Tag: Venture capital
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2016 tech exits report
In 2016 Europe saw 668 tech acquisitions. With a Dealroom Premium account you can easily explore them in great detail. Here are several useful links to see how (available to all users): In total, 2016 saw 668 tech exits, compared with 727 exits in 2015 Exits includes strategic acquisitions, buyouts, IPOs, and mergers It includes VC backed and not VC backed deals We excluded a few big outside tech deals (traditional telco…
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Corporate tech investing boom
Corporate rounds grew by 74% (!) to 535 rounds in 2016. The combined size of corporate rounds grew by 33% to € 4.9 billion. [report-download index=”1″/] This includes corporate venturing and corporates investing directly from their balance sheet. Some examples of corporate funded companies are shown in the following table. Corporate VC funded Many more insights are found by downloading the…
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Nordics snapshot (presentation)
Both France and Sweden have been on fire this year. The Nordics are known for creating several tech icons (examples at bottom of this article). The below image opens a short presentation on high-level venture capital trends in the Nordic region. [report-download index=”1″/] More on this in our full 2016 update! Other useful Nordics info: Data table of acquisitions ranked…
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Europe’s largest VC-backed exits
We updated one of our most popular charts: Europe’s biggest VC-backed exits. Click below to open a short presentation. [report-download index=”1″/] Also, we reviewed which VCs have backed the most of these big exits.
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Where is European VC coming from
The below chart looks at the long-term evolution of European venture capital by country of origin. Funding from Continental European based VC funds has been on the increase, at the expense of the UK which has seen a relative decline (but still absolute strong growth). About methodology: the country or origin is based on the VC fund’s…
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Europe’s top tech cities: long-term trends
The below two charts show the 6 year trend of top European cities (including Israel) by number of rounds and total venture capital raised. The year 2016 has been annualised based on the first three quarters for comparison purposes. The sudden jump of Paris remains remarkable. As the funding amounts are always skewed by a few large…
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A shift is happening in European VC
We already knew that Continental Europe is catching up to the UK. But this chart, showing number of rounds in Europe by % contribution, does a really nice job of demonstrating it.
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Are we entering a European VC slowdown?
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. While total Q3 funding is on track, a significant chunk (€646 million) is acquisition financing raised by Masmovil (part of a public entity). Another €300M is from OVH‘s growth equity deal which likely…
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Europe’s biggest VC rounds in 2016 so far
We short-listed Europe’s biggest VC rounds, so far this year. By the way, you can create and publish your own list just like the one below, by using the Lists feature. It’s free! Contact us if you’d like to learn more. If you’re into numbers you can also look at the entire data table of this year’s 2,091 funding rounds (ranked by largest…
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European Venture Capital: Q3 Flash Update
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, the outcome will depend on a few large rounds. The below charts compares a few relevant quarters, or check our funding heatmap for more detail on each quarter. Q3 is…