Analysis

December 31, 2020

2020: The year in data

Here are the most striking data sets of European tech in 2020.


Bill Leaver

5 min read

London

€37.9bn of VC funding raised, 21 IPOs, 15 new unicorns, 1,933 seed rounds and 181 VC funds raised later, 2020 is over for Europe.

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European tech data 2020
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Credit: Accel’s 2020 Euroscape by Philippe Botteri, Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay
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European tech data 2020
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European tech data 2020
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European tech data 2020
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