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Fyxer lands top 10 spot on Europe’s most promising AI startups list

Europe's AI revolution is in full swing. Fyxer is leading the charge, securing #9 on Sifted's AI 100 List of Europe's rising startups.

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Fyxer Team
Fyxer Team

October 31, 2025

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Fyxer ranked #9 on Sifted's AI 100 startups reshaping Europe. This recognition comes on the heels of our $30M Series B funding round in September. It further validates our approach to inbox management which saves professionals at least an hour a day, with a 90% user-retention rate after 3 months.

Sifted's inaugural list combines data-driven analysis with expert evaluation to spotlight startups tackling complex challenges. The range of sectors is vast - everything from biotech and robotics to enterprise productivity through AI email assistants.

It isn’t about who raised the most capital. Instead, Sifted's judges (including editorial leadership and intelligence analysts, alongside sponsor N47) prioritized boldness, originality and momentum.

To qualify for the AI 100, startups needed to meet strict criteria:

  • Founded in 2018 or later
  • Valued between $25M and $999M
  • Headquartered in Europe (across 32 eligible countries)
  • AI at the core of the product or infrastructure, not just a background optimization tool

The average company that made the list was founded in 2022 and employs just 75 people. 

Sifted's AI 100 top 10 startups

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Why Europe is winning the AI startup race

For years, Europe watched breakthrough tech waves arrive from other sides of the world. But AI is different. Europe has serious advantages in this race: world-class research institutions, deep industrial expertise and a growing entrepreneurial culture. 

“AI is a transformative technology perfectly suited to our industrial backbone."

- Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, Head of Europe at General Catalyst

According to Sifted's report, 2025 has been an exceptional year for AI funding. VCs have invested almost $200bn into AI startups globally, setting new records. In Europe, 52 of the 100 companies have raised funding this year. Investor-optimism looks set to continue into 2026:

"There are epic companies to be built here in Europe and we need to focus on playing our own game."

- Michael Stothard, Principal at Firstminute Capital

Collectively, these European startups have raised €4.4bn from 716 investors. London is home to 33 companies on the list, followed by Paris (15), Berlin (12) and Munich (6). The UK, Germany and France together account for 76% of the list.

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How Fyxer achieved 90% retention with an email productivity tool

Fyxer tackles the problem millions of professionals face daily: email overload. Our AI email assistant saves users one hour every day by organizing inboxes, drafting replies in their tone, and capturing meeting notes with automatic follow-ups.

Since launching in 2023, we've built a product that's already being used across industries where time equals money. Real estate currently makes up 40% of our revenue, and we're one of the highest-ranked European startups on Andreessen Horowitz's annual list of the most-used tools on the internet.

Rich Hollingsworth, our co-founder and CEO, told Sifted that churn is everything:

"Revenue is a vanity metric. What we know is that 80% of the AI market value lies in just 20% of the companies. If your client retention rate is strong, you're in the 20%." 

Around 90% of Fyxer users are still active three months after signing up.

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Fyxer's roadmap: From top 10 startup to enterprise productivity leader

Being recognized as one of Europe's top 10 AI startups validates our approach: build a product people can't live without, and growth follows. But recognition raises expectations.

In the months ahead, we're focused on:

  • Deepening product functionality to make Fyxer indispensable across more workflows
  • Expanding into new verticals where time-saving tools have immediate ROI
  • Staying lean but adding the right expertise to our team

We're competing in a market where speed matters, but retention matters more. Our goal isn't just to grow fast. It's to build a tool that redefines how we use email.

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Download the full report

Want to see who else made the list? Sifted's full AI 100 report includes:

  • The complete list from 1 to 100
  • Analysis of funding trends, investor activity and geographic distribution
  • Profiles of top startups across infrastructure, hardware, models and applications
  • Commentary from founders and VCs shaping Europe's AI ecosystem

Download the full Sifted AI 100 report to see which startups are shaping Europe's AI future. 

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