Following a work accident at Northvolt in 2023, when a 25-year-old died, up to eight people are questioned by the police, including the former CEO. sifted.eu/articles/nor...

Carbon removal company Climeworks is plotting an international expansion despite a recent round of layoffs and uncertainty over funding from the US government. The company tells me that Canada, Saudi Arabia, Norway and the UK fit its criteria. More here 👇 sifted.eu/articles/cli...

It's a sad day for European tech. Swedish plane startup Heart Aerospace has announced it is closing down all its European operations to fully focus on the US. With the latest geopolitical tensions between the US and Europe, this isn't great news for Europe. sifted.eu/articles/hea... @sifted.eu

Bankrupt battery factory Northvolt was supposedly running out of cash two weeks ago. Now the company tells @sifted.eu it has extended its cash runway. W. @freyapratty.bsky.social More here: sifted.eu/articles/nor...

The data centre near Sophia Antipolis will be Evroc's first out of three in the country. #France #AI #Deeptech

Great digging by @tommatsuda.bsky.social – How the UK government spent five years luring US VC giant Andreessen Horowitz to London... only for them to leave less than two years after opening their crypto-focused office sifted.eu/articles/and...

In case you missed it, this was a pretty fun story picked up by my colleague @freyapratty.bsky.social late last week. sifted.eu/articles/gus...

This is the story of one man who managed to catfish the VC ecosystem. 🎣 Ian Slater set up a family office, Gloucester Circus, to invest into VCs. There was just one problem: the VCs and family offices around Slater were real, but his promises of money were often not sifted.eu/articles/glo...

Sometimes I get the chance to interview people that have done a lot early on in their careers... like Markus Villig who founded ride-hailing startup Bolt almost 12 years ago as a 19 year old. Now, Bolt is leading in about 20 countries and expects €2bn in revenue in 2024. sifted.eu/articles/bol...