https://sifted.eu/articles/first-time-vc-tips
First-time VC tips for how to break into the industry | Sifted
Sep 30, 2021 - Breaking into venture capital is hard, but it is possible. We asked three young VCs for their top tips on how to get into the industry.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/vc-superventure-funfraising-ai-defence
VC's ‘tale of two cities’ at SuperVenture | Sifted
Jun 9, 2025 - European VCs are anxious about fundraising, but enthusiastic about defence and AI
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https://sifted.eu/articles/expanding-your-vc-firm-new-office
Expanding your VC firm — what to consider when opening a new office | Sifted
Dec 11, 2023 - VCs from Speedinvest, Atomico and Sapphire Ventures share their learnings from opening new European offices.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/schroders-new-600m-fund
Schroders doubles down on VC with new $600m fund | Sifted
Jun 27, 2025 - Schroders recently poached Molten Ventures’ investor Dave Neumann
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https://sifted.eu/articles/female-founders-funding
Female founders are more likely to attract later-stage VC funding | Sifted
Oct 11, 2024 - Female startup bosses who succeed in raising a first round are (ever so slightly) more likely than men to attract funding later in the game
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https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-vc-2023-brnd
40 years of VC: Where does Europe’s biggest VC hub stand today? | Sifted
Apr 21, 2023 - What predictions can we make for the future of VC in the UK? And how does it compare to its peers? Sifted chatted to the experts.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/ukraine-vc-firm-startups-fedoriv
Three Ukrainian entrepreneurs launch VC firm to boost the country's tech scene | Sifted
Jul 12, 2022 - These entrepreneurs have created companies every Ukrainian knows and loves. Now they’ve launched a VC fund to teach others to be like them
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https://sifted.eu/articles/xange-vc-220m-fund-early-stage
Early-stage Franco-German VC XAnge raises €220m | Sifted
Jul 7, 2022 - This is XAnge’s fourth investment vehicle and brings funds under management to €600m
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https://sifted.eu/articles/mild-conviction-3
Dispatches from a London VC: The secret source for deals... dating apps | Sifted
Nov 3, 2021 - Sifted's (fictional) VC columnist Rosie Wood talks about her company's secret weapon for sourcing: single men on dating apps.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/dozens-scaleup-execs-new-vc-firm-europes-next-decacorn
Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn | Sifted
Mar 19, 2026 - Enzo Wälchli, the former chief commercial officer at Swiss robotics scaleup ANYbotics, is the firm’s sole GP.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/top-performing-fintech-portfolios
The top fintech VC portfolios, revealed | Sifted
May 13, 2021 - We've analysed the portfolios of 31 top VCs to see which are in the most top European fintech, and which are lagging behind.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/what-is-a-family-office
Family offices: What an alternative to VC funding can offer founders | Sifted
Dec 11, 2023 - Family offices can be shrouded in mystery. Here's why startups turn to them, what they bring to the table and where founders can find them.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/10x-more-money-for-male-owned-vcs
10x more money goes to VC funds owned by all-male vs all-female teams | Sifted
Nov 9, 2023 - Just 23 women hold a significant stake in a VC firm in the UK, according to a new report from Ada Ventures.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/the-five-virtues-of-vcs
The five virtues of VC | Sifted
Nov 9, 2023 - If venture capitalism was all about money, holidays and fast cars, we’d all have chosen to be bankers instead.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/calm-storm-closes-30m-fund
Exclusive: Europe’s most active healthtech VC Calm/Storm closes €30m fund | Sifted
Oct 28, 2025 - The money will be invested in early-stage healthtech startups founded by Europeans, with 75% of those founders based in Europe.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/what-is-carried-interest-vc
Carried interest in VC — what it is and how it works | Sifted
Dec 11, 2023 - Carried interest provides GPs of VC funds and the wider investment team with an incentive to find the best deals — here's how it works.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/auxxo-first-close-second-fund
Female founders VC Auxxo announces first close of second fund | Sifted
Jul 21, 2025 - The firm invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups with at least one female cofounder
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https://sifted.eu/articles/fund-of-funds-mountside
What do European funds of funds want from VC managers? | Sifted
Mountside Ventures surveyed over 100 fund of funds in Europe investing in VC, representing over £35bn in assets under management.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/pitching-vc-walk-in-park
Why one VC investor invites entrepreneurs to go for a walk | Sifted
Oct 11, 2024 - Tim Jackson of London-based seed-stage VC firm Walking Ventures explains the psychology behind his legendary
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https://sifted.eu/articles/cloudberry-30m-fund-semiconductors
Tackling Europe’s chip bottleneck: Semiconductor VC Cloudberry closes €30m fund | Sifted
Dec 18, 2025 - The Helsinki and London-based VC will back startups in semiconductors, photonics and advanced materials
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https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-vc-investors-twitter
29 UK VC investors to follow on Twitter | Sifted
Jun 25, 2021 - Which UK VC investors provide real insights into tech, startups and the next big trends — and is worth following on Twitter?
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https://sifted.eu/articles/avcap-debt-lending-startups
Startups now have another alternative to VC: growth through debt | Sifted
Apr 28, 2022 - Europe's startups are looking to alternative lending to avoid giving away more ownership. The latest fund in the area is Avellinia Capital.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/founders-vc-horror-stories
'You must have very understanding husbands': Founders share their VC horror stories | Sifted
From discrimination to meeting no-shows and ghosting, startup founders tell Sifted about their worst investor experiences
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https://sifted.eu/articles/mild-conviction-2
Dispatches from a new VC: we, too, invested in 10-minute grocery | Sifted
Nov 2, 2021 - Sifted's (fictional) VC columnist Rosie Wood describes her first deal at Mild Conviction, into the under-the-radar speedy grocery market.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-us-vc
How does Europe's VC scene compare to that in the US? | Sifted
May 7, 2021 - Longer fundraising cycles, fewer emerging managers and more CVCs: the European venture scene doesn’t look like that in the US.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/vc-glossary
VC Glossary: a guide for startups on speaking with investors | Sifted
Aug 6, 2021 - From liquidation to vesting, preferential shares to dilution, series A to unicorns, a comprehensive guide to terms used by VC and startups.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/n8n-2bn-valuation
VC bidding war nudges N8n’s valuation to $2bn | Sifted
Aug 1, 2025 - Around a dozen term sheets submitted in race to back agentic AI startup
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https://sifted.eu/articles/poland-vc-2020-record-year
2020 was a record year for VC investment in Poland | Sifted
Feb 9, 2021 - €477m flowed into Polish startups in 2020 — a new record for the country which is increasingly emerging as a startup hub.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/french-deeptechs-nato-fund
French deeptechs are losing out on Nato’s €1bn VC fund | Sifted
Nov 25, 2023 - NATO’s €1bn fund is backed by most European countries — but not France, meaning startups in the country are losing out on new investor cash.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/marketing-money-loans
Startup loans for marketing money: A threat to VC? | Sifted
Feb 24, 2020 - Do companies loaning money for marketing to startups — like Clearbanc and Uncapped — pose a big threat to the VC industry?
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https://sifted.eu/articles/poland-early-stage-vc-funding-gap-pfr-ventures
€426m funding hole brings Poland's early-stage VC market to a standstill | Sifted
The unexplained year-long wait for the EU money threatens to push early-stage VCs in the country to closure
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https://sifted.eu/articles/brunch-sophia-bendz-investor-spotify
Brunch with Sophia Bendz — ex–Spotify gatekeeper, now VC partner | Sifted
May 30, 2023 - The PR professional that turned Spotify into a global household brand and became the face of female investors in Europe
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https://sifted.eu/articles/when-not-to-take-vc-advice
When not to take VC advice | Sifted
Jul 2, 2025 - One often overlooked skill for VC-backed founders is learning to discern good advice from bad. Here's how to do it.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/european-defence-tech-funds
Europe’s defence-focused VC funds in 2025 | Sifted
Jul 8, 2025 - These VCs are backing defence tech — and raising new funds focused on the startups
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https://sifted.eu/articles/55-north-launch-first-close-300m-fund
Quantum VC firm 55 North launches with first close of €300m fund | Sifted
Oct 2, 2025 - The new fund’s anchor investors include Novo Holdings and the Danish state fund
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https://sifted.eu/articles/2020-vc-investment
VC investment in 2020: London rises, while Berlin loses out | Sifted
Mar 1, 2021 - Despite Covid-19, 2020 was a record year for VC investment across major European cities — but the money was far from equally spread.
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https://sifted.eu/articles/sistafund-managing-partner-departure
Women-focused VC Sistafund pauses investments after losing managing partner, reports say | Sifted
Jun 27, 2025 - The Paris-based VC launched in 2022 to back female founders and gender-diverse teams
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https://sifted.eu/articles/weirdest-vc-deals-2025
The weirdest VC deals of the year | Sifted
The most unusual companies to receive investor backing in Europe. Bonus material: best startup names and most over-used tech jargon of 2024
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https://sifted.eu/articles/german-vc-deals-q1
The biggest German VC deals so far this year | Sifted
Apr 6, 2022 - Which German startups raised the most cash in the first quarter of 2022? We dive into the numbers and pick out our favourites.
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