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February 1, 2023

The 10 fastest growing open-source startups in Europe

A new report by Runa Capital has gathered the fastest-growing open-source startups hosted on GitHub — here are the European teams that made it


Sadia Nowshin

4 min read

The Penpot team

European universities are leading the world when it comes to turning out founders of fast-growing open source startups, according to a new report.

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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