NEW: An ongoing lawsuit threatens to dredge up Checkout.com's relationship to 'vice' industries. The lawsuit links the fintech to a mysterious Cypriot entity historically listed on a mail-order bride website and once a client of Paxum bank. W/ @tommatsuda.bsky.social sifted.eu/articles/law...

Not long ago European investors avoided defence tech like the plague. Now specialist funds are emerging to back it. But what will the sector look like when the war in Ukraine ends? @annesraders.bsky.social of @sifted.eu reports the views of SmartCap's CEO Sille Pettai sifted.eu/articles/sma...

Trump’s new administration will likely have huge implications for European startups and their relationships with the US. Here are the key power players in Trump's cabinet that European tech should know. W/ @tommatsuda.bsky.social sifted.eu/articles/tru...

New: European tech VCs and founders are wrestling with what the surprise success of China's AI startup DeepSeek means for startups on the continent... More on @sifted.eu sifted.eu/articles/dee...

Nearly 80% of tech companies are considering a secondary share sale in the next year. The findings follow a spate of fintech secondaries last year — with Revolut, Monzo and Tide all letting employees sell shares. sifted.eu/articles/tec...

Does Europe need its own DOGE? Some VCs think so: "I would love to see the same thing happening in Europe." Interesting report in @sifted.eu @daphneleprince.bsky.social @mpartington.bsky.social @annesraders.bsky.social @martincoulter.bsky.social sifted.eu/articles/elo...

Sifted found out which LPs have been writing the most cheques to VCs in the past 10 years 💶

Our journalists-turned-clairvoyants predict what's to come in 2025. ✍️ Based on hundreds of conversations, thousands of emails and a sprinkling of imagination, here's what the Sifted team thinks will happen for European tech in 2025. #2025predictions #EuropeanTech #StartupEurope

ICYMI: Which VCs are due a fundraise in 2025? I recently did some reporting to find out a number of VCs currently chatting up LPs, as well as took a look at which VCs hadn't raised a new fund since 2022 and may be heading back to market. More on @sifted.eu sifted.eu/articles/eur...

✈️ Germany's Volocopter has hired Oliver Vogelgesang — who held the role at fellow German electric aircraft startup Lilium until earlier this year — as its new CFO. Volocopter previously flagged it was at risk of insolvency, while Lilium filed for insolvency in October. sifted.eu/articles/vol...