Analysis

January 12, 2023

The most active investors at seed stage in Europe in 2022

Here are the 10 that pitched in to the most rounds last year


Sadia Nowshin

6 min read

Credit: People on stage at the Antler VC demo day

Early-stage funding (pre-Series A) in Europe totalled €5.8bn across the whole of 2022, according to Sifted Intelligence data — a fall from 2021’s €7.3bn.

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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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