Analysis

March 27, 2025

10 German soonicorns to watch

Only one German startup became a unicorn in 2024. Who could be next?

2024 wasn’t a fertile year for unicorns in Germany. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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