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Jan 28, 2025	The State of Investment: NATO Innovation Fund, VCs and defense tech	Venture investment in the defense tech sector is up fourfold Since 2018, running at approximately $3.8 billion for the first three quarters of 2024 according to data presented by the FT’s Innovation editor and founder of Sifted, John Thornh...
Jan 18, 2023	2023 event calendar for Latvian startups	Who doesn’t love a good startup event, especially when they’re back to in-person gatherings? Fellow startup people, ecosystem stories, and potential investors – startup events indeed have their unique charm and value. Besides, startup commu...
Oct 5, 2022	Day one of the Sifted Summit: Tom Blomfield and Steve O’Hear reunited	The Sifted Summit — our two-day London event — is in full swing. Over 1,500 founders, operators and investors have gathered for a full programme of panel discussions, workshops, roundtables and slightly windy queues at food trucks. Wednesda...
Oct 4, 2022	Adam Shepherd to speak at Sifted Summit 2022: Secondaries: how startup employees are taking cash off the table early	Our Investment Partner Adam Shepherd will be speaking at the Sifted Summit 2022 on the panel ‘Secondaries: how startup employees are taking cash off the table early’. The panel will explore how more and more startups are allowing founders ...
Oct 3, 2022	Improbable says it can achieve profitability in 2022 after confirming new $3bn+ valuation	London-based metaverse platform Improbable has raised a new $100m investment round, led by UK blockchain company Elrond, at a valuation of more than $3bn, and says it’s aiming for profitability by the end of this year. The fundraising news,...
Sep 21, 2022	We’re streamlining membership at Sifted	Back in 2019, Sifted was launched to be the “critical friend” to Europe’s fast-growing startup community, which is doing so much to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges and revitalise the region’s economy. With smart analysis and fre...
Aug 26, 2022	Get Ready to Join Over 1,000 Startup Leaders and Investors at the Sifted Summit	Autumn is around the corner and it brings exciting news for Europe’s startup ecosystem – the Sifted Summit is heading to London on October 5-6. It will give the floor to 1,500 startup founders, operators and investors to showcase their path...
Aug 4, 2022	Cera raises Europe’s biggest ever round in elderly care sector	UK-based elderly care platform Cera has raised a £260m round of roughly half equity and half debt to grow the number of patients it supports by 500% and expand overseas. The large round is a ringing endorsement from investors for the opport...
Jun 29, 2022	Europe gets its first creator-founded, creator-backed VC	More founders are tapping creators and celebrities as early investors — beyond the cheques, they’re looking to access their networks and expertise. And now, Europe has its first creator-founded, creator-backed VC, Creator Ventures, which ha...
Jun 29, 2022	Debut fund from solo GP to back startups — and emerging managers	There’s an increasing number of solo VC managers focused on Europe — and a new one joins the ranks today: Hypernova. But the $25m fund, founded by investor Tugce Ergul, is unique in that it will invest in both startups and other funds. Ergu...
Jun 15, 2022	Roll up, roll up: Sign up to attend the Sifted Summit	When we launched Sifted three years ago, we wanted to tell the untold stories of European tech. Our aim was to become the voice of the new generation of entrepreneurs shaking up the region. Fed up with the old ways of doing things, these in...
Jun 14, 2022	SoftBank backs Proximie in $80m round for AR surgery	Proximie, a British healthtech startup, has raised an $80m Series C round for its augmented reality tech which allows surgeons to advise on operations remotely around the world. The round follows a $38m Series B in April 2021 and brings the...
Jun 8, 2022	Multiverse raises $220m and becomes Europe’s latest edtech unicorn	Multiverse, an edtech startup founded by Euan Blair — the son of former British prime minister Tony Blair — has raised a $220m Series D round. The raise brings the company a $1.7bn valuation, making it Europe’s latest edtech unicorn. Accord...
Apr 26, 2022	Building a billion dollar business by fixing clothes	When was the last time you sent a ripped or badly-fitting piece of clothing off to be fixed, rather than just getting rid of it? If that question has left you scratching your head, you’re not alone. Today London-based repair and alteration ...
Apr 7, 2022	Improbable raises $150m from Andreessen Horowitz and SoftBank	Improbable, the London-based games startup, has raised a $150m round led by Andreessen Horowitz and SoftBank. Why? To dive into the metaverse, of course. The funding will go towards creating M² — “a network of interoperable metaverses power...
Mar 31, 2022	Meet the fintech that wants to make credit cards cool again	Gone are the days when whipping an Amex out of your wallet was a status symbol and racking up air miles seemed cool. It’s time for a new kind of credit card loyalty programme, and three alumni from credit score startup Clearscore think they...
Dec 6, 2021	Female-founded fintech Enfuce raises €45m	The Finnish fintech Enfuce has today announced its €45m Series C, the largest funding round for a female-founded fintech in the Nordics this year. The round was led by UK-based VC firm Vitruvian Partners, known for having invested in startu...
Nov 3, 2021	Carbon accounting startup Plan A raises $10m six months after seed	Berlin-based carbon accounting startup Plan A said on Wednesday that it had raised a $10m Series A, just half a year after raising a seed round. That makes it the second best-capitalised European company building such a technology, accordin...
Nov 2, 2021	Baseimmune used this pitch deck to win $4.8m for its vaccine algorithm	The pandemic has inspired a surge of investment in drug discovery and particularly vaccine development. The latest company to emerge in the sector is London-based biotech Baseimmune, which has just announced a $4.8m raise for vaccine develo...
Oct 4, 2021	From Olympian to femtech founder, Jessica Ennis-Hill talks fundraising and pitching male VCs	She’s an Olympic track and field champion who has set world records three times. But now, Jessica Ennis-Hill has swapped the track for the office, running a femtech startup: Jennis. (Bet you can’t guess how she picked the name.) Ennis-Hill ...
Apr 12, 2021	Clim8 pledges to fix “dysfunctional” ethical investment world with new app	Clim8, a London-based sustainable investing platform, has launched its app after an eight-month beta testing period with a promise to help fix the “dysfunctional” landscape for ethical investing. The launch comes amid a huge boom in Europea...

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Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning Sifted Summit, among them “The State of Investment: NATO Innovation Fund, VCs and defense tech” (Jan 28, 2025) and “2023 event calendar for Latvian startups” (Jan 18, 2023).

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Yes, Sifted Summit is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 2, 2026.