Analysis

October 17, 2022

Meet Europe’s deeptech unicorns

From nuclear power to flying taxis, these are Europe’s deeptech superstars


Peter Carlsson

Despite the economic downturn, the European deeptech sector keeps growing — with startups from the continent on track to raise far more in 2022 than even the heady days of 2021. This year has already seen a few new deeptech entries into the unicorn club, including robotics company Exotec and flying taxi startup Volocopter. 

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Improbable CEO and cofounder Herman Narula
Improbable CEO and cofounder Herman Narula
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Graphcore founders Nigel Toon and Simon Knowles
Graphcore founders Nigel Toon and Simon Knowles
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Exotec Skypod
Exotec's Skypod warehouse robots
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Volocopter flight over Singapore
Volocopter's flying taxi
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Picture of Robert Falck, founder of Einride, for Sifted's Tech Innovators List
Robert Falck, founder of Einride
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Newcleo founder Stefano Buono
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An image of inside an Infarm vertical farming lab
Infarm's Bedford warehouse
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