Matt Turck of FirstMark

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September 11, 2026

US VC FirstMark: ‘Europe is underrated’ right now among American investors

The New York firm has backed startups like Legora, Harmattan AI and Synthesia

Anne Sraders

4 min read

Lots of American investors pushed into Europe in the early 2020s, but things have changed. Today, some VCs based stateside report that there’s the prevailing belief that San Francisco is where all AI is happening.

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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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