European startups raised €462m in seed funding across 286 rounds last month, a healthy figure compared with recent months.
Analysis
February 3, 2023
January’s hottest seed rounds
The first month of 2023 has kicked off to a promising start when it comes to seed funding — here are some of the most interesting rounds
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