Top news of the week: 01.03.2023.
The European founders who’ve set up funds
Sifted tracks down dozens of investment companies launched by successful founders
Bpifrance: Inside the machine powering French tech’s rise
Understanding how Bpifrance spent €67bn in 2022 to fund innovation can be daunting. But its role boosting quantum-computing startup PASQAL demonstrates the breadth of its support
A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience
Today marks exactly one year since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal of Ukraine. This week, a majority of the members of the United Nations reiterated its demand that Russia ...
‘I haven’t heard of a single company being built with a four-day work week’: Taavet Hinrikus on the Sifted Podcast
The founder of fintech Wise and anti-VC firm Plural joins the Sifted Podcast to chat all things founding and investing.
This Week in European Tech: Slava Ukraini, Volocopter tops up Series E round, Euronext chases €5.5 billion Allfunds purchase, Cazoo sells off assets, and more
Here's a roundup of this week's biggest European Tech funding rounds, exits, 'other news' that you might have missed, and a compendium of must-read articles on all things #EUtech.
Born of drone tech, InsureTech Flock raises $38M Series B to nudge commercial drivers towards safety
Flock has now added to its war chest with a $38 million Series B funding, led by Octopus Ventures (via Octopus partner Malcolm Ferguson) , with CommerzVentures. Also participating were ...
Despite the war, Ukrainian smart home startup i3 Engineering is growing in Europe
The war took a huge toll on Ukrainian businesses, but companies have shown remarkable resilience, and some have even found opportunities for growth. One of them is hardware startup i3 ...
Commissioner’s monthly update
I highly believe that promoting funding opportunities, offering technical support to Ukrainian researchers and innovators and strengthening networks between Ukrainian and European …