Analysis

December 27, 2022

RIP: Meet the startups shuttered amid a tumultuous 2022

It's been a tough year for European tech, and some startups sadly didn't survive to see the end of it


2022 has had its fair share of tech company collapses (we’re looking at you, SBF). Europe’s seen 36, according to Dealroom data, though there’s likely to be a lot of smaller ones that have flown under the radar.

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