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July 7, 2021

Europe's top VCs — according to founder-led review site Landscape

With a little help from our friends at VC review platform Landscape, Sifted finds out who the best investors are — as rated by the startup founders they invest (or don’t invest) in.


We at Sifted often ask VCs what startups they are excited about, but today we are flipping the format on its head, turning to VC review platform Landscape to get the lowdown on the top investors to work with as a founder.

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Talis team. Credit: Talis Capital.
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Team byFounders (pre-Covid). Credit: byFounders.
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Change Ventures investment team: Yrjo Ojasaar, Andris K. Berzins and Rait Ojasaar. Credit: Change Ventures.
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Episode 1 team photo. Credit: Episode 1.
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Octopus Ventures partners and principals. Credit: Octopus Ventures.
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Connect Ventures team photo. Credit: Connect Ventures.
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Backed VC team photo, 2019. Credit: Backed VC.
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Dynamo team photo, 2021. Credit: Dynamo Ventures.
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Kindred team photo (pre-Covid). Credit: Kindred Capital.
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Ascension Ventures team photo. Credit: Ascension Ventures.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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