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May 11, 2026
What 2,800 funding rounds reveal about how startups spend money
Sifted analysed thousands of European funding rounds to uncover how startup priorities shift from pre-seed to growth stage
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Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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