Startup founders are an optimistic bunch — but even they aren't predicting sunny forecasts for the tech economy.
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
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Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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