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July 23, 2024

Meet European fintech’s most active investors

Fintechs have so far received €8.8bn across equity and debt funding — second only to climate tech. But which investors are writing the most cheques?


Tom Matsuda

5 min read

Photo: Lexie Yu

In the first half of 2024, fintech — one of Europe’s historically best-funded startup sectors — played second fiddle to climate tech when it came to total capital raised. H1 saw fintech startups land €8.8bn in funding across equity and debt compared to the €21.3bn that went to climate tech startups in Europe. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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