Analysis

October 5, 2021

The list: September’s hottest European seed investments

238 companies secured seed stage funding last month.


Freya Pratty

4 min read

September was a big month for European seed investments. 238 companies announced seed funding: the highest figure for the past few months — and the real figure is probably slightly bigger because of the reporting lag.

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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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