The Journey to Series A in Europe (with Atomico and LocalGlobe)
6 November, 2018
In partnership with Atomico and LocalGlobe, Dealroom published a report on the reality of the early-stage funding journey in Europe. Funding rounds are self-reported and labeled with no consistency, so founders and investors struggle to obtain useful benchmarks on the early-stage funding journey. Even the basic question – what share of “Seed” companies raise a “Series A” – is difficult to answer with confidence. We applied a systematic re-labeling of more…
Together with Five Seasons Ventures, the food tech VC firm, we have published a new research report on the State of European Food Tech. It will be presented today…
Each month, Dealroom.co provides an investment update for Europe & Israel, including major investments, exits, industry trends, country comparisons and much more. In the third quarter of 2018, €6.1…
HelloFresh, Deliveroo and the path to profitability in Food Tech
8 October, 2018
HelloFresh, the Berlin-based global meal kit service that’s 53% owned by Rocket Internet, is planning an IPO in October. HelloFresh is said to be seeking a valuation of €2 billion,…
Farfetch aims to float on the New York Stock Exchange by the end of the year, the London-based company said. The company’s banking consortium (led by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan) are reportedly seeking a valuation of $5-6 billion. With 2017 revenues of “only” $386 million and most eCommerce companies valued at about 2x revenues, how will Farfetch’s bankers support this seemingly high valuation? This is the question many…
Germany’s venture capital and corporate investment climate
21 August, 2018
On 19 September, Dealroom will present new insights about German venture capital at the 0100 Conference in Berlin. 0100 Conferences is a new generation conference company specializing in high-profile, networking…
Why Naspers just committed another $500M to Letgo: the global marketplace battle
14 August, 2018
Letgo, the USA/Spanish shopping app for second-hand products, received $500 million in funding commitment from Naspers at an undisclosed valuation last week. Founded in 2015, Letgo raised nearly $1…
July monthly investment update for Europe & Israel
4 August, 2018
July ended last week. Time for another Dealroom monthly update. Each month, Dealroom provides and investment update for Europe & Israel, including major investments, exits, industry trends, country comparisons and…
LegalZoom’s $500 million deal: how Legal Tech is transforming $700 billion legal services market
2 August, 2018
LegalZoom, the Los Angeles based provider of online legal solutions, announced a $500 million secondary transaction with Francisco Partners and GPI Capital. Legal services are a $700 billion…
A record €5.5 billion invested European tech in Q2 2018 (full report)
17 July, 2018
So far 2018 has been extremely eventful for European tech and venture capital. Spotify and Adyen were the two largest-ever European VC exits. Other big exits include iZettle, Avast,…
How many European $billion+ tech companies are there
10 July, 2018
Never before in European tech so many companies reached unicorns status at such a high velocity. But the definition of unicorns (startup, not public, not acquired) can be limiting.
