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November 4, 2022

The list: October's hottest seed rounds

From augmented reality textbooks to sustainable shoes, here are some of the startups with fresh seed funding that caught our eye


Sadia Nowshin

5 min read

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October deflated slightly compared to September’s seed round bounceback, with 259 rounds raising a total of €373m. That’s down from the previous month’s €510m from 333 rounds — but despite the dip, it was still an improvement on the June to August average round total of 222. 

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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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