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April 29, 2025

German accelerator EWOR raises €60m to challenge YC and find the next $1bn founders

“I believe there's not enough DeepMinds out there, and there's not enough DeepSeeks,” says cofounder Daniel Dippold

Anne Sraders

4 min read

German accelerator EWOR, which aims to challenge Silicon Valley institution Y Combinator (YC), has raised €60m to find Europe’s next unicorn founders. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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