Analysis

June 30, 2023

Less than a third of soonicorn leaders think fundraising will pick up this year

Sifted polled 100 of Europe and Israel’s fastest growing SaaS startups to gauge the mood on fundraising


Startup founders are an optimistic bunch — but even they aren't predicting sunny forecasts for the tech economy.

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Federico Scolari

Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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