Analysis

July 4, 2023

Fungi to save forests, recycling tough plastics and data to boost your local pub: June’s hottest seed rounds

The startups that celebrated seed funding last month

Sadia Nowshin

4 min read

Europe’s seed-stage startups ended the first half of 2023 on a high, raising around ​​€697m in June, according to Dealroom — a huge jump from May’s €461m and the highest amount raised in a single month by early-stage companies so far this year. While funding soared, however, deal count dipped, with June seeing 288 rounds against May’s 335. 

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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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