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June 26, 2026

The seed rounds you may have missed in H1

Forget the headline-grabbers like AMI Labs and Ineffable Intelligence — here are the overlooked deals of the first half of 2026

Éanna Kelly

3 min read

European startups have landed some astonishingly large seed rounds this year, and the sheer scale of a few has pulled focus away from deals equally worthy of attention.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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