Analysis

October 24, 2022

Europe’s deeptech ‘soonicorns’

These are the deeptech startups most likely to become unicorns soon


A worker at space tech startup Isar Aerospace

The economic downturn is not stopping the European deeptech sector. Investment is on track to grow beyond 2021 levels and Europe has welcomed four new deeptech unicorns this year — robotics company Exotec, self-driving truck startup Einride, flying taxi developer Volocopter and battery maker Polarium.

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