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  • United Kingdom, Western Europe

    What’s up with investment data in London, the UK and Europe?

    9 January, 2019

    London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s official promotional agency, issued a press release showing investment in the UK and London, as well as other European countries. The London & Partners data used in the report, is sourced from Pitchbook. Pitchbook has since clarified to us that the data is incomplete. As a result it is roughly investment shown is 2.5x lower than Dealroom’s numbers. In the interest of…

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    What’s up with investment data in London, the UK and Europe?

  • Nordics, Western Europe

    The Danish & Nordic tech ecosystem: report by TechBBQ and Dealroom

    24 September, 2018

    TechBBQ is Denmark’s biggest startup & innovation summit. Over 5,500 attendees meet in Copenhagen during 25 and 26 September. Dealroom partnered with TechBBQ by providing wide-ranging support: from research &…

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    The Danish & Nordic tech ecosystem: report by TechBBQ and Dealroom

  • Marketplaces, United Kingdom, Western Europe

    Farfetch’s $5-6 billion valuation: a closer look

    28 August, 2018

    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…

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    Farfetch’s $5-6 billion valuation: a closer look

  • Food, Spain, Western Europe

    Interview with Sacha Michaud, co-founder of delivery app Glovo

    18 June, 2018

    On 31 May 2018, Dealroom presented at the AECOC Food Congress in Madrid. The line-up ranged from Five Guys CEO John Eckbert, to Manel Pujol from Uber Eats, to Rabobank’s Global Food Strategist Cyrille Filott, as well as several upcoming food retail entrepreneurs. Also on stage was Sacha Michaud, the co-founder of Glovo, the Spanish on-demand delivery app. Founded in 2015, Glovo quickly became one of the most popular on-demand…

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    Interview with Sacha Michaud, co-founder of delivery app Glovo

  • Food, Spain, Western Europe

    Reshaping Europe’s $1 trillion food market

    17 June, 2018

    Firms like Amazon Prime, Deliveroo, Glovo and Starship are rapidly changing the way food is delivered and consumed. Dealroom’s recent presentation about food delivery tech at the AECOC Food Congress in…

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    Reshaping Europe’s $1 trillion food market

  • United Kingdom, Western Europe

    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…

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    What’s underpinning the UK’s leadership in European tech

  • France, Western Europe

    Meet French Tech’s fastest hiring companies

    15 April, 2018

    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…

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    Meet French Tech’s fastest hiring companies

  • Germany, Western Europe

    €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…

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    €1.3 billion invested in German venture capital rounds in Q1 2018

  • Europe, United Kingdom, Western Europe

    UK investment nearly doubled in 2017: what’s happening underneath

    9 February, 2018

    The advent of big tech and mega-rounds UK investment nearly doubled from $4.2 to $7.8 billion in 2017. Mega-rounds were a major growth driver. For instance, 2017 saw 22 rounds over…

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    UK investment nearly doubled in 2017: what’s happening underneath

  • Europe, France, Western Europe

    Europe’s most active venture capital investors: Bpifrance leads

    4 February, 2018

    The heatmap above shows the most active venture capital investors in 2017, by number of European rounds. Again, Bpifrance leads again by a wide margin. The…

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    Europe’s most active venture capital investors: Bpifrance leads