Freya Pratty
Senior Reporter and Investigations Lead at Sifted
Senior reporter + investigations lead at the Financial Times' @Siftedeu | Wincott Young Journalist of the Year | Prev 🇱🇧 & 🇫🇷 | [email protected]
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2 days ago |
sifted.eu | Freya Pratty
Europe’s climate tech ecosystem could benefit from sweeping cuts to the sector in the US, say VCs — if European policymakers are willing to up their game. On Friday, US energy secretary Chris Wright confirmed $3.7bn in grants promised to climate tech projects by the Biden administration had been cancelled. The cuts affect 24 projects, working on things like carbon capture, hydrogen, clean fuels and green steel production.
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3 days ago |
sifted.eu | Mimi Billing |Freya Pratty
A subdivision of the EU’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has suspended payments to business partners, following an investigation into its management of funds. Since launching in 2019, EIT Manufacturing (EITM) has been tasked with enhancing European competitiveness by innovating and upscaling manufacturing capacity in the region, supporting dozens of homegrown businesses through investment and various development schemes.
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4 days ago |
sifted.eu | Freya Pratty
London-based Treefera, a supply chain resiliency startup founded by former execs at UiPath and JPMorgan, has raised a $30m Series B led by Notion Capital. From Covid-19 to Donald Trump’s recent round of tariffs on trading partners, businesses are increasingly preoccupied with the risks inherent to managing global supply chains. The global supply chain management industry is expected to be worth close to $80bn globally by 2033.
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1 week ago |
sifted.eu | Freya Pratty
Chat with a climate tech VC and one name is increasingly likely to come up: Lukas Walton. Lukas is the grandson of Sam Walton, the founder of US supermarket giant Walmart – making him a member of America’s richest family. As of February this year, Lukas Walton has an estimated net worth of $40.9bn. He invests some of that wealth through his family office vehicles: Builders Vision, which invests as an LP into climate funds; and S2G Ventures, which makes direct investments into climate startups.
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1 week ago |
sifted.eu | Tom Matsuda |Freya Pratty
Checkout.com has updated its terms of business to explicitly ban payments for “mail-order spouse” services, after Sifted revealed details of a lawsuit spotlighting the billion-dollar fintech’s links to the adult entertainment industry. Founded by Guillaume Pousaz in 2012, Checkout makes money by processing payments and has previously worked with clients such as OnlyFans and Pornhub.
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NEW: Since 2021, London-based VC firm Future Planet Capital has secured more than £100m in public funds without any competitive bidding process. Sources tell Sifted that government officials have raised questions over its suitability for the project. https://t.co/LNJGbIiBqM