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  • Fund-flows within Europe

    Recently we started analysing international fund-flows within Europe. Below is one way to present these flows. The left-hand side shows the location of the companies raising capital. The right-hand side shows where the VC funds are based. A significant portion is coming from the USA/UK, with most of these USA funds having a presence in London. This analysis of course further underscores London’s key position as the…

  • Introducing: the all-new Dealroom

    Today we are extremely pleased to officially introduce to you: the all-new Dealroom (app.dealroom.co) Over the past several months we worked to completely re-engineer the Dealroom user interface. The result speaks for itself. You will instantly notice more data, improved performance, a much better mobile experience, easier searching & filtering, more analytics, and more… More data To…

  • Amsterdam based internship at Dealroom.co

    Dealroom.co is looking for a young and ambitious intern to help with a special governmental data project. The internship job involves working with Dealroom’s management and tech team to create a detailed data mapping of the Amsterdam tech scene, using machine learning technology tools in combination with manual curation. The position is in Amsterdam at a co-working…

  • European companies raised €16.5B in 2015 (50% YoY growth)

    Our 2015 European Venture Capital Report is now online. While there’ve been a few such reports already, Dealroom provides the only online report with full bottom up deal-by-deal data. The 2015 highlights: European companies raised €16.5 billion in 2015, up roughly 50% from 2014 While UK companies raised by far the most capital, growth of “only” 10% (albeit from a higher…

  • Following up on UK tech funding data

    We received quite some attention for our previous post about UK funding data. Here’s how Business Insider picked up on the story. In short: London & Partners announced that UK funding grew by $1.5 billion (70%!) from $2.1 in 2014 to $3.6 billion in 2015, citing CB Insights as source. This didn’t sound right to us.…

  • No, UK tech funding didn’t really grow 70% and that’s a good thing

    A research report from London & Partners and CB Insights is reporting a staggering 70% rise in tech VC funding in the UK. London & Partners is the Mayor of London’s official promotional company and CB Insights is a USA focused VC data aggregator. The report got media attention from the FT, Reuters, Bloomberg, and others. The following figures got headlines:…

  • Introducing Dealroom.co API: direct data feed into your commercial apps

    Data from wp.dealroom.dev – the most widely used database for “all things tech” – can now be easily integrated into your own commercial tools, using our API. Here is a quick overview of what is possible: Publisher API Sync Publish complete tech ecosystem data (by city or industry) to your own audiences. Examples include: Tech.eu Radar and the City of Amsterdam. The nice thing: no…

  • Introducing: Tech.eu Radar “powered by dealroom”

    We are extremely pleased to announce a far-reaching data partnership with Tech.eu, and excited to present you with Tech.eu Radar – an online tech database focused on Europe. We’ve always been huge fans of Tech.eu and are proud to be their partner. Tech.eu’s content matches perfectly with our database, which has grown rapidly driven by…

  • R.I.P. the investment banking pitch book

    Anyone who has worked in M&A at a bulge bracket investment bank for a while will have spent some of their blood, sweat and tears creating infamous pitch books. If you have ever seen a typical investment banking pitch book or worked on one, you will understand part of what we are building at Dealroom. Rich and…

  • Proprietary deal-flow isn’t dead and for good reason

    Recent talk on blogs and in VC circles have created a false impression that ‘the end is nigh’ for so called proprietary deal-flow. Venture capital could finally transform into an efficient market place (for a nice overview see Klinger). Why give a VC exclusivity over an investment opportunity, denying other potential investors to submit better terms, and…