EIF eyeing 'more ambitious' defence investing programme as it doubles down on military tech The fund is the largest backer of European VCs and has increasingly focused on investing in defence ... sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
'Efficiency as a fundamental principle': Google and Meta alumni raise $7.5m to build new approach to LLMs BottleCap AI launched last year in Prague with the objective of improving the efficiency of LLMs by 100x ... sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
AI's innocence lost: How capital will force us to get real about value AI capability is advancing at breakneck speed. But capital being committed far outweighs the value being realised. sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
Daphni closes 260m early-stage fund for science-first deeptech startups The Paris-based firm will back startups tackling environmental and social challenges ... sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
Klarna's share price is down by more than a third. Is there any hope for Europe's other IPO candidates? Klarna defied expectations in its NYSE debut last September -- but five months on, the Swedish fintech is trading well below its IPO price ... sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
27 European spinout labs to watch, according to investors Europe's brightest minds are turning their scientific research into companies -- here are the labs investors think you should keep eye on. sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 23 days 23d Share
Voyager Ventures closes $275m fund, opens Munich office Voyager Ventures, an early-stage VC firm investing across Europe and the US, has closed its second fund at $275m. sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 24 days 24d Share
How to get a job at ElevenLabs: 'We had 31k inbound applications in a month' Sifted sat down with ElevenLabs to find out how to make an inbound application stand out and how the startup uses voice agents in hiring. sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 24 days 24d Share
What messy finance stacks signal to investors - and how to fix them before Series B A messy stack won't necessarily kill your seed round. But if you haven't fixed it by Series B, you are running straight into a wall. sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 24 days 24d Share
DeepL backer B2venture raises 150m for fifth fund The new fund will back up to 35 startups and includes investment from a Swiss pension fund for the first time ... sifted.eu sifted.eu / feeds sifted-eu / / #technology / / 24 days 24d Share