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July 8, 2022

Seed-stage funding in Europe went up in June

Healthtech replaces fintech as the most invested in sector at seed stage.


Freya Pratty

6 min read

The founders of Huuva.

Despite the threat of a downturn in tech stocks and later-stage private valuations, Europe’s seed-stage companies had a strong June. 

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The founders of Earth Blox, a startup using satellites to spot criminal activity
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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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