Daria Dmytrenko

Sep 6, 2024 | sifted.eu | Éanna Kelly |Freya Pratty |Tom Nugent |Daria Dmytrenko

Who doesn’t love a good founder biopic? Daniel Ek, Travis Kalanick, Adam Neumann, Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Holmes have all had the Hollywood treatment in recent years. So we thought, wouldn’t it be great to see more founders on screen? Here’s an idea that started life on Sifted Slack and grew legs (to the extent that it put us all severely behind on our work one evening…). Here’s our dream casting — tell us yours.

Sep 5, 2024 | sifted.eu | Anne Sraders |Daria Dmytrenko

Investors are being wooed by the promise of cutting-edge technology and science — and they’ve put billions behind so-called deeptech startups this year, working on everything from robots and drones to new materials and quantum computing. Investors wrote €6.5bn worth of cheques for 488 deeptech deals so far in 2024, according to Sifted data (which excludes climate and healthtech startups).

Mar 19, 2024 | sifted.eu | Tom Matsuda |Daria Dmytrenko

Exits at European payments startups are at their highest point ever, amid a dip in investment in the sector. Last year, while VC funding in the space totalled $2bn — its lowest level since 2018 —  there were 31 exits among payment companies in Europe, according to Sifted Intelligence’s latest weekly Briefing. Notable examples include Swedish open banking business company Trustly’s acquisition of SlimPay and fintech infrastructure Rapyd’s buyout of the Netherlands-based PayU.

Aug 9, 2023 | sifted.eu | Daria Dmytrenko

European tech halted its funding slide in Q2, as investment bounced back by 18% from its Q1 lull, from $13.8bn to $15.7bn, according to Dealroom. Sifted Intelligence wanted to find out what was behind the revival, so we turned to six of the quarter’s most active VCs — Antler, Kima Ventures, FJ Labs, Fuel Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Notion Capital — to learn why they’re feeling so resolute about the ecosystem, and where they’re allocating their capital.

Jun 16, 2023 | sifted.eu | Daria Dmytrenko

European deeptech startups raised $17.7bn in 2022, 22% less than the year before, but still up 60% on 2020, according to Dealroom. Investors, recognising the immense potential of deeptech, are increasingly eager to back startups building the next generation of technologies in things like quantum, techbio and generative AI.