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2017 has started strong for European venture capital: €1.3 billion was raised in January alone so far. That’s on track for €4 billion per quarter and €16 billion per year. We know…

Corporate rounds grew by 74% (!) to 535 rounds in 2016. The combined size of corporate rounds grew by 33% to € 4.9 billion. This includes …

2016 was a record year for European VC, raising over €16.2 billion (12% increase) and 3,376 funding rounds (32% increase). The full 2016 European Venture Capital Report is available for…

Among the many filters available in Dealroom is client focus: B2B or B2C. Last week, Pawel Chudzinski ‏from Point Nince Capital asked us on Twitter to show investment activity of B2B vs.

The below chart looks at the long-term evolution of European venture capital by country of origin. Funding from Continental European based VC funds has been on the increase, at the expense…

The below two charts show the 6 year trend of top European cities (including Israel) by number of rounds and total venture capital raised. The year 2016 has been annualised…

During the third quarter of 2016, European companies raised about €3.2 billion in venture capital, preliminary data from Dealroom shows. After several quarters of €4 billion+ funding this is quite a…

We already knew that Continental Europe is catching up to the UK. But this chart, showing number of rounds in Europe by % contribution, does a really nice job of demonstrating…

Sixteen months ago, private equity firm Oakley Capital made a contrarian move by acquiring online matchmaking service Parship from Holtzbrinck Digital. A few weeks later it also acquired Elite Partner, to create Parship…