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August 15, 2022

Who are the founders building billion-dollar businesses in the DACH region?

A report from Antler VC reveals the backgrounds of DACH unicorn founders from the class of 2022


Credit: People on stage at the Antler VC demo day

In the last two years, the DACH region has been getting a lot of attention.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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