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October 7, 2025

The fastest-growing hardware startup teams in Europe

Companies working on everything from autonomous strike drones to plug and play solar generators are ramping up recruitment

Tom Nugent

5 min read

Hardware is on the menu for European VCs as they look to back a cohort of homegrown companies building everything from AI chips to drones and data centres.

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Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers university spinouts and robotics. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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