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Wise aims to crack US market ahead of dual listing CPO Nilan Peiris tells Sifted how the company plans to make it in America

Fintech giant Wise is readying plans to crack the American market, months after announcing plans to shift its primary listing from London to the US

26.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Revolut eyes $100bn valuation with fresh share sale

ICYMI: Revolut is weighing a potential share sale for the second half of this year, which reports suggest could up its valuation to around $100bn

26.02.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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General Catalyst backs AI property rollup Dwelly in Β£69m funding round
26.02.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the Nordic defence tech spending spree: Record startup funding meets big prime partnerships

Four years into the Ukraine war, Nordic defence spending is surging, pulling startups into defence and space as the region races to close capability gaps.

25.02.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As IQM gears up for a $1.8bn float β€” are SPACs back?

Could Finnish quantum computing startup IQM's plans to go public via a SPAC be a sign that SPACs are back?

25.02.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NATO tech accelerator's search for new chief drags on, sparking complaints

SCOOP: NATO's tech accelerator, Diana, has had three different managing directors in the last year. Now, complaints have been raised

25.02.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nvidia, Microsoft and SoftBank back self-driving startup Wayve in $1.5bn round

ICYMI: London-based autonomous vehicles startup Wayve has raised a $1.5bn Series D funding round, backed by big-name investors like Nvidia, SoftBank and Microsoft

25.02.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The most active US investors in European tech

Silicon Valley backers ramped up investments in Europe by almost a quarter last year. Here are the most active US VCs this side of the Atlantic

24.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can European VC portfolios weather a SaaSpocalypse?

If older SaaS companies fail to compete with AI-native startups, it could leave VCs sitting on portfolios with declining valuations... But will that happen?

24.02.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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18 Polish startups to watch, according to investors

Funding for Poland-based startups jumped 62.5% year on year, from €150m in 2024 to €240m in 2025, according to Sifted data. But which are the companies you should be keeping tabs on?

24.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deepfakes, bias and cyber attacks: How European startups are facing up to major AI risks

Much of the buzz around AI safety is currently framed by US tech giants. How are European startups approaching the topic?

24.02.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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IQM set to go public at $1.8bn valuation

ICYMI: Finnish quantum startup IQM is set to go public via a SPAC

24.02.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10 Austrian startups to watch, according to VCs

Investors from InMotion Ventures, OpenOcean and elsewhere share upcoming Austrian startups to keep an eye on

20.02.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why aren’t more European VCs making moves in America? Remarkably few of Europe’s best-known VC firms have a permanent presence in the US. Those that do say it's a big competitive advantage Why aren’t more European VCs making moves in America?

Remarkably few of Europe’s best-known VC firms have a permanent presence in the US. Those that do say it's a big competitive advantage

20.02.2026 09:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quantum Systems founder sold stake in ARX Robotics prior to launch of similar product The incident reveals a tangled web of investors and rivals in the new defence tech ecosystem

Scoop: The founder of German drone maker Quantum Systems has sold his stake in unmanned ground robot maker ARX Robotics a month before launching a similar product

20.02.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Are we the baddies?’: How tech bros became screen villains

The tech-people-suck genre is in full swing. Sifted's Γ‰anna Kelly asked industry leaders how they feel about it

19.02.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We have some work to do’: Nasdaq Stockholm’s president on losing Klarna to New York

Adam Kostyal took the helm of Nasdaq Stockholm just as Europe’s IPO market showed signs of life again. But he’s the first to admit the job isn’t done yet

19.02.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Video surveillance startup Vizza raises €30m Series B

Vizzia, a French startup providing video surveillance technology for local authorities, has raised a €30m Series B round, bringing total funding to €50m

19.02.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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University dropouts will be the key to European tech success

Europe’s real problem isn’t talent. It’s permission to start early, argues Jack & Jill founder Saaras Mehan for Sifted today. Do you agree? πŸ€”

19.02.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mistral seals first acquisition deal with cloud startup Koyeb

IYCMI: French AI giant Mistral has made its first acquisition

18.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ranked: Europe’s most active public funds

Public investors were behind 30% of European startup deals in 2025 β€” but which were the most active?

18.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ask Zoe: Should I join a fast-rising startup, or launch my own?

Sequoia's Zoe Hewitt shares tips on the questions 'founders-in-waiting' should ask before taking an exciting role, vs going it alone

18.02.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cleo CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo wants to build a Β£100bn company β€” and save Western democracy

The AI fintech founder believes Europe’s inability to scale tech companies at home could threaten democracy

18.02.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B

UK photonics startup Optalysys is exploring licensing its chip designs to leading industry players including Nvidia and Google

18.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quantonation closes new €220m fund as interest in quantum surges

Quantonation, the Paris-based VC firm focused on quantum technologies, has closed a €220m early-stage fund β€” double the size of its previous fund

18.02.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are world models Europe’s chance to win in AI?

Europe has lagged big US language model developers, but some believe it has a chance to get ahead with world models

17.02.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getir founders sue investor Mubadala for $700m

ICYMI: The founders of Turkish food delivery startup Getir are suing Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala for $700m

17.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Insiders report β€˜very anti-US vibe’ at Europe’s top defence conference

The mood at this year’s Munich Security Conference, an annual who’s who of Europe’s defence VCs, founders and politicians, was decidedly "anti-US,” attendees tell Sifted.

17.02.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frontline Ventures backs β€˜OpenClaw for founders’ in $4.3m raise

AI startup Toyo has raised $4.3m to build the β€œOpenClaw for founders”, backed by Frontline Ventures and angels from Cloudflare, Microsoft and Amazon.

17.02.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Europe’s active secondary investors

Europe’s scaleups are doing more secondaries, but who are the top investors? We find out

16.02.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0