Analysis

September 5, 2022

The list: August’s hottest seed rounds

Here are some of the rounds that caught our eye this month — from a dating app for jobs to a new podcast services platform.


Freya Pratty

4 min read

Fair.xyz's team

It was a sleepy August for European seed-stage investors. Just €341m worth of deals came through, compared with €433m in July, according to data from Dealroom.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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