Startup Life/Funding/Analysis/ It’s been a record quarter for European VC investment with €7bn poured into startups Venture capital investments into European startups reached an all-time quarterly high of €7bn. By Ian Hathaway 31 March 2019 \Startup Life The UK business loans and grants available for startups By Jessica Rawnsley 24 March 2023 Startup Life/Funding/Analysis/ It’s been a record quarter for European VC investment with €7bn poured into startups Venture capital investments into European startups reached an all-time quarterly high of €7bn. By Ian Hathaway 31 March 2019 In the first quarter of 2019, European startups raised a record amount of venture capital investment. That’s the key takeaway from this Sifted Chart of the Week. According to data provider Dealroom, venture capital investments into European startups reached €7bn (€8bn if Israel is included) so far in the first three months of the year; an all-time high. Those capital investments were spread over 690 venture deals (766 when including Israel). The news comes as European startups raised an all-time record for annual venture investments in 2018 of €24.9bn, according to Dealroom data. That’s up from €23.1bn in 2017, for a gain of 8%. Some of the biggest deals include $500M into Veeam, the Swiss enterprise security software company, $440M into London-based Fintech company OakNorth Bank, and $300M into N26, another Fintech startup based in Berlin. Other major funding rounds include OVO Energy (Bristol) and Relex Solutions (Helsinki), which each raised in excess of $200M. In other good news for the European startup ecosystem, last week we reported that Silicon Valley venture capital firms are investing more in European startups than ever before. Read that full story here. Related Articles What Europe can learn from Africa’s mobile wallets By Marie Mawad in Paris Click here to read more London’s VCs are rubbish at diversity By Amy Lewin Click here to read more Startups are using a new tool for fundraising. But are SAFEs that… safe? By Tim Smith Click here to read more From Voi to Circ, we compare Europe’s scooter startups By Amy Lewin Click here to read more Most Read 1 \Startup Life UK government to reform ‘equity for visas’ residency application system 2 \Fintech Is Revolut really worth $33bn right now? 3 \Startup Life Techstars unexpectedly pulls out of Sweden mid-programme 4 \Deeptech The other funding gap: it’s not just unicorns that are leaving Europe 5 \Deeptech ‘There’s going to be a bloodbath’ — is generative AI a bubble?
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