NEW: Suppliers to UK tech event CogX claim they are owed “tens of thousands” of pounds in unpaid fees for work they did for its 2023 conference.

CogX says it's committed to paying the suppliers and working tirelessly to bring in revenues to pay them.

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Swedish financiers Harald Mix and Carl-Erik Lagercrantz are behind two of Europe's biggest climate tech companies: Northvolt and H2 Green Steel.

I sat down with them to find out the secret sauce 👇

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Loved speaking to the fab Madhumita Murgia about her book Code Dependent this morning. It's a very valuable set of accounts of how AI is affecting our lives, our communities and ultimately what makes us human. Go get the book and read it!

Big thanks FTI Consulting Strategic Communications for organising

For all that VCs tell me dealmaking is heating up, it hasn't *quite* shown up in the data yet. I dug into some fresh Q1 deals numbers from Sifted , including top sectors to keep an eye on (and no, it's not AI) sifted.eu/articles/ventu…

Is microdosing on the up among founders? Seems to be in the UK at least – get in touch if this is also a thing in the Nordics.

Great article by Sifted's Kai Nicol-Schwarz

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ICYMI, last week I dug into how the Munich investor ecosystem, still the smaller sibling to Berlin, has been growing up in recent years — and attracting growth funds, M&A law firms and big banks Sifted sifted.eu/articles/munic…

I've recently been thinking about a comparison we often make on this side of the Atlantic: 'X is the next Silicon Valley'. I'd love to hear from you: What's your take on the idea of a European Silicon Valley? Is it a helpful (or desirable) comparison? I'm all ears: [email protected]

In case you've missed the recent discussions on the proposed exit tax in Norway and how it will impact startups, I wrote a few words for Sifted's daily newsletter: sifted.eu/articles/leavi…

#nordicmade #exittax

'Micromanagement gets a bad rap.'

Andreessen Horowitz's London-based partner Sriram Krishnan - sriramk.eth on what makes great founders great, on this week's Sifted podcast:

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Last week I got to ask some Germany-based VCs what advice they had for founders trying to fundraise in this (still) tough environment in 2024. Read their insights here, first in my newsletter this AM Sifted: sifted.eu/articles/tips-…

Just four European startups have hit a $1bn valuation so far this year — a pace that's way down from the lofty heights of 2021 and 2022. We list all of Europe's new — and current — unicorns here:

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Meet the man who sells European startups that VCs have given up on to US tech giants for as much as $80m 👀

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Swedish flying boat startup Candela | Electric hydrofoil boats has raised €24.5m from Groupe Beneteau, EQT Ventures and others.

I went on a trip to see what it is all about.

#nordicmade #EV #sthlmtech
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Scaling through chaos — how to build your scaleup leadership team.

📕 Sifted publishes excerpt from our new book about scaling teams.

Tip Techmeme #scalingthroughchaos

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Lately I’ve been hearing and reading that growth in Europe is heating up. This morning I explored whether late-stage funding — which took a huge hit in 2023 — is making a comeback. Only in Sifted Daily newsletter:

Europe needs a lot more green energy systems (like heat pumps) to achieve its climate goals. But there's a massive shortage of people able to install them. I dug into the host of new startups working to train this new green workforce — and their VC backers sifted.eu/articles/start…

New: Stability AI has replaced its CTO, with Christian Laforte taking over from Tom Mason, who had been in the job since July 2022. Former employees say leadership changes are contributing to a feeling that the company lacks strategic direction: sifted.eu/articles/stabi…

Second Scandinavian scooter story today 😅 Voi Technology raises $25m to invest in expansion at a time when the European market is busy with mergers and bankruptcies sifted.eu/articles/start… #nordicmade #sthlmtech

Meet the startups founded by former Monzo employees 👀

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49% of founders say they’re considering quitting their startup this year 😖

Pretty worrying findings from our latest Sifted survey:

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