Eleven new unicorns have been created in Europe so far this year — which is almost the total minted in the region during the whole of last year (13).
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Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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