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Meet the Sifted team in the Newsroom

All Sifted Summit panels and interviews are moderated by Sifted's very own editorial team. With expertise across the industry, you can be sure they won't be shying away from the tough conversations.

The full Sifted editorial team will be in the newsroom at the event over the two days — looking for the inside scoop on the hottest startups.

John Thornhill

John Thornhill

Founder and Editorial Director

John co-founded Sifted in 2018 with the ambition of it becoming the "voice" of Europe's startup community. He remains Sifted's editorial director and has a particular fascination in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. He is also the Innovation editor of the Financial Times, where he writes a weekly award-winning column on the impact of technology and hosts the Tech Tonic podcast. In a 30-year career at the FT, John has been deputy editor, news editor, European edition editor, and bureau chief in both Paris and Moscow.

Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin

Editor

Amy is Sifted’s editor and leads the publication’s team of journalists around the continent. She’s the cohost of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast and writes Up Round, a weekly newsletter on VC. Since joining Sifted as its first employee in 2018, she’s reported on everything from fintech to foodtech — and particularly enjoys scrutinising whatever happens to be the latest investment hype.

Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing

Europe Editor

Mimi has been a journalist for over a decade and has focused on tech startups since 2015. At Sifted she reports on the latest from the Nordics as well as European healthtech. She occasionally co-hosts the Sifted podcast and is the editorial lead for Sifted events. Prior to joining Sifted in 2019 she was a tech reporter at the Swedish business daily Dagens Industri.

Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent

Digital Editor

Tom is Sifted's digital editor who works across newsletters, SEO and evergreen content strategy. He's interested in university spinouts and science-based startups. 

Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders

Senior Reporter

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and DACH region, and writes the Sifted Daily newsletter. Previously, Anne was a senior writer at Fortune, where she co-wrote the Term Sheet newsletter.

Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty

Senior Reporter

Freya is a senior reporter covering climate tech and working on investigations. After a stint working for Sifted in Paris, Freya is now based in London. She previously worked at Bloomberg and The Daily Star in Lebanon, as well as writing for places like the Guardian, the Financial Times and Middle East Eye.

Tim Smith

Tim Smith

News Editor

Tim writes about deeptech with a particular focus on AI, and works on investigations. He also produces Startup Europe — the Sifted Podcast, bringing our audience a weekly dose of the latest goings on in European tech. He started his career on the Guardian’s tech weekly podcast, before becoming a producer at BBC World Service Radio, and then moving to Spain, where he became Sifted’s first Iberia correspondent. Find him on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Zosia Wanat

Zosia Wanat

Senior Reporter

Zosia covers startups in central and eastern Europe. She also keeps a close eye on European policies affecting startups, and regulatory changes in Brussels and beyond. Previously she worked for POLITICO and MLex in Brussels and for the Financial Times as a reporter in London, Paris and Warsaw. She speaks English, Polish and French.

Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda

Fintech Reporter

Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Reporter

Kai is a reporter at Sifted and covers healthtech and UK tech. He’s based in London, and is interested in the human side of startups, the shift to digital in European healthcare systems and UK startup policy. 

Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington

Reporter

Miriam Partington is the DACH correspondent for Sifted and co-writer of the Startup Life newsletter, based in Berlin. Previously, she was a freelance journalist covering art, design and technology writing for publications such as Deutsche Welle, New Statesman, The Financial Times and Courier.

Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton

Startup Life Reporter

Anisah is a startup life reporter and the co-author of the Startup Life newsletter. She’s interested in the practicalities of company building, from culture to tech stacks. She’s also the founder of coding school for women 23 Code Street and consults with companies on how to make tech more inclusive.

Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin

Reporter

As Sifted’s editorial assistant, Sadia covers news, features, the flagship newsletter and the techbio sector, and helps out on almost everything in between. She joined Sifted after a Masters degree in literature from the University of Warwick and previously worked at digital media startup The Know. You can find her on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Eanna Kelly

Eanna Kelly

Contributing Editor

Éanna writes and edits Sifted's monthly reports and weekly briefings. He also writes news features, serious investigative pieces and columns. He previously worked as a journalist in Brussels, where he disentangled EU science and innovation policy.
 

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Reporter

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a French tech reporter for Sifted. She is based in Paris where she covers French startups and VCs. She was previously a tech journalist in London, where she reported for WIRED and ZDnet.

Ali Humayun

Ali Humayun

Junior editor