European tech is going through a slow patch — funding is harder to come by, and startups have laid off thousands of employees.
Analysis
February 1, 2023
9 charts that tell where European tech is right now
Sifted Intelligence ran the numbers — and they reveal just how much of an anomaly 2021 was
Jonathan Sinclair and Federico Scolari
5 min read
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