Analysis

September 5, 2023

An app incentivising you to exercise and a bigger AI round than Mistral: August’s hottest seed rounds

In the peak of the summer slump, which startups did manage to bag funding?

Sadia Nowshin

4 min read

August is peak summer holiday season for Europe’s startup community — so perhaps that explains why the month only saw 138 pre-seed and seed rounds, a 37% drop compared to July’s figures, according to Dealroom. The early-stage scene drummed up €322m, compared to €376m in July. 

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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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