Celebrating 100 women shaping the future of European tech ✨
From visionary founders and bold investors to pioneering operators and ecosystem builders — our Top 100 Women in Tech in Europe 2025 list spotlights 100 women who are making a real impact across the ecosystem.
Created in collaboration with SISTAFUND and STATION F, this list celebrates their achievements and shines a spotlight on the need for greater diversity in the industry.
👏 Explore the full list in our bio
Everyone talks about AI changing how we work.
Far fewer are talking about what it changes inside companies.
⚡ Who owns headcount decisions now?
📈 Can HR and finance still plan separately?
🤖 And what happens when growth, cost and performance all move in real time?
Join Sifted and @ripplinghq on June 24 for a conversation on workforce planning, hiring and scaling in the AI era.
📅 June 24
🕛 12pm BST / 1pm CEST
🔗 Register via the link in bio.
#SiftedTalks #EuropeanStartups #FutureOfWork #AI #StartupLeadership #Scaleups
AI is entering the lab.
Our latest report looks at how startups are using AI to discover brand new materials, from climate applications to industrial use cases.
The big question: can better models actually lead to better materials?
Read the full report, in partnership with Henkel Ventures via the link in bio.
#EuropeanTech #Deeptech #AI #Startups
🎬 We caught up with Max Junestrand, cofounder of @wearelegora , to ask him a few quick questions... (More on Legora's acquisition strategy in Sifted next week.)
Join Max and more founders, CEOs, and leaders at #SiftedSummit in Shoreditch, London, in September.
Tickets available via the link in bio. See you there 😏
100 women. One list. A chance to spotlight the rising stars shaping European tech.
Sifted's 100 Women in Tech list is back.
Know a female founder, investor, operator or ecosystem builder showing real promise, momentum or early impact? Nominate them.
Deadline: May 20. 🔗 Link in bio.
#WomenInTech #EuropeanStartups #100WomenInTech
🔬 The Bronze Age took thousands of years to arrive. The next materials revolution might take three months.
Our new report with @henkel asks the question everyone in deep tech is quietly obsessing over: can AI actually discover new materials?
Machine learning. Autonomous labs. Zero human involvement in some Chinese factories. The science is moving fast. But so is the hype.
We spoke to researchers, developers, and industry insiders to find out what's real, what's not, and where the gap between computational promise and real-world materials actually sits.
Read Can AI help discover brand new materials? — link in bio 🔗
#MaterialsScience #DeepTech #AI #EuropeanStartups #Sifted
European neobanks are racing to make AI part of everyday banking.
But @ZopaMoney 's CEO thinks the real shift could go further: banking without really using a banking app at all.
What would that mean for payments, regulation and the future of fintech?
Damisola Sulaiman breaks it down in the video.
#fintech #EuropeanTech #UKtech #neobanks #AI #banking #startups #Sifted
POV: you're about to miss the most interesting room in Athens this May. 👀
Good things are coming to the city.
Great things are coming to @panathenea.festival .
Endeavor × @siftedeu
A room full of the women rewriting European tech.
Stay tuned. The best is yet to come. ✨
#panatheneafestival #endeavoratpanathenea #sifted #tech #100womenintech
Sifted, with a fresh look.
We’ve refreshed our homepage to make it easier to find the stories, analysis and insights that matter across Europe’s startup and venture capital ecosystem.
Same award-winning journalism. Just a cleaner way to read Sifted every day.
Tap through via the link in bio and have a look.
#StartupEurope #Sifted
Too many businesses make their customers do the hard work. Log in here. Switch apps there. Complete the payment somewhere else.
The companies pulling ahead are cutting that out. They're embedding services, payments and workflows directly into their products, so customers never have to leave.
Less app-hopping. Better retention. New revenue streams.
Sifted and Sage are getting the people building these strategies together. Swipe to meet the panel 👉
📅 Wednesday 29 April 🕛 12pm BST / 1pm CEST
Sign up via the link in bio.
#EmbeddedFinance #Fintech #SiftedTalks #EuropeanStartups
🚨 Still making customers jump between apps, tabs and payment flows?
That friction costs more than time. It hits conversion, retention and revenue.
Join Sifted and Sage on April 29 for a sharp conversation on how embedded services are changing the customer experience, and what startup and scaleup leaders need to learn now.
We’ll get into:
✨ why “app-hopping” is falling out of favour
💸 how embedded models can unlock new revenue streams
🛠️ what good embedded experiences actually look like in practice
📈 how to scale without wrecking the user experience
If you’re building product, payments, fintech or customer journeys, this one’s worth your time.
Sign up now via the link in bio
#EmbeddedFinance #CustomerExperience #Fintech #B2BSoftware #EuropeanStartups
The Sifted 100: UK & Ireland is here!
We’ve ranked the region’s fastest-growing startups and this year’s numbers say a lot about where tech is heading.
Inside the report:
📈 100 startups
💸 £18.53bn raised
👥 10,000+ jobs created
🤖 24 AI-native companies
💳 36 fintechs
🔥 1,403% two-year revenue CAGR at number one
Some names you’ll know. Some you probably won’t. All of them are moving fast.
Tap the link in bio to download the report and see who made the cut.
#Sifted100 #EuropeanStartups #UKStartups #IrishStartups #StartupEcosystem #VC #Fintech #AI
