Éanna Kelly

My 5-point plan to save the tech podcast
Analysis
May 12, 2025
My 5-point plan to save the tech podcast
We’re all ears for startup war stories — but the pod format has become predictable and the conversation not often forensic
Éanna Kelly
This biotech made the biggest leap on the Sifted 100 ranking — now it’s getting an overhaul
Analysis
March 31, 2025
This biotech made the biggest leap on the Sifted 100 ranking — now it’s getting an overhaul
Revenue is up but Cambridge’s Bit.bio still reshuffles board, lays off staff and drops therapeutics focus. The interim chief explains why it ‘narrowed focus’
Éanna Kelly
After his intimate images leaked online, this founder turned a devastating experience into an AI startup: ‘My whole life disintegrated’
News
March 27, 2025
After his intimate images leaked online, this founder turned a devastating experience into an AI startup: ‘My whole life disintegrated’
Irish startup Ceartas has helped abuse victims and creatives fight back
Éanna Kelly
Has VC killed more value than it’s created?
Opinion
March 21, 2025
Has VC killed more value than it’s created?
A new book argues venture’s ‘world-eating mentality’ is destroying good startups and harming the rest of us
Éanna Kelly
M&A: These tech companies are on the hunt for acquisitions this year
Analysis
March 13, 2025
M&A: These tech companies are on the hunt for acquisitions this year
And other potential shoppers worth keeping an eye on
Éanna Kelly, Jonathan Sinclair and Federico Scolari
How the CEO of Manna is upending drone delivery: ‘It’s an eight-day-a-week job’
Analysis
March 12, 2025
How the CEO of Manna is upending drone delivery: ‘It’s an eight-day-a-week job’
Bobby Healy talks expansion, defence, the joy of ‘farting’ Teslas — and how EU rules actually helped his company notch more flights than US rivals
Éanna Kelly
Want to make your AI chatbot funny? Hiring comedians is a start
Analysis
March 6, 2025
Want to make your AI chatbot funny? Hiring comedians is a start
How a team of 15 comedy writers shaped finance app Cleo’s AI personality
Éanna Kelly
Europe’s biggest tech takeover deals — and what the founders did next
Analysis
March 5, 2025
Europe’s biggest tech takeover deals — and what the founders did next
A curated list of the top corporate acquisitions of European startups
Éanna Kelly and Jonathan Sinclair
Meet the eight startups using AI to fight malicious AI
Analysis
February 27, 2025
Meet the eight startups using AI to fight malicious AI
The founders defending humans from AI bots, copyright theft, disinformation and deepfakes
Éanna Kelly
Meet Europe’s 25 most active angel investors
Analysis
February 20, 2025
Meet Europe’s 25 most active angel investors
From the head of France’s Station F startup hub to a World Cup winner, these angels wrote the most cheques in 2024
Éanna Kelly and Hessa Alabbas
Valentine’s Day gift ideas for the special founder in your life
Opinion
February 14, 2025
Valentine’s Day gift ideas for the special founder in your life
You can move fast and break things — just not their heart
Éanna Kelly
‘Ice cold swims and a fear of small talk’: Inside the hacker hotel digging for Europe’s first trillion-dollar company
Analysis
February 11, 2025
‘Ice cold swims and a fear of small talk’: Inside the hacker hotel digging for Europe’s first trillion-dollar company
‘It’s nice to have people you can talk to about neural networks,” says cofounder Nantte Kivinen
Éanna Kelly
‘Hustle dies at 6pm’: do French founders work hard enough?
Analysis
February 4, 2025
‘Hustle dies at 6pm’: do French founders work hard enough?
A debate is brewing online over the lack of “grinders” in the French capital. The pushback has been strong
Éanna Kelly
Two big raises in 2024 have VCs feeling brighter about this tricky branch of robotics
Analysis
January 23, 2025
Two big raises in 2024 have VCs feeling brighter about this tricky branch of robotics
Meet the biggest construction robot startups in Europe
Éanna Kelly
Danish SME bank Kompasbank tops Sifted’s Nordics & Benelux Leaderboard
News
November 21, 2024
Danish SME bank Kompasbank tops Sifted’s Nordics & Benelux Leaderboard
Launching today, the Sifted 75: Nordics & Benelux is the seventh in a series of rankings tracking Europe’s fastest-growing companies
Éanna Kelly
Riga fintech Jeff App tops Sifted Leaderboard of eastern Europe’s fastest growing startups
News
October 31, 2024
Riga fintech Jeff App tops Sifted Leaderboard of eastern Europe’s fastest growing startups
Launching today, the Sifted 30: Eastern Europe and the Baltics is the fifth in a series of regional rankings
Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly

My 5-point plan to save the tech podcast

This biotech made the biggest leap on the Sifted 100 ranking — now it’s getting an overhaul

After his intimate images leaked online, this founder turned a devastating experience into an AI startup: ‘My whole life disintegrated’

Has VC killed more value than it’s created?

M&A: These tech companies are on the hunt for acquisitions this year

How the CEO of Manna is upending drone delivery: ‘It’s an eight-day-a-week job’

Want to make your AI chatbot funny? Hiring comedians is a start

Europe’s biggest tech takeover deals — and what the founders did next

Meet the eight startups using AI to fight malicious AI

Meet Europe’s 25 most active angel investors

Valentine’s Day gift ideas for the special founder in your life

‘Ice cold swims and a fear of small talk’: Inside the hacker hotel digging for Europe’s first trillion-dollar company

‘Hustle dies at 6pm’: do French founders work hard enough?

Two big raises in 2024 have VCs feeling brighter about this tricky branch of robotics

Danish SME bank Kompasbank tops Sifted’s Nordics & Benelux Leaderboard

Riga fintech Jeff App tops Sifted Leaderboard of eastern Europe’s fastest growing startups