the B2B tech soonicorns likely to join the herd. | Continue reading
Sifted ranked the most promising amongst Nordic startups. Which are the companies to watch in 2022? | Continue reading
Can you combine hypergrowth with building a sustainable company? These startups would rather bootstrap their way to success | Continue reading
Here's what this web2 fintech founder learned after 3 weeks of web3 immersion: still a lot of hype, but there are some lessons to be drawn. | Continue reading
A regularly updated list of the startups and tech businesses in Europe that have recently laid off staff as part of the tech company layoffs | Continue reading
Europe’s most valuable startup is laying off its staff — but will we see worse collateral damage for its smaller competitors? | Continue reading
Gorillas, the speedy grocery poster child, is halving its HQ team to cut costs as it looks for fresh funding | Continue reading
The buy now, pay later giant Klarna is laying off around 10% of its workforce around the world, CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski announced today. | Continue reading
Knowing how much your startup founder salary should be isn't always easy. But here's why it's a question you can't shy away from. | Continue reading
Exor, the owner of Ferrari and Fiat, wants to "fill the void" in early stage startup funding in Italy as it lags behind the rest of Europe | Continue reading
Heroes has settled a lawsuit with VC firm Solid Capital, after alleging the investor fabricated investment documents. | Continue reading
Between guarding checkpoints and making Molotov cocktails, there isn’t too much time for ‘deep work’, Ukrainian tech workers tell Sifted | Continue reading
A Ukrainian tech company is escalating the cyberwar with Russia on its own as it offers a $100k prize for the winner of its 10-day hackathon. | Continue reading
A new report from Seedcamp reveals average founder salaries in Europe. How much are your peers paying themselves? | Continue reading
Scalapay lured in an all-star group of foreign investors, with China’s Tencent and New York’s Willoughby Capital leading the round | Continue reading
Startups in Ukraine are dealing with relocating employees, investors getting cold feet and clients expressing concerns. | Continue reading
VCs poured a record €12bn into European SaaS startups in 2020, placing high risk bets on which software would prove most useful. | Continue reading
Web3 is just a new spin on the same blockchain tech that we've been discussing for the last decade, argues serial entrepreneur Ewan Kirk | Continue reading
These are some of Europe’s wealthiest founders — on paper. | Continue reading
Danish nuclear startup Seaborg accidentally developed a solution for storing solar energy, and its sister company Hyme is going to sell it. | Continue reading
With more than 400 charts in Atomico’s State of European Tech report this year, there’s a lot to digest. Here are the best bits. | Continue reading
Translated's founder Marco Trombetti stumbled across the abandoned hydroelectric plant and realised he had a source of carbon-neutral power. | Continue reading
How do Europe’s VC scout and angel programmes stack up against one another? Sifted lists the perks at each to find out | Continue reading
Open banking allows banks, financial institutions and fintechs to access customers’ financial data — but so far it's seen a slow adoption. | Continue reading
Healthtech founder Napala Pratini spoke to 100 angels and seed-stage VCs across Europe and the US. She dishes the good, bad, and the ugly. | Continue reading
Sifted's (fictional) VC columnist Rosie Wood talks about her company's secret weapon for sourcing: single men on dating apps. | Continue reading
Europe’s biggest climate VC just came out of stealth with €350m. World Fund will work closely with the tree-planting search engine Ecosia. | Continue reading
One day after launching, Visionrare — a fantasy VC investing platform — had to stop trading NFT ‘shares’ in startups. Why? | Continue reading
The freezing Norwegian island of Svalbard is named the sixth best place to live as a digital nomad; London ranks 78th. | Continue reading
Paris-based Cala uses a robot to cook its pasta dishes - meaning the company can make significant savings on real estate costs. | Continue reading
Senior figures at MongoDB, Cisco, OneLogin, Github, Microsoft, Google and Redhat have all put money into Mondoo's $12 Series A round. | Continue reading
In 2021, VCs have funnelled a hefty $2.6bn into Europe’s blockchain startups. But which are the ones to watch in Europe? | Continue reading
Aamir Chishtie explains how he shifted from a marketing to a product role at his startup — and gives tips for others looking to do the same. | Continue reading
Lvndr, a London-based platform dedicated to developing inclusive sexual health solutions for the LGBTQ+ community, has raised £1.5m. | Continue reading
European founder and YC Combinator alum Anh-Tho Chuong Degroote gives tips on how to get the most out of the world's most famous accelerator. | Continue reading
These are the fintech startups presented on Demo Day that are backed by the renowned American startup accelerator Y Combinator. | Continue reading
Toxic workplaces are a rife occurrence, so we asked our readers about their experiences of working at some. Here's what they said. | Continue reading
Here's what experts from Northvolt, Volta Trucks, IKEA Retail and H2Go had to say about electrification's mass adoption. | Continue reading
Spanish battery startup Bioo is drawing on natural energy in the ground to power farms and cities. | Continue reading
Boomerang employee Marie Krebs talks about how she left London's Learnerbly and why she made the decision to come back. | Continue reading