After a difficult couple of years, Europe’s tech scene bounced back in 2024 — with investment rising for startups across the board, from pre-seed to late-stage. With angel investments also on the rise, Sifted wanted to find out how Europe’s most prominent angel investors played their chips.
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Analysis
February 20, 2025
Meet Europe’s 25 most active angel investors
From the head of France’s Station F startup hub to a World Cup winner, these angels wrote the most cheques in 2024
5 min read
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Hessa Alabbas is a data analyst at Sifted, based in London. You can find her on LinkedIn.

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