Europe’s going to need a bigger unicorn stable soon.
Last November, Europe’s unicorn startup count was 60 — since then it’s increased to 76. Nine European unicorns have also publicly listed, via an IPO or SPAC — including Arrival, Darktrace, UiPath and Wallbox. That's over a tenth of 700-strong pool of unicorns worldwide.
We’re likely to see many more in 2021 — so far GoStudent, Scalable Capital, Tractable, Bought By Many, Printful, Gorillas, Lendable, Starling, Blockchain.com, PPRO, Bitpanda, Shift Technology, Vestiaire Collective and Alan have. (You can share this article with non-members — it goes into detail on some of these recent unicorns.)
To help you keep track of it all, Sifted’s team has compiled a list of Europe’s unicorns using data from European Startups and our own research — with valuation estimates from Dealroom. We’ll update the list whenever a new company hits the billion-dollar valuation.
To make the list, companies must hit the following criteria: headquartered in Europe; founded in 2000 or later; private (not listed or acquired). Please let us know if we’ve missed any at [email protected]
Key
Year founded
Amount raised
Last funding round
Valuation
Employees
2018
€536m
SERIES B
€3.5b
10-50
2016
€315m
LATE VC
€1.4bn
100-500
2013
€633m
SERIES F
€2.4bn
500-1000
2015
€206m
SERIES C
€1.5bn
100-500
2014
€320m
SERIES C
€1bn
100-500
2016
€283m
SERIES C
€1.4bn
500-1000
2014
€282m
SERIES E
€1.3bn
100-500
2014
€104m
SERIES D
€1bn
100-500
2012
€407m
SERIES D
€1.6bn
100-500
2013
€118m
GROWTH EQUITY
€1bn
1000-5000
Gorillas
food logistics & delivery / marketplace & ecommerce
gorillas.ioBerlin, Germany
2020
€305m
SERIES B
€305m
100-500
2020
€305m
SERIES B
€305m
100-500
2009
€463m
GROWTH EQUITY
€1.3bn
100-500
Starling Bank
banking / fintech
starlingbank.co.ukLondon, United Kingdom
2014
€834m
LATE VC
€1.7bn
500-1000
2014
€834m
LATE VC
€1.7bn
500-1000
Bitpanda
marketplace & ecommerce / cryptocurrency
bitpanda.comVienna, Austria
2014
€202m
SERIES B
€1.1bn
100-500
2014
€202m
SERIES B
€1.1bn
100-500
2004
€306m
SERIES D
€1bn
500-1000
Personio
enterprise software / jobs recruitment
personio.de/enMunich, Germany
2015
€232m
SERIES D
€1.5bn
500-1000
2015
€232m
SERIES D
€1.5bn
500-1000
2013
€289m
SERIES D
€289m
100-500
2008
€55m
LATE VC
€909m
50-100
2011
€536m
SERIES C
€4.7bn
500-1000
Acronis
security / data protection
acronis.comNeuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland
2002
€371m
GROWTH EQUITY
€2.3bn
1000-5000
2002
€371m
GROWTH EQUITY
€2.3bn
1000-5000
2008
N/Am
SEED
€1bn
1000-5000
Babylon Health
health / health platform
babylonhealth.comLondon, United Kingdom
2013
€668m
SERIES C
€1.8bn
1000-5000
2013
€668m
SERIES C
€1.8bn
1000-5000
2013
€277m
LATE VC
€1bn
100-500
2011
€182m
SERIES C
€1bn
100-500
Deposit Solutions
saas / fintech
deposit-solutions.com/de/mainHamburg, Germany
2011
€171m
SERIES E
€1bn
100-500
2011
€171m
SERIES E
€1bn
100-500
2013
€237m
LATE VC
€1bn
1000-5000
2011
€510m
LATE VC
€2bn
1000-5000
GetYourGuide
marketplace & ecommerce / travel
getyourguide.comBerlin, Germany
2009
€728m
CONVERTIBLE
€1bn
500-1000
2009
€728m
CONVERTIBLE
€1bn
500-1000
2011
€394m
SECONDARY
€6bn
1000-5000
2006
€510m
GROWTH EQUITY
€2bn
500-1000
2007
€300m
LATE VC
€1bn
500-1000
2011
€369m
DEBT
€1.3bn
1000-5000
2011
€334m
SERIES C
€2bn
500-1000
2012
€755m
SERIES C
€14bn
500-1000
CMR Surgical
robotics / medical devices
cmrsurgical.comImpington, United Kingdom
2014
€351m
SERIES C
€1bn
100-500
2014
€351m
SERIES C
€1bn
100-500
2008
€320m
SERIES F
€2bn
500-1000
ContentSquare
marketing / enterprise software
contentsquare.comParis, France
2012
€302m
SERIES D
€1bn
500-1000
2012
€302m
SERIES D
€1bn
500-1000
2015
€424m
SERIES C
€2.4bn
#n/a
Glovo
food logistics & delivery / marketplace & ecommerce
glovoapp.comBarcelona, Spain
2015
€902m
SERIES F
€2bn
1000-5000
2015
€902m
SERIES F
€2bn
1000-5000
Gousto
food / food logistics & delivery
gousto.co.ukLondon, United Kingdom
2012
€189m
SERIES F
€1bn
100-500
2012
€189m
SERIES F
€1bn
100-500
2016
€620m
SERIES E
€2.5bn
100-500
2012
€240m
GROWTH EQUITY
€1bn
500-1000
Improbable
gaming / enterprise software
improbable.ioLondon, United Kingdom
2012
€547m
GROWTH EQUITY
€2bn
500-1000
2012
€547m
GROWTH EQUITY
€2bn
500-1000
2006
€182m
SERIES A
€1bn
1000-5000
2018
€302m
SERIES A
€14bn
10-50
2005
€2,500m
GROWTH EQUITY
€28bn
1000-5000
2014
£4mm
SECONDARY
£1bn
50-100
2016
€269m
SERIES C
€1bn
1000-5000
MessageBird
telecom / enterprise software
messagebird.comAmsterdam, Netherlands
2011
€1,000m
SERIES C
€3bn
100-500
2011
€1,000m
SERIES C
€3bn
100-500
2012
€99m
GRANT
€1bn
100-500
2004
€121m
SERIES B
€1bn
100-500
2016
€1,524m
GROWTH EQUITY
€3bn
500-1000
Numbrs
fintech / financial management solutions
numbrs.com/de-deZurich, Switzerland
2014
€205m
LATE VC
€1bn
50-100
2014
€205m
LATE VC
€1bn
50-100
OakNorth
fintech / banking / mortgages & lending
oaknorth.comLondon, United Kingdom
2013
€783m
LATE VC
€2bn
500-1000
2013
€783m
LATE VC
€2bn
500-1000
OVO Energy
energy / energy providers
ovoenergy.comBristol, United Kingdom
2008
€240m
GROWTH EQUITY
€1bn
1000-5000
2008
€240m
GROWTH EQUITY
€1bn
1000-5000
Oxford Nanopore
biotech / health
nanoporetech.comOxford, United Kingdom
2015
€957m
SERIES H
€2.5bn
100-500
2015
€957m
SERIES H
€2.5bn
100-500
2015
€836m
SERIES D
€5bn
1000-5000
Sennder
transportation / logistics & delivery
sennder.comBerlin, Germany
2015
€260m
SERIES D
€1.2bn
500-1000
2015
€260m
SERIES D
€1.2bn
500-1000
2001
€84m
DEBT
€2bn
1000-5000
2001
N/Am
N/A
€3bn
1000-5000
Vestiaire Collective
fashion / marketplace & ecommerce
vestiairecollective.comParis, France
2009
€397m
LATE VC
€1bn
500-1000
2009
€397m
LATE VC
€1bn
500-1000
2008
€232m
SERIES E
€1bn
500-1000
2015
€244m
LATE VC
€1.6bn
100-500
Wolt
marketplace & ecommerce / food logistics & delivery
wolt.com/enHelsinki, Finland
2014
€748m
LATE VC
€1.9-2.9bn
1000-5000
2014
€748m
LATE VC
€1.9-2.9bn
1000-5000
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