The most active VCs in Europe in 2025 are writing more cheques than they were at this point last year.
These are the most active VCs currently in Europe
Sifted ran the numbers on this year’s biggest cheque writers so far
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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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