Spotify, Adyen, Farfetch: what’s next in 2018

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 going to be big year for big exits.

Our latest report provides new insights:

• Europe’s unicorns have a combined value of €52 billion. Adyen and Farfetch are both already planning an IPO
• Exits of Spotify, Adyen and Farfetch alone could return more capital than all exits of 2017 combined
• Looking beyond unicorns: another 485 companies are valued more than €200 million, with combined value of €85 billion
• Additionally, private equity firms are invested in European tech companies worth a combined €47 billion
• Taken together, European companies preparing for exit could be worth €185 billion or more