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December 24, 2025

14 people in European tech who mattered in 2025

2025: the year of the bro-caster


Freya Pratty and Éanna Kelly

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UK entrepreneurship advisor Alexandra Depledge appears on stage at Summit

It’s been a comeback year for European tech. Thanks to a fresh wave of AI-native startups, the ecosystem clocked up its third-best funding year ever, trailing only the heady days of 2021 and 2022.

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Lovable CEO Anton Osika
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Project Europe's CEO, Kitty Mayo
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Ekaterina Zaharieva. Photos: European Commission
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Nik Storonsky, CEO and cofounder of Revolut
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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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