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January 18, 2024

The year of keeping European startups ‘afloat’: 2023’s venture downturn in 4 charts

From exits to deal value, European VC had an abysmal 2023


Anne Sraders

3 min read

Credit: Moises Gonzalez, Unsplash

Last year was clearly a tough year for European VCs and startups — and fresh data shows just how deep the downturn was in 2023. 

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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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