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The relaunched Sifted 100: DACH & CEE Leaderboard combines last year's Sifted 50: Germany, Sifted 30: Central Europe and Sifted 30: Eastern Europe & Baltics leaderboards into a single unified ranking the region’s 100 fastest-growing startups by revenue growth, spanning 25 countries.
Collectively, the 100 generated revenues of €4.54bn over the last three years and currently employ more than 9,000 people. In total, they’ve banked €9.88bn in funding. On average, companies have raised more funding (€100m vs. €78m) and employed more staff (98 vs. 87) than last year’s cohort. They’re also generating more revenue (€24m vs. €21m).
To be eligible, startups have to be private, independent and generate the majority of revenue from proprietary technology. They also have to be headquartered in any of Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Companies must have been founded in or after 2010, and have at least three years of revenue data (from 2021–2023, 2022–2024 or 2023–2025), covering accounting periods of at least 26 weeks. Revenue had to be at least €50k in the base year and €500k in the most recent year.
Companies were required to submit signed documentation to verify any financial data not publicly available. Some opted to keep parts of this information confidential.
Read the accompanying research report, featuring interviews with several founders, here. Our ranking of the 125 investors with at least two companies on the leaderboard can be viewed here.
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