Kai Nicol-Schwarz

1 week ago | sifted.eu | Kai Nicol-Schwarz |Amy Lewin

European VC giant Atomico has agreed to sell part of its fund of funds portfolio, multiple sources have told Sifted. US private equity company Kline Hill Partners (KHP) is acquiring Atomico’s LP stakes in VC funds including Seedcamp, Visionaries Club, Puzzle Ventures, Common Magic and Tiny VC, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.

1 week ago | sifted.eu | Kai Nicol-Schwarz |Daphne Leprince-Ringuet |Tom Nugent

European hardware startups are scrambling to navigate supply chain uncertainty and rethink expansion plans as US tariff back-and-forths continue to wreak market chaos and a trade war with China intensifies. Senior leaders have been rushing to schedule contingency plan meetings with boards and investors over the past week, as they look to protect runways and shelter themselves from the worst of the global economic fallout, founders and VCs tell Sifted.

2 weeks ago | sifted.eu | Miriam Partington |Kai Nicol-Schwarz |Anne Sraders

European VC firms are weighing up the impact of Donald Trump’s punishing array of tariffs on the continent’s startup ecosystem. Last week, the US president forged ahead with his long-trailed “Liberation Day”, slapping unprecedented import taxes on goods shipped into the US from around the world. The package saw some investors lose billions of dollars on the stock market — and others their appetite for risk.

3 weeks ago | sifted.eu | Miriam Partington |Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Finnish quantum startup IQM is aiming to secure more than the €128m it raised at its last round, as startups in the sector race to scale following a series of technical breakthroughs. Founded in 2018, IQM is the second best-funded quantum hardware company in Europe, excluding Big Tech, according to Sifted data, having raised a total $210m from investors including Tencent, World Fund and MIG Capital.

1 month ago | sifted.eu | Freya Pratty |Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Since 2021, investment firm Future Planet Capital (FPC) has secured more than £100m in public funds without any competitive bidding process. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the UK Space Agency are among the government departments and agencies to have contributed to the £110m UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S).