Analysis

May 3, 2024

Germany’s 10 fastest-growing startup teams

Climate and AI startups are — predictably — growing their headcount the fastest after huge financing rounds in 2023

German tech ended 2023 on a slightly sour note, with VC funding dropping by a third and just three unicorns crowned — a stark contrast to the heydays of 2021.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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