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🏸 The startup riding the racquet sports wave. Padel, a tennis-like sport, is booming in Europe. It's projected that the number of courts being built will be growing 26% year-on-year by 2025. Thanks in part to this growing popularity, Madrid-based court booking platform Playtomic raised €56m in a round led by GP Bullhound, and is making a push for the US market. Tim Smith reports. 

🥀 Farmdrop's dead. Sad times for the London-based ethical online supermarket, which sent out an email to all customers on Thursday saying that it had just made its final deliveries. Several of its suppliers are also feeling sad: it hasn't paid their invoices yet...

🤝 Quantum computing, finance’s best friend. Multiverse Computing, a Spanish quantum computing startup helping businesses solve financial problems such as fraud detection and risk management, raised €12.5m from the European Innovation Council via its accelerator programme. The financing comes following Multiverse Computing’s €10m seed round two months ago.

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🇬🇧 UK tech funding hits all time record. New analysis by job search engine Adzuna and data platform Dealroom shows that tech investment in the UK more than doubled to £26bn this year, up from £11.5bn last year. It also includes information about unicorns, jobs and tech hotspots around the UK.

🅰️ How to raise a Series A. VC firm Creandum and fraud detection startup Seon give their top tips and insights on carrying out a Series A — from due diligence to dealing with life after raising. And if you want to find out which VCs are investing in the most Series A rounds, head right this way.

🔮 European private capital: 2022 predictions. Following a crazy year for European private equity and venture capital in 2021, what’s in store next? From dealmaking to exits, Pitchbook makes its guesses.

🤑 Salary bands 101. How can you use salary bands to clarify your business’s philosophy, improve retention and more? Check out this handy guide by Courier.

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Is BNPL moving beyond Gen Z and millennials? | Online | January 12
With more than 17m customers in the UK, buy now, pay later (BNPL) has disrupted the credit card industry. But can it expand beyond the younger market? Find out in our next Sifted Talks.

Can startups clean up the supply chain? | Online | January 18
From docks to warehouses, the supply chain is falling apart. This Sifted Talks will explore how startups can navigate the logistics crisis — and build a cleaner supply chain for the future.

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