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June 8, 2026

Want to announce your funding round? Avoid Tuesdays at all cost

Analysis of 14k+ European funding announcements shows startups crowd into the middle of the week — making Tuesday the hardest day to stand out


Sifted’s newsroom receives hundreds of press releases each week; in time, we’ve noticed patterns around what catches a journalist’s eyes (and, more importantly, a reader’s). One of those patterns is timing. 

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Federico Scolari

Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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