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June 6, 2025

Europe’s VC mafias

Ranked for the first time: the firms creating the most VC offshoots

Amy Lewin and Anne Sraders

6 min read

You’ve all heard of the PayPal ‘mafia’, and here in Europe, the Skype ‘mafia’. Other tech companies that have given birth to a generation of other tech startups include Revolut, Palantir, Monzo and Deliveroo.

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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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