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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hello Sifted reader,

Wow, where do we start! The Sifted team are having a well-earned lie-in this morning after we closed out the Sifted Summit yesterday. It was amazing to bring together the best and brightest of Europe's startup scene, to connect with one another and discuss the biggest issues facing tech at the moment — from ESG and remote work to NFTs and preparing for a downturn. 

Thank you to everyone who came along, and we hope you had as much fun as we did. If you couldn't make it, fear not — read on for summaries of some of the key talks and our favourite moments. And, we'll be back and in person next year, so stay tuned!

Our top takeaways from day one of the Summit. We've picked out our top moments from the huge variety of speakers and panels across our event, including Trinny Woodall, Naren Shaam, Roxanne Varza and Caspar Lee. Plus, check Sifted later today for a round up of day two, featuring Herman Narula, Timothy Armoo and Tessa Clarke.

After nearly a decade of trading blows, we brought former Monzo cofounder Tom Blomfield and former TechCrunch journalist Steve O'Hear back together to relive some of their best moments, and reflect on where they've ended up now. Check it out here.

How to make hybrid workplaces work. Miriam Partington, half of our Startup Life dream team, led a session on the future of work featuring C-suiters from Pipedrive, Thought Machine and DocuSign. They chewed the fat on the best ways to keep team culture strong when people are working across the world. Check out the key takeaways.

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👨‍⚖️ UK legaltech Lawhive raises $2m to make legal advice accessible. It's targeting small businesses and everyday consumers rather than the big companies that most legaltechs aim for. Episode 1 Ventures led the round, with participation from Tiny VC.

🥩 Gourmey raises €48m Series A to build its cultivated meat plant. The French startup is most famous for its fermented foie gras, which it says tastes just like the real thing. It's going to use the money, which it raised from VCs including Earlybird, Point Nine, Keen and Heartcore, to build Europe's largest cultivated meat production site.

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🔋 Every gigafactory planned in Europe: tracked. Making batteries for EVs is big business, and VCs are jumping at the chance to back startups with plans to throw the factories up. The EU is hoping to build up the bloc's capacity quickly, so we took a look at all the gigafactories startups are hoping to build.

🛫 How to extend your runway. In a downturn, startups need to build up their cash reserves in case of emergencies — so how do you cut costs without raising new cash? Rohlik Group CFO Heřman Kopkáně runs us through his top tips. 

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Alex Oscroft

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