Analysis

December 24, 2020

The 10 biggest funding rounds in Spain 2020

It’s been a bittersweet 12 months for Spain’s startups and tech companies


Tim Smith

5 min read

On the face of it, it’s been a pretty terrible year. Total investment into Spanish startups in 2020 fell by 56% compared to 2019, from €1.2bn to €525m, according to Atomico’s State of European tech report.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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