You hear that? That’s the sound of the tech funding market slowly cooling down.
Opinion
January 12, 2022
Can the European tech ecosystem withstand the inevitable downturn?
Public stocks are turning bearish and interest rates will likely rise. So how would Europe's tech ecosystem handle a downturn?
5 min read
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Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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