Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast

This week we discuss: 01:13 How are startup valuations worked out? 05:54 Basecamp raises $20m to scale its biodiversity tech 09:15 Getir finally acquires Gorillas 12:04 Are all-in-one airport scanners the future of diagnosing illness? 21:46 What challenges are disabled founders facing? This podcast is brought to you by Zendesk for Startups. Zendesk helps startups build lasting customer experiences...

This week we discuss: 01:17 Gorillas investors to pay $100m to secure Getir all-stock buyout, sources say 04:40 Online grocer Oda raises €150m but loses its unicorn valuation 08:10 As the speedy grocery giants falter, this startup is backing a sustainable alternative 11:09 The state of European tech 2022: 19 things you need to know 17:06 Autonomous freight startup Einride raises $500m in debt and...

This week we discuss: 01:45 Klarna posts big losses in latest financial results 06:19 Scammers increasingly targeting UK neobank customers 10:14 Idris and Sabrina Elba invest in Huel 13:50 The startups fighting the loss of global biodiversity 19:33 The strange world of "alternative business coaches" This podcast is brought to you by Zendesk for Startups. Zendesk helps startups build last...

This week we've got a bonus episode for you, recorded while Amy was off at the Slush startup conference in Helsinki. It's a conversation with veteran tech investor and Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer, who's sat on the boards of household name companies like Dropbox, Etsy, Farfetch and Discord. He also led Index's early investment into design software product Figma, which got...

This week we discuss: (04:24) Starling Bank blocks crypto payments in wake of FTX collapse (06:01) Are we about to see another dot com crash? (12:27) Tech event Slush revokes award for Russian founder after backlash (20:47) How has Theranos affected biotech startups? This podcast is brought to you by Zendesk for Startups. Zendesk helps startups build lasting customer experiences from day one. With...

This week we're bringing you the second in our new series of extended interviews with the big names and rising stars of Europe's tech and startup scene. This episode features a conversation with Timmu Tõke, founder of Ready Player Me — an Estonian company that recently won investment from legendary VC firm Andreessen Horowitz to develop its metaverse-ready avatar technology. Recorded in...

This week we discuss: 03:35 Anything World raises $7.5m 06:16 Crypto payment startup Ramp raises $70m 08:15 Solar startup Alight wins $150m in buyout to scale up its ambitions 10:04 Spotify's Daniel Ek has a new startup in the works 16:53 What's gone wrong for UK battery startup Britishvolt?

This week we discuss: 00:53  Kry lays off 300 employees 03:52  Monzo staff unionise 07:33  Flying taxi startup raises $300 09:53  Robots in demand as energy prices soar 12:57  What's been going down at Web Summit?

This week we discuss: 01:58 Will Rishi Sunak, the UK’s new prime minister, be good for startups? 05:56 Damning stats reveal gender pay gap at European startups 09:18  Daye raises £10 for vaginal microbiome testing 12:20  H2 Green Steel secures €3.5bn in debt to build hydrogen steel plant 14:47  Alt meat startup Heura raises €20m 16:52  Paebbl raises €8m to turn captured carbon into cement 18:42  C...

This week, we're treating you to something a little bit different. Eleanor's joined by EQT Growth partner Carolina Brochado, who recently launched a new €2.4bn fund to back later-stage European startups. That's not her only heavyweight credential: before joining EQT, Carolina was a partner at both the SoftBank Vision Fund and Atomico. They talk about how she’s works with her portfol...

This week we discuss: 02:01 Who would lose most in a Gorillas sale? 04:41 N26 reports widening losses 06:57 Amazon aggregators get sued 09:55 AI investment is down 13:02 Tech to make us age slower 19:30 Spain gets its 10th unicorn

This week we discuss: 03:19 Metaverse platform Improbable has raised $100m 10:15 Faux foie gras startup Gourmey raises €48m 13:15 New Paris-based VC fund Sista Fund launches 26:55 How can all startups help the green transition? The carbon-light website agency mentioned by Tessa Clarke: Wholegrain

This week we discuss: 02:34 Italy gets its second unicorn in Satispay 04:56 Sequoia gets its fifth partner in Europe 06:40 Phagos raised €2.4m to fight antibiotic resistance 08:43  Wayve announces big breakthrough for self-driving cars

This week we discuss: 03:04 More layoffs at Klarna 03:54 Insect cultivation startup Innovafarm raises $260m 05:35 Equity management platform Ledgy raises $22m 07:00 B2B payments startup Sequence gets backing from Andreessen Horowitz 09:16 Glovo founder launches new VC fund as his company is fined €79m 11:58 Founder of collapsed energy company Bulb joins investment firm 14:10 Nato launches €1bn VC...

This week we discuss: 01:00 Secondhand car marketplace Cazoo to lay off 1,500 people in 2022 03:15 Presentation software startup Pitch laying off 30% of team 05:55 Vertical farming startup Infarm cuts 50 jobs 07:35 Northzone raises €1bn fund   10:00 EQT raises €2.4bn growth fund 12:24 SunRoof raised €15m to build solar roofs 20:17 Inside Europe’s largest cannabis manufacturing facility

This week we discuss: 1:49 Sorare lands huge NBA deal 6:00  Code First Girls raises £4.5m to make coding more diverse 9:40 Lightyear raises €81m to get its solar-powered car on the road 11:57 Former Revolut big cheese Alan Chang’s Tesseract raises $78m for climate startup 16:00 Have we finally cracked lithium ion battery recycling"? 18:07 Why did Snap shut down French social app Zenly? Want t...

This week we discuss: 02:00 Klarna losses triple in first half of 2022 04:14 Topi raises $45m to rent hardware and cut down on e-waste 07:30 Neurofenix raises $7m to help stroke patients recover 09:57 The mystery VC fund that never delivered Please take our listener survey ! You get a month's Sifted membership for free, and we'd love to learn more about our listeners: bit.ly/siftedpodcas...

This week we discuss: 2:26: Poland’s Inovo raising €100m third fund for CEE startups 5:49 Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett’s Web3 startup bags $24m 8:35 The startup that could slash the cost of EV batteries 10:23 Is Babylon Health going to get kicked off the NYSE? 15:30 The world’s most advanced consumer-ready AI assistant? Please take our listener survey ! You get a month's Sifted membershi...

This week we discuss: (03:09) Crypto app Ziglu’s valuation slashed in Robinhood buyout (06:06) Microverse doubles valuation as demand for remote coding course soars (09:30) Ukraine tech companies in urgent need of financial support (12:31) Why startups need to lobby more (19:45) Mental health for startup employees — what's going wrong? Please take our listener survey ! You get a month's...

This week we discuss: (01:34) After months of missed payroll and unpaid refunds, events company Pollen enters administration (03:41) German digital bank Nuri files for insolvency (05:10) Klarna’s valuation has plummeted — but people are still investing <link coming soon!> (07:44) Elon Musk has $80m to fund a carbon removal startup (12:35)  What happens when you let 100 scientists run wild in...

Please take our listener survey ! You get a month's Sifted membership for free, and we'd love to learn more about our listeners: bit.ly/siftedpodcast This week we discuss: (03:20)  Gorillas is set to raise $250m in funding from existing investors at a reduced valuation (06:13)  Cornerstone VC has just raised a £20m fund to back diverse early-stage UK founders (09:37)  Cera raises £260m,...

Please take our listener survey ! You get a month's Sifted membership for free, and we'd love to learn more about our listeners: bit.ly/siftedpodcast This week we discuss: (01:53) Germany pledges €30bn to startups in new policy roadmap (06:26) IQM Computing raises Europe's largest quantum round ever (08:24) Could this photonics startup birth the next generation of Tesla rivals (11:2...

Please take our listener survey ! You get a month's Sifted membership for free, and we'd love to learn more about our listeners: bit.ly/siftedpodcast This week we discuss: (02:06) Starling Bank hits profitability (05:55) Maria Raga steps down as Depop CEO (07:43) Amazon aggregators lay off staff en masse (09:55) Can augmented reality save the global manufacturing industry? (13:47) Should...

This week we discuss: (2:59) Take our listener survey for a month of free membership! (03:05) Klarna’s valuation was slashed to $6.7bn (6:15) The latest in big layoffs : Hopin has let go 29% of its workforce this month and Babylon is planning on cutting 100 jobs (9:15) Glovo is raided by the European Commission amid concerns the company may have operated in a “cartel” (16:48) Pollen is being accus...

This week we discuss: (02:38) Two new climate tech funds,   Climentum and AENU , launch (06:29) Quantum-as-a-service startup Oxford Quantum Circuits raises £38m (07:46) More than 100 Gorillas riders lose their jobs, with many saying they haven't been paid (11:50) What's it like to launch a business with your sibling? (17:29) Glastonbury and a festival in the metaverse , compared