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Sifted

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Sifted
Private
ISIN🆔
IndustryNews agency, digital media
Founded 📆31 January 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-31)[1]
Founders 👔John Thornhill, Caspar Woolley
Headquarters 🏙️City of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Area served 🗺️
Europe
Key people
Amy Lewin (Editor)
Members
Number of employees
42[2]
ParentFinancial Times
🌐 Websitehttps://sifted.eu
📇 Address
📞 telephone

Sifted (est. in 2019) is a UK-based news website reporting on technology and startups in Europe. It is backed by the Financial Times. As of January 2022, it ranked 37,993 in the list of most visited global websites according to Alexa Internet.[3]

History[edit]

Sifted was co-founded by Caspar Woolley, a serial entrepreneur and former cofounder of Hailo, and the Financial Times Innovation Editor John Thornhill, in January 2019.[1][4] It was backed by the Financial Times, which held a 25% stake in the new venture.[1] FT also signed a licensing agreement with Sifted to ensure it meets the standard of FT news reporting.[1]

By February 2021, the website had 11 journalists, reporting from London, Paris, Stockholm, Barcelona, Bucharest and Berlin.[5] In February, Sifted launched a membership subscription model, making roughly a quarter of its content available only to subscribers.[6] In November 2021, it raised £4m from ScaleUp Capital to expand its operations and to focus on new data products.[7] As the result of the deal, the FT’s shareholding stake was diluted from 25% to 14%.[2] By the end of 2021, the website had 42 staff including 15 journalists.[2]

Business coverage[edit]

Sifted reports on the number of startups in Europe and their funding,[8][9] gender diversity among startup founders,[10] military technology,[11] publishes opinion pieces[12] and exclusive reports on European start-ups (such as Gorillas[13] and N26[14]).

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tobitt, Charlotte (2019-02-04). "FT backs new website aimed at capturing younger generation of European entrepreneurs". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kersley, Andrew. "FT-backed site for start-ups Sifted takes £4m for 25% stake two years after launch". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  3. ↑ "sifted.eu". Alexa Internet. 2022-01-06. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  4. ↑ "FT backs launch of Sifted, a new media site for Europe's entrepreneurs" (Press release). Financial Times. 2019-01-31. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  5. ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (2021-02-22). "Sifted paywall launch: FT-backed site reports promising start". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  6. ↑ Granger, Jacob (2021-02-15). "Sifted launches a membership model inspired by the startups it reports on". Journalism.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  7. ↑ Benedetti Valentini, Fabio (2021-11-24). "Sifted lève des fonds pour doubler la taille de ses effectifs" [Sifted raises funds to double the size of its workforce]. Les Echos (France) (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2022-01-05.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  8. ↑ Chatenay, Victor (2021-09-24). "France becomes Europe's third-biggest fintech hub but trails far behind the UK". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  9. ↑ Moreno, Miguel Angel (2021-08-25). "Las startups europeas dan el 'sorpasso' a China: el Viejo Continente alcanza los 296 unicornios, por encima de los 271 del gigante asiático" [European startups give the 'surprise' to China: the Old Continent reaches 296 unicorns, above the 271 of the Asian giant]. Business Insider España (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-06.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  10. ↑ Rodes, Andrea (2020-06-14). "Las mujeres en España sí fundan startups" [Women in Spain do found startups]. El Español (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2022-01-06.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  11. ↑ Vazquez, David (2021-09-05). "Ojos biónicos, implantes intramusculares y mejoras auditivas y del cerebro: así serán los cibersoldados en 2050, según los científicos encargados de mejorar al ejército de EEUU" [Bionic eyes, intramuscular implants, and hearing and brain enhancements: this is what cyber soldiers will look like in 2050, according to scientists tasked with improving the US military] (in Spanish). Business Insider España. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2022-01-06.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  12. ↑ Browne, Ryan (2020-04-09). "Some of Britain's top tech firms are piling pressure on the government to save start-ups". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  13. ↑ Key, Alys (2021-08-03). "Claims of toxic culture hit grocery delivery start-up Gorillas". i. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  14. ↑ Dillet, Romain (2021-10-18). "Challenger bank N26 raises $900 million at $9 billion valuation". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-01-06.


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