Tech & policy
The macro forces that decide whether tech gets built, funded and scaled — where Europe's savings and pension capital actually sit, how its economy really compares to the US, and what public policy can do to grow more companies. Pick the lens that matters for your work.
Tech & GDP Growth
How important is tech for driving broader economic growth? The widely-shared US–EU27 GDP gap, unpacked — once you adjust for exchange rates and price levels the picture changes. Sourced live from World Bank data.
US vs EU27 · nominal, FX-adjusted & PPP Unpack the GDP gap 02 · Savings & capitalSavings, Pensions & Investment
Europe holds roughly $50 trillion of household financial assets and $15 trillion in pension funds — yet only a sliver reaches productive risk capital. Where the savings sit, the promises made against them, and the policy race (the SIU) to put them to work.
$50T household assets · $15T pensions Explore the savings paradox Coming soon 03 · PolicyPublic Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship
How governments try to manufacture more founders and faster-scaling companies — the grants, tax incentives, visa schemes, sovereign funds and startup acts, and what actually moves the needle on new-company formation.
In the works — check back soon Coming soonSigned essays
Longer arguments on the same questions, written in the author's own voice. The data is Dealroom's; the conclusions are theirs.
Europe needs more room to take risks — firing costs and unicorns
Across 10 Western economies, the months of salary it costs a large company to restructure tracks how many unicorns that country produces per million people, at r = −0.96 on a log scale. Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and the UK average about 4.3 unicorns per million people; Germany, France, Spain and Italy about 0.7.
r = −0.96 · 10 economies · founding-country lens Read the essayPut the macro picture to work.
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