Opinion

April 20, 2023

Meet the new breeds of VC closing Europe's deeptech funding gap

Europe's deeptech startups don't always feel the VC love — but investors should and could be paying more attention


Cihat Cengiz and Sven Jungmann.

Europe is facing a troubling trend: promising pre-seed deeptech entrepreneurs are contemplating relocation to the US and Asia. This exodus, driven by regulatory challenges and risk-averse VC firms, threatens to deprive Europe of its brightest minds and most transformative technologies. 

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