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  • Europe

    2017 outlook: four key drivers

    29 January, 2017

    2017 has started strong for European venture capital: €1.3 billion was raised in January alone so far. That’s on track for €4 billion per quarter and €16 billion per year. We know…

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    2017 outlook: four key drivers
  • Europe

    Corporate tech investing boom

    21 January, 2017

    Corporate rounds grew by 74% (!) to 535 rounds in 2016. The combined size of corporate rounds grew by 33% to € 4.9 billion. This includes …

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    Corporate tech investing boom
  • Travel

    £1.4B Skyscanner acquisition: a closer look

    26 November, 2016

    Chinese online travel agent CTrip acquired Skyscanner at a valuation of £1.4B, predominantly in cash. That’s roughly 12x 2015 revenues, 64x 2015 normalised EBITDA. We estimate that on an LTM…

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    £1.4B Skyscanner acquisition: a closer look
  • Europe

    B2B vs. B2C investment activity

    6 November, 2016

    Among the many filters available in Dealroom is client focus: B2B or B2C. Last week, Pawel Chudzinski ‏from Point Nince Capital asked us on Twitter to show investment activity of B2B vs.

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    B2B vs. B2C investment activity
  • Food

    European Food Tech: a Recap

    16 October, 2016

    It’s been two weeks since the IPO of Takeaway.com, the Dutch food delivery logistics service. Europe now has several public and private well-funded food tech companies. This makes researching and…

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    European Food Tech: a Recap
  • Travel

    Trivago gets ready to IPO

    11 September, 2016

    Expedia is moving ahead with exploring an IPO of Trivago, it’s hotel meta-search unit (Reuters), and started rounding up investment banks. Expedia acquired a 62% stake in Trivago…

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    Trivago gets ready to IPO
  • Germany, Western Europe

    Oakley Capital exits Parship Elite Group, making a 150% return

    10 September, 2016

    Sixteen months ago, private equity firm Oakley Capital made a contrarian move by acquiring online matchmaking service Parship from Holtzbrinck Digital. A few weeks later it also acquired Elite Partner, to create Parship…

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    Oakley Capital exits Parship Elite Group, making a 150% return
  • Europe

    Are we entering a European VC slowdown?

    6 September, 2016

    Just a few days ago we released our European VC Q3 Flash Update, which showed solid headline stats. But digging slightly deeper, a clearer picture emerges.

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    Are we entering a European VC slowdown?
  • Europe

    European Venture Capital: Q3 Flash Update

    4 September, 2016

    European companies raised €2.8 billion so far in Q3, Dealroom data shows. With one month still to go, this implies Q3 is on track for a solid quarter close to €4 billion. As always,…

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    European Venture Capital: Q3 Flash Update
  • Europe

    The highest multiples ever paid in European exits

    29 August, 2016

    Venture capital needs exits to thrive. There are multiple ways to analyse exit data on Dealroom. Here are a few examples of what you can do: Valuation multiples:…

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    The highest multiples ever paid in European exits