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28% -- funding growth rate for Sifted 100: DACH & CEE cohort average funding (2025)
The average funding raised by startups in the 2025 Sifted 100: DACH & CEE cohort grew by 28% compared to companies across the three individual leaderboards the previous year.
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28%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
100
Geography
EMEA
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Sifted
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Tier B
https://bebeez.eu/2025/05/18/the-investors-backing-dach-cees-fastest-growing-startups/ ↗
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The investors backing DACH & CEE’s fastest-growing startups
This year, Sifted has combined its Germany, Central and Eastern Europe rankings into one powerhouse list: the Sifted 100: DACH & CEE. The leaderboard highlights the 100 fastest-growing startups in the region, ranked by revenue growth over the past three years.
While the startups may be getting the s…
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Growth vs prior year combined leaderboards
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Company SizeAll sizes
RegionEMEA
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Sifted 100: DACH & CEE cohort average funding: 28% funding growth rate. Source: Sifted (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/dach-cee-2025-cohort-funding-growth
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