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Speedinvest cuts 10% of team after a period of churn

Following a period of employee churn, the early-stage investor is making further cuts to increase efficiency


Anne Sraders and Amy Lewin

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Oliver Holle, CEO and managing partner of Speedinvest

Austrian VC firm Speedinvest is cutting 10% of its team, Sifted has learnt. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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