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Sifted @sifted.eu · 20/01/2026

The looming trade war between the US and Europe over Greenland has renewed calls for Europe to move away from American tech

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Trump’s tariff threats boost EU tech sovereignty push

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John Thornhill @johnthornhill.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Punchy interview with LocalGlobe's Saul Klein on the meh-ness of unicorns, the importance of ARR and the need for UK institutional investors to get serious about tech (see below) sifted.eu/articles/sau... @amyrlewin.bsky.social @sifted.eu

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Sifted @sifted.eu · 26/03/2025

Meet the UK and Ireland’s fastest-growing startups in 2025! 🇬🇧 We're back with our second annual Sifted 100: UK & Ireland Leaderboard, in partnership with Marriott Harrison — a ranking of the 100 fastest-growing startups by revenue growth. See the rising stars: sifted.eu/intelligence...

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Freya Pratty @freyapratty.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

New: Octopus Energy has recorded its second year of profitability, despite a dip in revenues. Its tech arm, Kraken (which files separate accounts) saw profits increase 480%. sifted.eu/articles/oct...

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Octopus Energy turns profit for second year running as its tech arm surges

London-based energy supplier Octopus Energy recorded its second year of profit. company’s tech arm, Kraken, saw significant growth in 2024.

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A16z has ramped up its scout presence in Europe, despite closing its London crypto office last week. I tracked down at least a dozen scouts in Europe — and found out what their 'deal' is: sifted.eu/articles/a16...

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A16z ramps up scout presence in Europe, despite closing London crypto office

US VC giant Andreessen Horowitz has been ramping up its scout network in Europe over recent months, despite closing its London office

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"In every business I’ve worked or consulted for, the customer support team has always been located in a literal — or metaphysical — basement. Undervalued and overlooked." In the AI era, is that about to change? Olio founder Tessa Clarke thinks so: sifted.eu/articles/cus...

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Customer support’s hot: How AI is changing who’s most valuable in tech

Will customer support leapfrog from tech's most undervalued department to most valued department this year? Tessa Clarke thinks so

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Anne Sraders @annesraders.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

New: European tech VCs and founders are wrestling with what the surprise success of China's AI startup DeepSeek means for startups on the continent... More on @sifted.eu sifted.eu/articles/dee...

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DeepSeek gives Europe's AI startups a reality check

The company spooked the markets with the release of a high-performing, low-cost chatbot.

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Nearly 80% of tech companies are considering a secondary share sale in the next year. The findings follow a spate of fintech secondaries last year — with Revolut, Monzo and Tide all letting employees sell shares. sifted.eu/articles/tec...

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Nearly 80% of tech companies are considering a secondary share sale in the next year

Equity management platform Ledgy surveyed 2,550 respondents in Europe, the UK and the US — and found that tech companies are keen on secondaries

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Exclusive: Internal documents reveal how the UK government spent *five* years luring Andreessen Horowitz to London. Now, just over a year after opening their office, they're gone. sifted.eu/articles/and...

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Internal documents reveal how the UK spent years luring Andreessen Horowitz to London: 'Most crypto firms have left'

Internal documents reveal the UK government spent years luring VC giant Andreessen Horowitz to London before it ditched the city for Trump.

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

In news that may surprise nobody, Andreessen Horowitz is closing its UK office and pivoting back to the US crypto market sifted.eu/articles/and...

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Andreessen Horowitz closes UK office, pivots back to US crypto market

The US VC firm previously told Sifted that it was ‘all-in on the UK’.

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Ledger founder David Balland was kidnapped this week in France — and has now been released sifted.eu/articles/dav...

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Miriam Partington @mpartington.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Elon Musk’s rise to the role of “chief buddy” under Donald Trump’s second White House administration has stirred division among European tech leaders, with some calling for the EU to adopt his deregulatory agenda. sifted.eu/articles/elo...

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‘We need a DOGE for Europe!’ Elon Musk’s White House takeover inspires – and divides – Europe’s tech leaders

The Tesla mogul's White House takeover has stirred division among Europe’s tech elites, prompting some to pick a side.

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Founder salaries jumped up across Europe last year, with the median salary doubling for bootstrapped founders, according to a new report from VC firm Creandum. sifted.eu/articles/sta...

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Miriam Partington @mpartington.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Does Europe need to be more like the US to build global champions? The debate has intensified at a time where Europe's economic progress has stagnated and countries are battling to dominate the next wave of critical technology. More in the Sifted Daily: sifted.eu/articles/eur...

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Does Europe need to be more like the US?

In 2024, the squabbling on LinkedIn about which place was better to start a business seemed to be taken up a notch.

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Freya Pratty @freyapratty.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Northvolt's bankruptcy leaves its sister project Stegra (formerly H2 Green Steel) as Europe's flagship green infra project. I chatted to Stegra about whether Northvolt's fate has scared off the banks, Stegra's expansion plans and its hopes to mop up Northvolt talent: sifted.eu/articles/ste...

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'We're fully financed' says Northvolt's sister company Stegra

Northvolt’s collapse leaves Stegra as Europe’s largest and best funded climate tech company, with €6.5bn raised to date.

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Freya Pratty @freyapratty.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

New: Checkout.com saw losses balloon 73% to $306m at its UK entities in 2023, filings show. Revenues from processing payments dropped after severing ties with “a large merchant”, thought to be crypto exchange Binance. sifted.eu/articles/che...

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Checkout.com saw losses balloon 73% to $306m in 2023

Checkout.com, one of Europe’s most valuable startups, saw losses at its UK entities balloon 73% to $306m in 2023, its financial filings show.

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

This from @jim.londoncentric.media is a superb piece of reporting and data crunching on which is going on demographically and socially in London, through TFL charts. Jim's substack, Londoncentric, is very much worth your time. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tra...

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Ageing, static and skint: Nine charts that explain what's going on with London transport

How the ability to travel around the city shapes the capital, its residents, and the lives we lead.

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Freya Pratty @freyapratty.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Ian Slater set up a family office, Gloucester Circus, to invest into VCs. There was just one problem: the VCs and family offices around Slater were real, but his promises of money were often not. This is the story of the man who managed to catfish the VC ecosystem. sifted.eu/articles/glo...

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Inside Gloucester Circus: the family office which managed to catfish London’s VC ecosystem

Although the VCs, family offices and even the lawyer that often accompanied Ian Slater were real, his promises of money were often not.

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Nuclear fusion could provide us with clean, cheap and abundant energy within our lifetimes. But... there are *a lot* of technical challenges to overcome first, as Francesco Sciortino, founder of nuclear fusion startup Proxima Fusion, explains on the latest Sifted pod. bit.ly/49C055t

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Freya Pratty @freyapratty.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

New: UK biotech Oxford Nanopore has filed its promised lawsuit against China's BGI over the misuse of confidential information. sifted.eu/articles/oxf...

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Oxford Nanopore files lawsuit against Chinese biotech giant

UK biotech unicorn Oxford Nanopore has filed a lawsuit against Chinese biotech BGI over the misuse of confidential information.

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

End of an era? Second Home, the iconic London-based coworking company, is set to appoint administrators. In a previous life @sarahdrumm.bsky.social & I spent more hours than I'd care to count sitting in that little orange pod... 💔 sifted.eu/articles/sec...

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Iconic London coworking company Second Home looks to appoint administrators

The move follows a turbulent few years at the loss-making business

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

My latest guest on the Sifted podcast is Petteri Lahtela, cofounder of Oura, the smart wearable company behind *that* ring. We spoke about what’s next for Oura's treasure trove of health data in the age of AI...& how to bring preventative healthcare to the masses podcast.sifted.eu/1877446/epis...

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Mistral is now worth €5.8bn, making it Europe’s most valuable AI startup. Investors have often touted its 'state-of-the-art' LLMs & the big brains in the founding team. But—here's the big question—can it actually make serious money? @daphneleprince.bsky.social finds out: sifted.eu/articles/mis...

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Does Mistral have what it takes to win the LLM market?

Sources tell Sifted the company is set to hit €30m in revenues this year. How does it plan to compete against US Big Tech?

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Freya Pratty @freyapratty.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Finally convinced (most of) the team to migrate 🤩 bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Amy Lewin @amyrlewin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

👋 I'm Amy, editor of Sifted, the *best* publication covering startups and tech in Europe. I host our podcast and write a weekly newsletter on the trends shaping (and the gossip circulating in) Europe's venture capital industry. Sign up here: sifted.eu/newsletters

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