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April 16, 2026

Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin

London startups raised more in Q1 2026 than in the whole of H1 2025; the UK capital also captured over half of all European AI funding

London's tech investment hit a four-year high last quarter, as capital flooded into fewer but larger bets dominated by €100m+ AI megarounds.

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Éanna Kelly

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

Jonathan Sinclair

Jonathan Sinclair is head of research at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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