Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast

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 Sifted membership for free, and we'd love to learn more about our listeners:bit.ly/siftedpodcast

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 a Belgian castle? Bootleg vodka and time travelPlease 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

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/siftedpodcastThis 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, Europe’s biggest round ever in the elderly care sector(12:12) A new wave of European fintechs are taking on the fractional ownership real estate model(17:13)  What’s it like working as a food delivery rider in extreme heat?

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/siftedpodcastThis 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(11:20) A new app promises more pay transparency for gig workers (18:24) What's it like going to an exclusive, members only crypto club? 

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/siftedpodcastThis 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 your boss pay your energy bills?

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 accused of missing payroll and not refunding customers

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

This week we discuss:2:24 Crypto winter and Bitpanda layoffs4:17 Hiring tech startup Screenloop raises $7m5:43 Wise and Songkick founders launch new VC fund8:48 Christian Tooley from i³ investing on why you need to queer your dealflow19:09 The EU has a new plan to supercharge European innovation

On this week's show:02:20 — Idoven raises $19.8m to scale it's AI heart disease detection tech05:00 — Kranus Health raises $6.5m to build the “viagra of digital therapy”09:45 — Europe's top "digital nomad villages"17:26 — How did travel booking site Omio rise from the ashes, after nearly being snuffed out by the pandemic

On this week's show:03:22 — SoftBank backs Proximie in $80m round for AR surgery06:00 — Epoch Biodesign has raised $11m to grow its plastic-eating enzymes tech09:38 — What's going on in European tech hiring?11:32 — Fintech reporter Amy O'Brien discusses a rare interview with N26 CEO Valentin Stalf15:46 — Nathan Benaich talks about his research into why European universities aren't producing top tech companies at the same rate as the USLinks:https://sifted.eu/articles/proximie-softbank-80m-surgery/https://sifted.eu/articles/epoch-biodesign-enzyme-plastic-waste/https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-tech-job-listings-down/https://sifted.eu/articles/n26-culture-fraud-valentin-stalf/https://sifted.eu/articles/university-spinout-startups/