This week we discuss: 01:24 Getir valuation reduced 4x in new $500m funding round 02:14 The big French fire sale: record numbers of startups are selling at big discounts 05:51 German HR tech Personio opens New York office, plans to double US workforce 07:33  Smart chatbot maker DRUID raises $30m to double down on US business 14:48 Want to capitalise off America’s $369bn climate bill? Here’s how Get yourself a ticket to the Sifted Summit here.

This week, Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast is joined by Sachin Duggal, founder and CEO of Builder.AI, a company that uses AI to help customers build software applications more easily. He sat down with Eleanor in the studio to talk about competition for talent, building culture and the future of software development.

This week we discuss: 02:55 US AI startup Poolside raises $126m seed round and relocates to France 05:50 Klarna cuts losses and sees “huge opportunity” in generative AI 08:10 N26 CPO Gilles BianRosa steps down, becomes supervisory board member 08:42 Babylon finds buyer for its UK business (and GP at Hand service) 10:02 Dutch VC PhotonVentures bets all on photonic chips with new €100m fund 16:23 Hackers are watching your startup. Not many are prepared for the attack

This week we discuss: 02:25  Weight-loss drug mania reaches Europe: Denmark’s Embla raises €10m 06:47 Getir cuts 10% of staff in latest sign of speedy grocery industry's struggles 08:30 Northvolt raises $1.2bn convertible note from BlackRock 10:33 Scottish startup ENOUGH raises €40m for its alternative meat 13:12 NatureMetrics raises £10m as biodiversity moves up the ESG agenda 23:13 How is the global run on AI hardware affecting startups?

This week we're talking about a single story that Sifted reported this week: serious allegations of workplace misconduct at one of Europe’s leading VC firms.  Seven people who worked at DN Capital — an investor in Shazam, Remitly and Auto1 — allege that its founder Nenad Marovac sexually harassed and bullied colleagues, creating a culture of misogyny at the fund. Marovac has denied all the allegations. DN Capital has opened an independent investigation into the allegations, which it said do...

This week we discuss: 01:10 How much RingCentral paid for those Hopin assets               Was Hopin really such a failure? 03:41 Dutch startup Meatable raises $35m to scale cultivated pork products 07:58 Build-a-bot workshop: deepset.ai raises $30m for personalised AI models 10:58 Who's going to buy Babylon? 19:20 The machines have eyes: How GenAI is giving warehouse robots vision

This week we discuss: 01:07 Johnny Boufarhat steps down as CEO of Hopin 04:55 Prima Materia makes third startup investment — into longevity 08:31 European VCs see exodus of women investors 11:58 The ‘crazy’ £20bn subsea cable to bring Moroccan solar power to the UK 22:38 Can French startups overcome their elitist image?

This week we discuss: Getir calls on staff to go door-to-door with goodie bags as cashflow problems persist (1:36) Eurazeo's growth team quits to start new fund (5:31) VanMoof: What happened to VCs' favourite bike? (8:42) Are Oura rings and executive coaches the answer to founder burnout? (12:46)

We're back with another longer form interview and this week we're joined by Eileen Burbidge, cofounder of London-based, early-stage VC firm Passion Capital and director at reproductive healthcare company Fertifa. She came into the studio to reflect on the differences between Silicon Valley and London, her time at Monzo and how she wants to fix reproductive healthcare in Europe.

This week we discuss: 02:00 UK government unveils plan to direct £75bn from pension funds to startups 05:30  5 key questions that the Mansion House Compact doesn’t answer 07:34 The startup creating AI jobs for humans: Prolific raises £25m 10:39 Causaly raises $60m Series B to give scientists instant access to 'all of biology' 13:15 Aphea.Bio raises €70m Series C 24:00 Paris is burning (VC investor cash on AI startups) — Link coming soon

Our competition to win a ticket for the Sifted Summit has now closed, thanks for entering if you took part! We're still keen to learn more about who listens to the podcast,  please take this five-question survey if you have a minute to spare: https://ftx.typeform.com/to/L2ai27Fu This week we discuss: 02:14 Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raises €60m Series A amid European expansion plans 06:38 'An inkjet printer for the periodic table' — VSParticle raises €14.5m 09:14 Arrival loses...

Our competition to win a ticket for the Sifted Summit has now closed, thanks for entering if you took part! We're still keen to learn more about who listens to the podcast,  please take this five-question survey if you have a minute to spare: https://ftx.typeform.com/to/L2ai27Fu This week we discuss: 01:51 Data roaming outside the EU still sucks — but the AUTO1 founder’s new startup wants to fix it 06:31 The German spacetech planning to fire stem cell 'organoids' into orbit 10:31 Babylon...

Our competition to win a ticket for the Sifted Summit has now closed, thanks for entering if you took part! We're still keen to learn more about who listens to the podcast,  please take this five-question survey if you have a minute to spare: https://ftx.typeform.com/to/L2ai27Fu This week we discuss:  See the pitch memo that raised €105m for four-week-old startup Mistral A Human Genome Project for the nervous system? BIOS Health raises fresh funding Nato launches tech accelerator to bring...

This week we sat down with Chloe Smith, the UK's acting secretary of state for Science, Innovation & Technology — the government minister tasked with supporting the growth of the country’s tech and startup sector. She told us about what the UK is doing to attract talent to its shores, and about how the country plans to unlock pension funds to invest in high-growth tech companies.

This week we discuss: Infarm quits Europe as vertical farming withers on the vine Checkout.com cuts internal valuation by another 15% EIF to set up a €200m fund for European defence tech Can e-fuel make flying green? Startups are trying An unknown Swedish startup’s €3bn bid to build a green rival to AWS

This week we discuss: 01:06 Monzo narrows losses slightly as lending book triples 04:06 Inside GetYourGuide: Germany’s $2bn travel experiences platform 07:41 US giant NEA backs Stockholm AI company Sana Labs 09:45 Did US hustle mentality ruin Typeform? 14:36 SaaS won’t save the planet, but a hardware-software duo just might 20:16 An OpenAI alum is building a robot butler for your home

This week it’s another longer form interview. We’re joined by Ophelia Brown, managing partner of Blossom Capital, a VC fund that’s backed the likes of payments company Checkout.com, crypto exchange Moonpay and HR platform Localize. She sat down with Sifted’s Amy Lewin to make her case for a crypto comeback, as well as giving some harsh words on the political mismanagement of the UK tech sector.

This week we discuss: 02:55 Mobility giant Bolt likely to acquire rival Tier in weeks 05:00 Northvolt to build German and US factories 10:13 ETH spinout ANYbotics raises $50m for AI-led robo workforce 13:54 Startup valuations continue to plummet in 2023 17:52 It’s not just the CFO who’s quit: Meet the people left with power at Revolut 23:26 A taster of the foods of the future Listen to Sifted's new podcast series sponsored by EQT Ventures: "Downturn Survival Guide."

This week we discuss: 01:30 German startup Blinkist acquired by Australian content company Go1 05:39 Proposed EU net neutrality 'paywall' for internet access spooks founders 09:55 Micro-ticket investment platform Odin raises $3m following public launch 13:45 Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech 18:37 What the 'Father of Alexa' did next Listen to Sifted's new podcast series sponsored by EQT Ventures: "Downturn Survival Guide"

This week we discuss: 01:20 Investors say new UK listing rules might not be enough to entice tech companies 05:24 German startup Prematch raises €2.4m to build 'Fifa for amateur football' 09:22 Mental health therapeutics startup HelloBetter raises €7m for further US expansion 14:17 Can France save the metaverse?

This week we discuss: 01:27 Northvolt to confirm US expansion plans within weeks, cofounder says 04:07 Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI's Series A pitch to investors 08:16 The call for a CERN-like AI supercomputer 11:16 This startup has raised $31m to turn wood into glass 14:10 IV infusions and blood purification: Inside one of Europe’s first longevity clinics 20:30  Meet the startup sending scientists around the world to build a database of all life Listen to Sifted's new...

This week we discuss: Shareholder upheaval and a $630m debt burden: end of the road for Cazoo? How a corruption scandal has left dozens of Polish startups facing bankruptcy The Family Files: Inside France’s ugliest startup fight Toxic bosses and unhealthy cultures: Why Europe’s VCs are tired and burnt out

This week we discuss: 01:18 Checkout.com faces exec team exodus and makes layoffs ‘by stealth’ 05:30 ‘Mini-revolt’ as TravelPerk U-turns on remote work 08:26 Founders had to wait ‘far too long’ for EIC Fund cash, admits chair 11:09 YC alum SolarMente raises for subscription solar panel service 17:57 Coworking retreats and hiking holidays: Inside the biggest startup community you’ve never heard of

This week it’s another long form interview and we’re joined in the studio with Johannes Schildt from Stockholm-based digital healthcare provider Kry. After a tough 2022, the founder reflects on dealing with layoffs at the company, pausing operations in Germany and the challenges of working with disjointed healthcare systems. He also looks ahead to how exciting technologies like large language models (which power the likes of GPT-4) could supercharge healthcare in the future, and tells us...

This week we discuss: 03:54: Starting to take off: German rocket maker Isar Aerospace raises $165m 06:43: Europe’s spacetech report 06:59: Climate tech Agreena raises €46m Series B to fight climate change with carbon sinks 09:52 Channel 4-backed fintech shuts down, searches for buyer 12:39: ‘We are super, super f****d’: Meet the man trying to stop an AI apocalypse 19:11: Gloria Bäuerlein closes one of Europe’s first female solo GP funds