June was an active month for Europe’s seed investors. It was also a recordbreaking month in some countries — Electra, an electric vehicle startup, secured France’s largest ever seed round at €15m.
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July 12, 2021
The list: June’s hottest European seed investments
June was an active month for Europe’s seed investors, and a record breaking month in some countries.
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