Analysis

January 8, 2021

In data: 2021 will be a pivotal year for European deeptech

The last decade has seen an eleven-fold increase in deeptech investment, will 2021 mark the start of the "era of deeptech"?


Freya Pratty

3 min read

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In the 90s, it was the expansion of the internet, in the 2000s, the rise of mobile computing and in the 2010s, the emergence of cloud computing. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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