Analysis

February 12, 2021

Where are the 'most powerful' European VCs?

Where are Europe's VC firms based? Which new funds launched in 2020? And which investors have the biggest stashes of cash?


Cecile Bussy

3 min read

Europe has a whole lot of VCs now — but they're not distributed equally over the continent.

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