Analysis

April 4, 2025

Europe’s investors shun fintech for deals in B2B SaaS and healthtech

Fintech was Europe’s least active sector by dealcount in the first quarter of this year

Tom Matsuda

2 min read

Dealmaking in the fintech sector has lagged behind sectors it once bested in terms of deal count and funding so far this year. There have been only 164 deals in Europe’s fintech sector, less than half the 353 deals in the B2B Software-as-a-service vertical according to data collected by Sifted. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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