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December 18, 2024

Can Europe's stock exchanges reverse their dwindling IPO appeal?

Companies are leaving London's stock exchange. Investors ponder what could make Europe's IPO market more attractive

Anne Sraders

4 min read

A version of this article first appeared in Sifted’s Daily newsletter, sign up here

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Anne Sraders

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

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