Year: 2025

Czech AI platform Ranketta raises €1M to help brands optimize AI-driven search and shopping Ranketta, a Czech AI visibility platform that helps brands track and enhance how they appear in AI-driven search and shopping results, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Lighthouse Ventures with

Could Nothing take on Apple — and win? “Maybe,” says CEO Carl Pei Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nothing-carl-pei-podcast/

Germany plots second €1bn fund-of-funds to back European VC Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/germany-second-fund-of-funds/

Building femtech with customer buy-in: Inside Daya’s contrarian playbook Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/daya-ventures-company-builder-crowdfunding/

VC and defence tech — a recipe for disaster? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/defence-tech-disaster-opinion/

Truelayer CEO on layoffs and new products: ‘We had to right-size the company’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/truelayer-interview/

This Thanksgiving’s real drama may be Michael Burry versus Nvidia Is Burry the canary in the coal mine, warning of a collapse that’s inevitable? Or could his fame, his track record, his now unrestricted voice, and a fast-growing audience trigger the very implosion he’s predicting? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/27/this-thanksgivings-real-drama-may-be-michael-burry-versus-nvidia/

Best iPad apps for unleashing and exploring your creativity We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store.  Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/27/best-ipad-apps-for-unleashing-and-exploring-your-creativity/

Glīd won Startup Battlefield 2025 by building solutions to make logistics simpler, safer, and smarter We’re excited to interview the winner of Startup Battlefield 2025, and Glid co-founder Kevin Damoa, on this week’s Build Mode! Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/27/glid-won-startup-battlefield-2025-by-building-solutions-to-make-logistics-simpler-safer-and-smarter/

The future will be explained to you in Palo Alto On Wednesday evening at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous. The