What’s underpinning the UK’s leadership in European tech
11 June, 2018
As London Tech Week begins, new figures prepared by Dealroom and Tech Nation for the Government’s Digital Economy Council demonstrate the strength of the UK tech ecosystem. This new 18 page report was co-authored by Dealroom and Technation and looks everything from talent pools to venture capital investment, and from to $billion+ exits to emerging unicorns. 1: investment in UK tech is at record levels In 2017, $7.9 billion…
iZettle’s acquisition by PayPal means yet another big European exit for investors including: Creandum, Dawn, Index, 83North, Northzone, Zouk, and others (by the way, iZettle also has many corporate…
Monthly Venture Capital report: April 2018 (includes full Q1 2018)
14 May, 2018
Today is the first edition of Dealroom’s new Monthly Venture Capital report, providing you with a recap on data, insights, trends and the most important new in European & Israeli…
French tech has made a stunning rise over the past years. In 2017 France even overtook the UK by number of venture capital rounds. And for a moment in 2017 it was looking like France also overtook the UK by amount of new venture capital available (new venture capital funds raised). What about the companies underlying this growth? Meet French Tech’s fastest hiring companies (open data table).
€1.3 billion invested in German venture capital rounds in Q1 2018
15 April, 2018
Germany led Europe by venture capital investment in Q1 2018, largely driven by mega rounds like Auto1, Number26 and BioNTech. However, even excluding the top three rounds, German investment…
This week WeTech Rotterdam is announcing a new Startup Ecosystem Map for Rotterdam. The city of Rotterdam is known to be Europe’s largest shipping port, and important indsutrial & technological…
€4.9 billion invested in European venture capital rounds in Q1 2018
14 April, 2018
In Q1 of 2018, European companies received €4.9 billion of investment from investors globally. Compared with previous quarters, this was the third most active quarter ever, as the below interactive chart shows. To…
Spotify is Europe’s largest VC-backed exit and most valuable VC-backed company ever; Spotify is also ranked among Europe’s top-ten most valuable tech companies. What’s next? By all indications, 2018 is…
StartUp Bahrain: the tech hub providing a launch pad to half a billion people
1 April, 2018
The MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) is home to world-class startups such as Careem, Souq (acquired by Amazon for $650m), Talabat (acquired by Rocket for $150m), Wadi, Fetchr,…
New Startup Ecosystem Map in Germany’s industrial heartland: Ruhr District
23 March, 2018
Another new Startup Ecosystem Solution is live: the Ruhr District (Ruhrgebiet). With cities like Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg and Bochum, the Ruhr District is Germany’s largest urban area. The region is known for…