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October 24, 2024

Deeptech founders: Europe needs more courage

How Europe is failing its deeptech startups in scaling

Mimi Billing

5 min read

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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