A Munich company which has brought e-commerce savvy to the car industry last week topped Sifted’s DACH & CEE leaderboard for the second year in a row.
How car subscription service Finn zoomed to top of Sifted’s DACH & CEE leaderboard
EV curiosity, a fall in big ticket spending and advice from the CEO’s mother have all helped put 80k Finn cars on the streets
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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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