Analysis

May 4, 2023

April 2023 seed rounds: A mobile game planting real trees, exoskeletons to improve mobility and warehouse robots

13 rounds that made it onto Sifted's radar this month

Sadia Nowshin

5 min read

Seed funding in Europe hit €444m in Europe in April, according to Dealroom — €31m more than March, and the first month this year where total funding has increased from the month before.

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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