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November 10, 2022

9 of the hottest future of work startups in Europe, according to investors

The future of work isn't easily defined, but it's a category many investors want to get their teeth into


Michelangelo Valtancoli

The term "future of work" is familiar to almost everyone in the tech industry by now, but that doesn’t mean there’s a clear definition of what it actually means. 

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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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