European Startup Nations Alliance – building Europe’s startup future
11 November, 2021
Last week saw an important milestone in Europe’s coordinated efforts to optimize operating conditions for startups in the continent. Back in March, a vision of the EU Startup Nations of Excellence (EU SNS) was announced, in conjunction with an eight-point list of policy targets and priorities (the Startup Nations Standard). Now, the first steps are being taken to implement it. 3rd November at WebSummit was Day 0…
A UiPath to success: Central and Eastern European startups coming of age
14 October, 2021
Bolt, Wise, Rohlik, Vinted, UiPath, GitLab and Pipedrive. Central and Eastern Europe is producing startups that would be envy of any ecosystem, and increasingly attracting the world’s attention. With startup…
The open-access Oslo startup, scaleup and investor database
7 October, 2021
We’re excited to launch Oslo’s dedicated startup database, mapping the city’s startup and venture capital ecosystem, in partnership with Oslo Business Region, a limited company funded and…
Seeking the next Spotify: Sweden launches tech ecosystem database
6 October, 2021
Today, Sweden joins a pan-European network of startup ecosystems, powered by Dealroom. Initiated by Business Sweden, The Swedish Institute, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional…
In partnership with Italian Tech Week taking place this week in Turin (with Elon Musk headlining), we took a look at where Italy is at in terms of startups and venture capital, and why startups matter for economies. Italy underindexing in tech The Italian economy is the 4th biggest is Europe, but Italy ranks at only number 12 for VC investment in Europe, with €3.6B raised in the last…
Today Denmark joins the pan-European network of startup ecosystems solutions powered by Dealroom. Initiated by TechBBQ, the new dedicated startup database catalogues the rapidly evolving Danish startup tech…
We recently hosted an expert panel on the future of blockchain, in partnership with Sifted. While blockchain-related headlines often focus on the wild west of volatile crypto prices,…
Europe has now produced 289 unicorns, companies valued at over a billion dollars. But as this breed of startup is no longer quite as rare on the continent as they…
Global venture capital is crushing all records in 2021
7 July, 2021
Global VC investment has reached an all-time high in 2021 having already smashed last year’s records with 2.3x year-on-year growth. Since the start of the year…
Set in one of Europe’s most important economic and industrial centres, Cologne is building a new reputation. With the third highest startup density in Germany after Berlin and Munich, and…
