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July 3, 2026

One unicorn a week: Europe's new model for billion-dollar startups

Europe is minting unicorns again: younger, faster to $1bn and clustered around AI-native bets


Photo by Meritt Thomas on Unsplash

Europe has minted 25 unicorns so far this year, just five shy of the number produced across the entirety of 2025.

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Federico Scolari

Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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