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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…

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…

Today’s pipeline of European unicorns is worth more than €60 billion. But big tech is about more than just unicorns. Europe counts at least 154 tech companies valued over $1…

With investment of €28 billion, 2018 was a record year for European venture capital (or €21 billion, when excluding biotech and Europe). It was a record year for VC-backed exits…

A record €19.2 billion was invested (€22.1 billion including Israel) in 2017. The full European Venture Capital Report is now available for free below as PDF presentation: