Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months, you’ve probably noticed that the funding climate has changed significantly over the past year. But not all is lost for early-stage startups. My cofounders and I just raised a €2.5m seed round for our B2B startup Finch, even though we haven’t yet launched commercially.
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