Analysis

September 27, 2024

Europe’s fastest-growing deeptech startup teams in 2024

Sifted discovers which deeptech startups have grown their teams the most in the last 12 months

Anne Sraders

6 min read

Deeptech startups, like those building rockets, robots and quantum computers, have seen their coffers filled with VC capital recently. Investors have funnelled €6.5bn into 488 deeptech deals so far in 2024 through to early September (excluding climate and healthtech startups) according to Sifted data.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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