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


Sadia Nowshin

4 min read

Supernormal cofounders Colin Treseler and Fabian Perez

European startups raised €462m in seed funding across 286 rounds last month, a healthy figure compared with recent months.

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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