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.
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
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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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