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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1 week ago |
sifted.eu | Freya Pratty |Kai Nicol-Schwarz
After the UK and India signed a long-awaited trade deal, industry leaders in both countries say the pact will revolutionise how talent and capital flows between them. While the deal puts significant focus on cuts to levies on consumer goods such as whiskey and clothing — offering the UK economy a potential £4.8bn boost — members of the startup ecosystem have hailed the potential it could bring to tech, too.
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sifted.eu | Freya Pratty |Mimi Billing
Peter Carlsson, the cofounder of bankrupt Swedish gigafactory Northvolt, has joined a new AI startup, taking a significant stake in the company, according to reports. Carlsson owns between 25 and 50% of Aris Machina, Swedish news site Breakit reports, describing the company as developing software for “manufacturing, factory design and production.” The startup is renting a coworking space in central Stockholm. Aris’ CEO is Northvolt alum Siddharth Khullar, who also owns a stake in the company.
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sifted.eu | Freya Pratty
Hamburg-based climate tech startup 1Komma5 has discussed delaying its long-awaited IPO until after the next US election in 2028, Sifted understands. The company was originally targeting a 2025 listing, but shelved plans for a float after US president Donald Trump wreaked havoc on the public markets with his unprecedented barrage of tariffs on global trading partners.
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1 week ago |
sifted.eu | Freya Pratty |Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Beam, a British climate startup which designed AI and robotics to power the offshore wind industry, has shut down and appointed administrators, months after announcing major expansion plans. The Bristol-based startup had sought to use robotics to automate offshore wind farms, aiming to cut the time needed to service renewable energy systems, thereby bringing down their cost.
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sifted.eu | Maya Dharampal-Hornby |Freya Pratty
Across the last six months, German startup Zolar has cut its workforce from nearly 400 people to just under 50. The company, founded in 2016, set out to provide solar panels to consumers — and raised $241m from VCs including Partech, AENU and Energy Impact Partners to do so. But faced with tanking demand, Zolar has pivoted from its original proposition and is now selling software to other solar panel installers.
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