Explore our curated rankings of Europe's top startups and investors, highlighting the key players shaping the ecosystem.
Europe’s startup unicorns
A complete list of Europe's 159 current unicorns.
Europe's most active investors in Q1 2025: VCs + CVCs
Ranking the most active VCs and CVCs in European tech in Q1 2025.
Europe's most active investors in Q1 2025: debt providers
Ranking the most active debt providers in European tech in Q1 2025.
Europe's most active investors in Q1 2025: public funds
Ranking the most active public funds in European tech in Q1 2025.
Europe's most active investors in 2024: CVCs
Ranking the 50+ most active CVCs in European tech in 2024.
Europe's most active investors in 2024: VCs
Ranking the 100 most active VCs in European tech in 2024.
Europe's most active investors in 2024: debt providers
Ranking the most active debt providers in European tech in 2024.
Europe's most active investors in 2024: angels
Ranking the most active angel investors in European tech in 2024.
Europe's most active investors in 2024: public funds
Ranking the most active public funds in European tech in 2024.
Sifted 100: UK & Ireland investor ranking (2025)
Ranking the top investors backing the fastest-growing startups in the UK and Ireland in 2025.
B2B SaaS Rising 100 (2024)
Ranking the 100 most promising European and Israeli B2B SaaS startups scaling fast in 2024.
Europe's emerging cancer tech startups
Few pursuits are more urgent than boosting cancer survival rates, and a rising number of European early-stage startups are leveraging new methods to do just that.
B2B SaaS Rising 100 (2023)
This Sifted Intelligence report lists 100 high-flying business-to-business SaaS companies that could someday join the ranks of Europe and Israels's $1bn-plus startups.
The European deeptech startups to watch in 2023
Overshadowed for months by software and other buzzy crazes, deeptech has now resurfaced as one of Europe’s leading verticals.
The German startups and scaleups to watch in 2023
Germany is one of the leading tech scenes in Europe, and has birthed dozens of VC-backed unicorns, such as Personio, Celonis and N26. Which are the ones to watch this year?
The Austrian & Swiss startups to watch in 2023
While some of Europe’s biggest ecosystems felt the chill of the tech slowdown in 2022, both Switzerland and Austria had strong years.
The Nordic startups and scaleups to watch in 2023
Sifted compiled our annual list of most promising amongst Nordic startups. Which are the companies to watch in 2023?
Europe’s unicorn investors
Sifted tracked Europe's finest cap tables for current or exited $1b+ startups.
The Italian startups and scaleups to watch in 2022
A late bloomer by many standards, Italy’s tech scene has been riding an exceptional growth wave in 2022.
Benelux startups and scaleups to watch in 2022
Small but mighty: startups to watch across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
B2B SaaS Rising 100 (2022)
This Sifted Intelligence report lists 100 high-flying business-to-business companies that could someday join the ranks of Europe's $1bn-plus startups.
UK tech startups and scaleups to watch in 2022
The UK is still Europe’s leading startup hub, attracting $40.6bn in venture capital funding in 2021
The Spanish startups and scaleups to watch in 2022
Spain has a rapidly growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs, angel investors, early-stage incubators and venture capital funds.
The Baltic startups and scaleups to watch in 2022
The Baltics is one of Europe's most exciting startup regions. So who should be on your watchlist?
German tech startups and scaleups to watch in 2022
Sifted ranked the up-and-coming German startups to watch in 2022
The European fintechs to watch in 2022
Hot startups from the hottest European sector
French tech startups to watch in 2022
The startups from one of Europe's hottest tech hubs
