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October 9, 2025

Finn tops Sifted ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe

Fintechs, AI startups make strong showing in Sifted's second Europe-wide leaderboard


Éanna Kelly

3 min read

Sifted 250 winner and German soonicorn Finn

Munich’s Finn, a car subscription platform, tops this year’s Sifted 250 — a ranking of the 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe in order of highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue over a three year period. 

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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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