For all that VCs tell Sifted reporters that things are picking up, it hasn’t quite shown up in the data yet. There were 1,379 equity funding rounds in the first quarter of this year, according to Sifted data (which includes undisclosed rounds and excludes deals with grants or a debt component). Across those deals, startups raised €12.3bn in Q1.
Analysis
April 9, 2024
How dealmaking fared in Q1
New Sifted data shows European startups raised about €12.3bn in Q1, a downtick from the previous quarter
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