Tag: Venture capital
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€4.5 billion raised by European companies in Q1 2017
Dealroom data shows that European companies raised €4.5 billion in Q1 2017 from 881 rounds (as usual, we include Israel). This was a very solid quarter by almost any measure. The below 14 page slide-deck provides data-driven insights about the quarter: [report-download index=”1″/] The pages also reference additional underlying data on Dealroom.co. For questions please don’t hesitate…
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French tech’s continued rise in 2017
In the first quarter of 2017, France recorded over 200 VC rounds, which is an astounding number as the below image shows: In the first quarter of 2017, France recorded over 200 VC rounds. Below image opens a data table containing all rounds, sorted by size:
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Europe’s 500 most prominent venture capital investors
UPDATE (8 June, 2017): the official ranking is Finally Online! UPDATE (20 April, 2107): version 3 of the Google Sheet was just uploaded. In short: changes includes several data input/comments from VCs, and a slightly lower weighting to non-European track record. Which are the VC investors in Europe to most reckon with? To co-invest with, or -as a founder- to…
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Europe on track to invest well over €4 billion VC in first quarter of 2017
UPDATE: European companies are on track to raise well over €4 billion this first quarter of 2017, as you can see below: It’s not a race, but it’s always interesting to track investments by country and city. The UK and London are in the lead: #1 London ; #2 Berlin ; #3 Paris ; #4 Barcelona ; #5 Stockholm ; #6 Amsterdam And by country: #1 UK ; #2 Germany ;…
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Media for Equity: a closer look
Media for equity structures enable start-ups to exchange some of their equity for media (usually TV ads). Companies like Zalando and Trivago have been highly successful in benefiting from TV advertising. More recently, companies like Marley Spoon, Book a Tiger, Job Today, CornerJob, Hundredrooms have used this instrument. Time for a closer look at recent deals, top investors, and last but not least, some key considerations…
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TechNation: £6.8 billion in UK tech investment in 2016
Tech City UK just launched Tech Nation 2017, a comprehensive report on the UK tech sector. The report mentions many interesting stats, including £6.8 billion in UK tech investment in 2016. We add some pan-European perspective using Dealroom Data below [report-download index=”1″/] Five take-aways: Reported £6.8 billion includes both private equity and venture capital Venture capital…
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Food Delivery Tech: a Deep Dive
This report is a free slide-deck produced by the Dealroom team, with invaluable data contributions from Priori Data, the Berlin-based leading mobile market intelligence company. It combines proprietary data from Dealroom and Priori Data with annual reports, investor presentations and equity research about Just Eat, Takeaway.com and Rocket Internet, plus SimilarWeb online traffic data. [report-download index=”1″/] If…
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The U.S. vs. Europe: comparing follow-on investment rates
Late last year, data firm Mattermark analysed follow-on rates for U.S. startups. Soon after, Dealroom did a similar exercise in Europe as part of Atomico’s State of European Internet report. But the two were never properly compared. Hence, below a side-by-side analysis, where orange is U.S. and blue is Europe. The ranges show different cohorts: Dealroom data is based on…
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FinTech in Europe: any signs of Brexit impact?
The UK government just published its Digital Strategy document, outlining how it plans to support the UK tech industry post-Brexit. Has there been a measurable Brexit induced slowdown in UK tech so far? A few reasons for the timing of this post about Fintech and Brexit. First, we are now well into 2017. Second, fintech is…
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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…