Analysis

August 13, 2025

Is European tech having a US summer?

European founders are trying to match the tempo of Silicon Valley, where the pace is breakneck and the competition rarely slows down


Silhouette of San Francisco at sunset. Credit: Cedric Letsch via Unsplash

August in Europe is typically the month when startups slow down their news announcements, offices empty out and investors disappear to the beach. But for large portions of European tech this summer, out-of-office season hasn’t started.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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