Tag: European venture capital
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Spotify, Adyen, Farfetch: what’s next in 2018
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 going to be big year for big exits. [report-download index=”1″/] Our latest report provides new insights: Europe’s unicorns have a combined value of €52 billion. Adyen and…
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Sneak preview: record €5.5 billion raised by European & Israeli companies (slide-deck)
UPDATE: the full 29 page Q2 venture capital report is now available here. While we are still gathering data, it seems safe to say that, with more than €5.5 billion venture capital raised by European companies, this second quarter of 2017 sets an all-time record. This figure includes Israel, and excludes lending capital, buyouts, secondary transactions and debt…
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€90 billion in European VC-backed exits between 2014 and 2016. Is it enough?
Only a few years ago, many VCs wondered where the European exits were. But European tech has clearly come a long way. Between 2014 and 2016, Europe had 565 venture backed(1) exits totaling €90 billion in value. That’s €30 billion in VC backed exits on average each year. By number of deals, 2016 was a record with 254 VC-backed…