Good news from around Europe
Sharapova at Web Summit — conference continues policy of attracting russians From November 10 to 13, Lisbon will host one of the world’s most influential technology conferences, Web Summit. This year, russian Maria Sharapova, who is presented on the event’s website as a “tennis legend,” is among the announced speakers. According
$10 million for drone navigation development. US-Ukrainian Vermeer attracts investment round from Draper Associates Vermeer, an American-Ukrainian defense technology startup, announced the completion of its Series A funding round, raising a total of $10 million. The additional funding was led by renowned venture capital firm Draper Associates. Vermeer, headquartered in
Houston, we have an HR problem: Why European HR strategies stumble in the US — guest column Many European companies expanding into the US market expect a smooth ride. After all, if they’ve scaled successfully across Europe, it’s easy to assume the US market will be similar. With its global
VCs urge founders to fundraise before AI bubble bursts Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-bubble-raise/
Meet Europe’s biggest deeptech investor (hint: it’s not a VC) Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-biggest-deeptech-investor-brnd/
Bryan Johnson’s go-to stem cell startup Cellcolabs lands $12m for worldwide rollout Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bryan-johnsons-stem-cell-startup-cellcolabs-lands-12m/
An M&A goldrush is coming for European AI. Startups beware Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-ma-meta-acquisition-deals-startups/
Venture capital is not an asset class, says Sequoia’s Roelof Botha Sequoia’s managing partner Roelof Botha noted that there are currently 3,000 venture firms in the United States, while there were just 1,000 when he joined Sequoia 20 years ago. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/venture-capital-is-not-an-asset-class-says-sequoias-roelof-botha/
CEO of Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller, on what makes a moonshot Teller says X has a 2% hit rate, which means that most of the things the company tries don’t work out, and that’s okay. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/ceo-of-alphabets-x-astro-teller-on-what-makes-a-moonshot/
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/zoom-ceo-eric-yuan-says-ai-will-shorten-our-workweek/