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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…

In April last year, Dealroom introduced Europe’s Most Prominent Venture Capital Investors. It’s a transparent ranking of venture capital investors, based on quantitative criteria only. Last year the ranking…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Farfetch is eyeing an IPO in the US (possibly its largest market) with a rumoured valuation up to $5 billion. How to put that valuation into perspective? Farfetch’s 2016…

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…