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The new Seed filter: what investors look for beyond the demo AI has made it easier than ever to build something that looks impressive. Polished demos, sleek interfaces, and convincing prototypes can now be produced in days, not months. But how do investors cut through the shine to identify a
GoCardless sees revenue boost, undertook 2025 restructure UK fintech GoCardless has reported a year-on-year revenue uplift in 2025, in a year in which it underwent a restructuring and made a provision for redundancies impacting around 90 jobs, a new filing shows. The cuts come as GoCardless, one of the UK’s most prominent fintechs, looks to
Eka closes $107M Fund II to becomes the UK’s largest early-stage impact VC Eka has announced the final close of its second fund at $107 million (£80 million), marking a significant milestone in the firm’s journey. With this raise, the firm becomes the UK’s largest early-stage impact venture capital firm
Zell raises €500K to scale AI-powered sales management Berlin-based Zell, an AI startup focused on automating sales management workflows, has raised €500,000 in a funding round. The round was co-led by P3 Ventures, SkyDeck Europe, UC Berkeley SkyDeck, Lendlease, and the Cariplo Factory accelerator, alongside a group of international angel
Anthropic plots Lovable challenger, leak suggests Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/anthropic-lovable-challenger-leak
Wise set to downgrade London listing this quarter Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/wise-london-listing-downgrade
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eka-ventures-fund-ai-health-climate
Who gets ahead in VC? Mostly the usual suspects Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/venture-capital-careers-ilya-strebulaev-research
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/openai-stargate-uk-paused-analysis
An Amazon warehouse worker died on the job at Oregon facility Though Amazon has faced issues with warehouse safety, the company said that the death was not work related. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/an-amazon-warehouse-worker-died-on-the-job-at-oregon-facility/