1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (163+ words) OMass Therapeutics, an Oxford-based biotech backed by Alphabet's venture arm GV and Oxford Science Enterprises, is being sued over an intellectual property dispute, according to court filings seen by Sifted. Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted,…...

20+ hour, 35+ min ago  (345+ words) London micromobility startup Forest has raised "40m in a Series B round as it looks to scale further across the UK capital, underscoring investor appetite for shared e-bike services. Since launching in London in 2020, Forest has grown rapidly, reaching 1. 5m users and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (138+ words) Voi founder backs app store-dodging startup Zellfiy in "3. 1m seed round'Sifted Voi founder backs app store-dodging startup Zellify in "3. 1m seed round Candy Crush designer Sebastian Knutsson and Kry founder Johannes Schildt among angel investors London-based startup Zellify has raised a "3. 1m seed…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (171+ words) I was a little shocked to hear a highly successful American VC investor tell me recently that he thought the industry was "over." The Silicon Valley VC model had been a great investment game while it lasted. But nowadays fund…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (156+ words) It hasn't been the easiest market for venture capital investors. VC fundraising in Europe had a weak 2025, with some data showing a big slump in cheques written by LPs." Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin....

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (337+ words) Canadian AI startup Cohere has agreed to take over Germany's Aleph Alpha in a deal valuing the combined group at around $20bn, banking on both country's desire for "sovereign" AI systems independent of the US. The tie-up, which has been endorsed…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (552+ words) Helsinki-headquartered Verda, formerly known as Datacrunch, is today announcing a "100m debt and equity round led by Lifeline Ventures with participation from by Founders, Tesi, Varma, and other investors. The debt financing came from a group of Nordic financial institutions. Europe…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (160+ words) anna Kelly and'Oshin Narang Space: a lab where new medicines could be discovered; a quarry for exotic materials; a place to store data centres and solar farms; a tourist destination; even a Plan B home for humanity. anna Kelly is…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (424+ words) US billionaire Elon Musk's startup x AI has reportedly held discussions for a potential partnership with Paris-based model developer Mistral AI in recent weeks." According to Business Insider, which cites people familiar with the matter, the US AI giant looked…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1036+ words) San Francisco AI company Cluely is currently advertising a perk that's never been seen before: new hires are "guaranteed a boyfriend or girlfriend after one year." This got me curious about what perks European startups are offering. I wasn't expecting…...