Analysis

October 20, 2022

Acquisitions are at an all-time high in European industrial tech startups

The economic downturn is not stopping investment growth in the industrial tech sector


Marie-Helene Ametsreiter, General Partner at Speedinvest

VC investment globally is down 53% this year — but funding for European industrial tech is on the up.

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