The most active VCs in Europe in 2025 are writing more cheques than they were at this point last year.
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July 24, 2025
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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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