Analysis

March 31, 2022

12 up-and-coming European university spinouts, according to VCs

Investors are beginning to take spinouts seriously. Here are the startups they’ve got their eye on.


Anne-Sophie Carrese (©Geraldine Aresteanu)

Right now, there are 13 university spinouts worth $1bn in Europe, according to Dealroom. It might not seem like much compared to the 276 other unicorn startups in the region, but before 2021 there were just three. And that’s not the only sign that investors are beginning to put serious capital into university spinouts. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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