Corporates invest a record $4.6bn in European startups

CVC investment in Europe increased to an all-time high of $4.589bn in the first quarter of 2021, lifted by big-ticket rounds such as Visa's investment into Swedish buy-now-pay-later company Klarna and Salesforce Venture's investment into webinar platform Hopin.

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Chart showing CVC funding amounts — Source: Stryber

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Chart showing CVC as a proportion of VC funding — Source: Stryber

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Chart showing CVC spending and number of rounds by country — Source: Stryber

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Chart showing biggest CVC deals in Europe — Source: Stryber

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Chart showing most active CVC investor — Source: Stryber

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Corporates invest a record $4.6bn in European startups

Big funding rounds like Klarna's $1bn raise (backed by Visa) and Hopin's $400m round (backed by Salesforce) made the total jump in the first quarter of 2021.

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Big funding rounds like Klarna's $1bn raise (backed by Visa) and Hopin's $400m round (backed by Salesforce) made the total jump in the first quarter of 2021. self.__wrap_b(":R1qctq6:",1)

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Corporates invest a record $4.6bn in European startups

Big funding rounds like Klarna's $1bn raise (backed by Visa) and Hopin's $400m round (backed by Salesforce) made the total jump in the first quarter of 2021.