Venture capital investment in Europe and Israel reached record levels in 2018, with $25.1 billion invested across 1,927 deals. This represented a 23% increase in dollars invested from 2017. Early venture, venture, growth, and mega-round investments all increased year-over-year, while seed investments declined slightly. The UK has seen no negative impact from Brexit, with average quarterly deal volume and dollars invested both increasing substantially since the 2016 referendum. 2018 was a strong year for venture investment across all categories.
2. Angular is a specialist venture capital firm, built to back a very specific
type of company:
• Enterprise-oriented. If your business requires consumer adoption, it's
not for us. We back companies that sell products and services to other
companies.
• Deep technology. We are firm believers in the value of meaningful
barriers to entry, and we know there are a lot of ways to define and
construct those barriers.
• Born in Europe or Israel. We know that great innovation can come
from anywhere. Our focus is on companies born on the "right" side of
the Atlantic, specifically in Europe or Israel.
• Global ambition. While it's possible to build a great business without
targeting a global opportunity, we are exclusively focused on
companies that are chasing a truly global opportunity. In most cases,
this means a focus on US market entry from day one.
• Outstanding founding teams with domain expertise. We believe
that great founders are the main driver of success for any
entrepreneurial venture. We like "well-rounded" founders, but tend to
prefer founders that are "angular," bringing unique technical or
domain expertise to bear.
• Early stage. We like to be very early. We are not religious about being
first, but most of our investments are into companies that have raised
less than $1M before we engage.
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New Investments in 2018:
3. Notes & Thank You
• The data in this report consists entirely of data I’ve gathered manually based on publicly available, free sources
• No paid data sources or API calls were harmed in the making of this dataset, every investment was manually classified
• This allows analysis of some aspects of the data I consider important – aspects that don’t appear in other data sources.
More importantly, it allows me to exclude deals that are really not “venture capital” rounds but tend to get included by others
• Seed investment is under-reported and adds a lot of noise to the data set, so I exclude deals under $500K
• The analysis is limited to ICT categories and excludes life sciences
• The analysis excludes Turkey and FSU countries
• All currencies converted into USD using monthly average exchange rates
• ICOs included on a selective basis; crypto companies are classified into verticals by their end value proposition
About this data:
A special thank you to Andrew Poesaste (@poetential) for help with data gathering.
He’s looking for a full-time VC gig in London and he’s awesome.
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5. Top 10 deals by type in 2018 (US $M)
Systems SaaSEnterprise
Consumer Financial Commerce
5
67
80
85
100
100
101
115
125
165
225
Syncron
SiSense
Nexthink
TalkDesk
GitLab
Dataiku
BenevolentAI
Intercom
jFrog
UiPath
0 50 100 150 200 250
43
45
48
50
53
56
56
62
150
500
Grover
NA-KD
Back Market
TourRadar
Dreamlines
Made.com
Pharmacy2U
Recommerce
Go Euro
LetGo
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
40
50
50
54
55
70
75
125
141
300
Airobotics
Tado
Starship Technologies
WISeKey
Isorg
Sonnen
Ledger
Trax Image Recognition
Oxford Nanopore
Landa Digital Printing
0 100 200 300 400
100
100
100
104
110
110
120
134
150
160
206
250
eToro
Deposit Solutions
OakNorth
Seba Crypto
Monzo
Circle
Vostok
Zopa
Behalf
Number 26
Atom Bank
Revolut
0 100 200 300
150
160
160
175
185
200
206
250
500
560
Go Euro
Number 26
Maximobility (Cabify)
Taxify
Deezer
Voodoo
Atom Bank
Revolut
LetGo
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0 200 400 600
100
100
100
101
102
115
120
125
125
141
165
378
GitLab
Deposit Solutions
TalkDesk
Dataiku
Dfinity
BenevolentAI
Vostok
Trax Image Recognition
Intercom
Oxford Nanopore
jFrog
UiPath
0 100 200 300 400
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6. A record year
• 2018 was another record-
setting year in EU+IL
venture
• Over $25.1B was invested in
1,927 rounds in 2018
• Compared to 2017, dollar
volume was up 23%, but
the number of deals was
down by 1%
• These numbers, and the
rest of this deck, do not
reflect the $1B in debt
raised by Spotify in March,
2017
6
12,121 14,486 20,355 25,137
1,186
1,796
1,941 1,927
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
2015 2016 2017 2018
NumberofInvestments
Amountinvested(US$M)
VC Investments in Europe & Israel
(2015-2018)
Invested amount (US $M) Number of investments
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7. 2018 started strong and got stronger
• The first, second, and
fourth quarters of 2018
were each record-setting
quarters in terms of dollars
invested
• In terms of the number of
deals done, 1Q18 was the
slowest quarter since 1Q16,
with “only” 436 deals done.
• 2Q18, however, was a
record-setting quarter with
535 deals done, surpassing
the previous record of 527
in 1Q17
7
835
1,703
1,916
2,873
3,139
3,252
2,857
3,730
4,114
3,122
3,520
4,072
5,763
5,609
4,911
5,877
6,496
6,250
6,514
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Amountinvested(US$M)
VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Invested amount (US $M) Number of investments
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8. Monthly pace of venture investment
• Investment activity was
consistently strong
throughout 2018
• June 2018 was a record-
setting month in terms of
the number of investments
• The impact of summer and
winter holidays on deal
volume is easy to spot
8
1,657
1,051
1,021
1,401
1,452
1,261
725
1,101
1,296
1,458
1,170
893
1,671
943
1,458
861
3,014
1,888
2,013
757
2,840
1,925
1,541
1,445
2,302
1,543
2,032
1,755
2,395
2,347
1,761
2,075
2,414
2,194
2,303
2,017
0
50
100
150
200
250
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2016 2017 2018
Amountinvested(US$M)
VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Invested amount (US $M) Number of investments
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9. Even without mega-rounds, volumes are up
• This analysis breaks down
VC investments into
brackets by size:
• Seed (less than $2M)
• Early venture ($2-8M)
• Venture ($8-20M)
• Growth ($20-100M)
• Mega ($100M+)
• Readers of this report know
that I used to put the logos
of the mega-rounds into
this chart – but there are
just too many for that to
be practical
9
708 759 733 710 735 770 920 720 917
650
921 950 873 1,011 1,036
1,527
1,319 1,094
1,196
1,395 1,567
2,507 2,126 2,203
2,499
2,419
3,026
784
778
2,339
1,358
861
1,755
1,400
1,675
1,334
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2016 2017 2018
AmountInvested(US$M)
Pace of VC Investment in Europe and Israel
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)
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10. Strong year-over-year growth in most brackets
• Seed investment was down
29% from 2017 to 2018
• All other categories,
however, showed growth:
• Early venture was up 13%
• Venture was up 33%
• Growth was up 34%
• Mega-rounds were up by 16%
10
732 522
2,936 3,327
3,756
4,977
7,595
10,147
5,336
6,164
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
2017 2018
TotalVCinvestment(US$M)
VC investmentvolume in Europe and Israel by bracket
(2018 vs 2017)
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (<2)
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11. Number of investments, by bracket
• Excluding seed deals, the
total number of VC
investments per quarter
was relatively constant
since 1Q17…with increased
levels of early venture
investments in 2Q18 and
4Q18
11
77 85 94
140 153 157 144
182 195 185 171 183 187
220
174
221
42
62 44
46
61 57 64
53
77 77
75
84 83
123
105
87
33
26 38
35
44 52
40
35
40 44 66
57 63
65
64
88
6
6 4
3
4 4
1
6
6 9 5
6 9
7
10
10
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2015 2016 2017 2018
NumberofVCinvestments
VC investmentvolume in Europe and Israel by bracket
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8)
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12. No impact of Brexit on deal volume…
• Looking just at UK VC deal
volume, there’s so far no
evidence that Brexit caused
any slowdown whatsoever
in VC activity
• There were an average of 45
VC deals per quarter in the 18
months before the
referendum
• There were an average of 78
VC deals per quarter since
the referendum
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0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
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Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
2015 2016 2017 2018
NumberofVCinvestments
VC investmentvolume in the UK by bracket
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8)
Pre-
Brexit
avg = 45
Post-Brexit
avg = 78
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13. …and no impact on dollars invested in the UK
• An average of $819M per
quarter was invested in the
UK in the 18 months before
the referendum
• An average of $1.282B per
quarter was invested in the
UK since the referendum
• 4Q18 was a record quarter
in the UK, with $1.849B
invested
13
74 70 98 79 136 108 133 150 189 162 180 155 249 215 215 206
165 166 96 128
172 148 181 113
159 247 224 184
120
368 308 301
459
180
405
209
532
273 202
191
149
514
755
587 493
666
654 639210
150
275
478
192
110
275
202
899
633
391
347
365
100
704
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2015 2016 2017 2018
NumberofVCinvestments
VC investmentvolume in the UK by bracket
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8)
Pre-Brexit
avg = $819M
Post-Brexit
avg = $1,282M
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14. Corporate VC activity, by bracket
• Excluding seed deals, the
total number of corporate
VC investments rose to 73
in 2Q18, a record level
• In the second half of 2018,
corporate VC investment
was dramatically reduced –
especially in early venture
and venture brackets
14
6 4 5
16
7
22 19 23 19
27 25 26 23 25
20
26
12 164
3
9
12
7
12
6
16
19 5
17 17
18
20 26
31
13
15
4
4
7
8
7
7
20
18
6
9
12 11 18
18 14
14
16
16
3
1
3
3
3
2 3
1 2
2
1
2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
NumberofVCinvestments
CorporateVC investmentvolume in Europe and Israel by bracket
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8)
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15. Corporate VC activity, by country
• During 2018, Israel saw the
highest number of
corporate VC investments,
with 78
• The UK saw 39, followed by
the Germany with 32
• Corporate VCs were active
in 20 European countries
15
21
13
7 8
30
13
11 5
7
25
11
13
5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Israel
UK
Germany
France
Sweden
Switzerland
Netherlands
Spain
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Iceland
Finland
Estonia
Portugal
Italy
Ireland
Austria
Luxembourg
Hungary
Numberofinvestments
Number of corporate VC investments in Europeand Israel by bracket
(2018)
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8)
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16. Average round size
• This average excludes seed
rounds and mega rounds,
so it reflects all rounds
done in Europe & Israel
between $2M and $100M
• With very few exceptions,
most quarters before 3Q17
saw average round sizes of
$10-12M
• Starting in 3Q17, a new
level was set – with average
round sizes consistently
above $12M
16
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
AmountInvested(US$M)
Average investmentsize in Europe and Israel
(Round sizes of 2-100M, and 6-month trailingaverage)
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17. Total venture investment by country, 2018
• The UK saw the most VC
investment in 2018, with over
$6B raised
• Israel was second with over
$4.5B raised
• Germany and France were
virtually tied for third place,
with over $3.5B each
• Spain and Sweden were tied
for a distant fourth place, with
over $1.2B each
17
6,046
4,580
3,638
3,545
1,255
1,242
928
753
504
379
360
312
288
256
204
183
151
148
59
58
51
41
31
28
27
23
19
19
7
1
UK
Israel
Germany
France
Sweden
Spain
Switzerland
Netherlands
Ireland
Romania
Finland
Estonia
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
Italy
Austria
Portugal
Greece
Lithuania
Hungary
Malta
Iceland
Cyprus
Slovenia
Poland
Luxembourg
Bulgaria
Latvia
Croatia
Total VC investmentvolumeby country, 2018 (US $M)
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18. Venture dollars per capita (2018)
18
$1.00
$10.00
$100.00
$1,000.00
0 10,000,000 20,000,000 30,000,000 40,000,000 50,000,000 60,000,000 70,000,000 80,000,000 90,000,000 100,000,000
VCDollarsperCapita(LogScale)
Population
Venture Capital Investment per Capita (2018)
(bubble size indicates total VC investment)
Israel
Sweden
UK
France
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Switz.
Ireland
Finland
Estonia
Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Romania
Hungary
Latvia
Bulgaria
Austria
Lithuania
Slovenia
Greece
Malta
Iceland
CyprusLuxem.
$0.18
$0.60
$2.63
$3.02
$3.46
$5.17
$5.44
$13.06
$14.31
$17.16
$17.94
$19.32
$20.73
$26.68
$31.90
$32.76
$43.81
$43.94
$48.44
$49.90
$52.77
$65.39
$89.44
$92.10
$95.22
$105.22
$109.65
$124.19
$230.82
$520.86
Croatia
Poland
Bulgaria
Italy
Latvia
Hungary
Greece
Slovenia
Portugal
Austria
Belgium
Romania
Lithuania
Spain
Luxembourg
Cyprus
Netherlands
Germany
Norway
Denmark
France
Finland
Iceland
UK
Malta
Ireland
Switzerland
Sweden
Estonia
Israel
VC dollars per capita in 2018
(US$)
USA(2018)=$257.62
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19. Venture dollars as a percentage of GDP (2018)
• This graph shows 2018
venture dollars invested as a
percentage of GDP
• Estonia jumped up to first
place at 1.33% of GDP. Israel
was a close second at 1.31%
of GDP.
• All of the other European
countries were below 0.40%
• In US, by comparison, VC was
0.43% of GDP in 2016
19
Austria
BelgiumBulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
FinlandFrance
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
UK
US 2018
Israel
0.00%
0.20%
0.40%
0.60%
0.80%
1.00%
1.20%
1.40%
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000
VCasapercentageofGDP
GDP per Capita
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20. Total venture investment by country (top 5)
• To get a better sense of VC
volumes in various
countries, this analysis
excludes mega-rounds
• With this filter, volumes
and rankings are more
consistent
• The UK overtook Israel in
2Q17 and has maintained
the lead since, but Israel
came was a very close
second in 4Q18
• After a very strong first
half, French VC volume
dropped in the second half
• German and Swedish VC
investment volume
continue to grow steadily
20
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2016 2017 2018
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200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
TotalVCinvestment(US$M)
TotalVC investment,2016 - 2018 (top 5 countries, excluding mega-rounds)
UK Israel
France Germany
Sweden
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21. Total venture investment by country (6-10)
• To get a better sense of VC
volumes in various
countries, this analysis
excludes mega-rounds
• The “second five” countries
for VC investment in 2016
were Spain, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Finland, and
Switzerland
• Finland hit a record in 1Q18,
Switzerland hit its record in
3Q18, and the Netherland
hit its record in 4Q18
21
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2016 2017 2018
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
TotalVCinvestment(US$M)
TotalVC investment,2016- 2018
(countries ranked 6-10, excluding mega-rounds)
Spain
Ireland
Netherlands
Switzerland
Finland
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22. Total venture investment by region
• When VC investments
across Europe are
aggregated into regions,
UK & Ireland, Israel, the
Nordics, France, and DACH
are the clear and
consistent leaders
• The UK and Ireland account
for 26% of total investment
volume, DACH 19%, Israel
18%, and France 14%
• Other regions do produce
meaningful VC
investments, but the
volumes are still low
22
UK & Ireland,
6,550.6, 26%
DACH, 4,717.8, 19%
Israel,4,579.8, 18%
France, 3,545.3, 14%Nordic,2,567.7,
10%
Iberia,1,389.6, 6%
Benelux,975.9, 4%
East.Eur., 472.0, 2%
South.Eur., 338.4,
1%
TotalVC investmentby region, 2018
(US $M, includes megarounds)
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23. Rounds by bracket & region
• Including seed deals, the
UK and Ireland saw 477
venture deals in 2018
• France came in second
with 376
• DACH was third with 286,
just edging out the Nordics
with 282, and Israel with
254
23
91 98
42
85
13
42 27
213 174
100
116
92 51
29
91
63
79
51
81
70
37
59
29
63
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
UK &
Ireland
France DACH Nordic Israel Benelux Iberia South. Eur. East. Eur.
Numberofinvestments
Number of investments in Europe and Israel by bracket, 2018
Mega (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (<.5-2)
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24. Participation rate of US VC firms, by bracket
• During 2018, US VCs
participated in 10% of the
VC financing rounds in EU
and Israel
• As usual, US VCs are much
more likely to participate in
later rounds
• US VCs participated in only
2% of European/Israeli seed
investments and only 5% of
early venture investments
24
2%
5% 14%
25%
39%
98% 95%
86%
75%
61%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Seed (.5-2) Early Venture (2-8) Venture (8-20) Growth (20-100) Mega (>100)
Percentageofrounds
Did US VC firms participatein EuropeanVC rounds? (2018)
No Yes
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25. US VC firm participation rose slightly in 1H18
• During 2017, US VC firms
participated in 8.9% of
European & Israeli VC deals
• In 2018, this rose to 9.9%
25
14.8%
16.7%
13.3%
16.6%
15.6%
11.5%
9.3%
11.5%
13.9%
7.5%
8.3% 8.5% 8.7%
10.1%
11.2% 11.0%
9.3%
8.2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
PercentageofRoundswithUSVCParticipation
Did US VC firms participatein EuropeanVC rounds?
(3Q14-4Q18)
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26. Participation of US VC firms by country
• In 2018, US VCs firms were
active in 20 different
European countries
• US VC firms were most
active in Israel, where they
participated in 64
investment rounds
• The UK saw 39 US
investments
• US VCs invested in
20 German companies
and 14 French companies
26
64
39
20
14
8 6 6 6 5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Israel
UK
Germany
France
Ireland
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Sweden
Estonia
Finland
Portugal
Netherlands
Belgium
Austria
Romania
Lithuania
Norway
Italy
Greece
NumberofVCinvestments
Rounds with a US VC involved
(2018)
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27. Three-dimensional approach to sector mapping
Dimension Categories Explanation/Example
1. Target market
Consumer, SMB, Enterprise, Government,
Telecom, OEM
What sort of customer does the
company target?
2. Vertical market
Adtech, Communications, Data, Development,
Durables, Education, Electronics, Employment, Energy,
Fashion, Financial, Food, Gaming, Health, HMI,
Industrial, Infrastructure, Lifestyle, Logistics, Marketing,
Media, Productivity, Real Estate, Security, Sports,
Storage, Transportation, Travel, Water
What type of problem does the
company solve?
3. Business model
Commerce, Components, Content,
Marketplace, SaaS, Semiconductors,
Services, Software, Systems,
How does the company make
money? How is value delivered to
customers? What are customers
paying for?
For example: Consumer + Travel + Marketplace
AirBnB is a travel-related
marketplace for consumers
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28. What target markets are attracting the most VC
investment in Europe & Israel?
• Both consumer and
enterprise investments
increased in 2018, but
enterprise investment
volumes are rising faster
28
1,056
1,369 1,551 1,492 1,728 1,925
1,537 1,534
1,650
1,345
1,820 1,880
1,800
2,197
2,335
2,924
283 220
264 377
516
255 406
545 241 387
400
389
537
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TotalVCinvestments(US$M)
European& Israeli venture financing by target market
2017 to 2018 (excluding mega-rounds, US $M)
Industrial
Agriculture
Government
Telecom
OEM
SMB
Enterprise
Consumer
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29. The enterprise/consumer tug-of-war continues
• When Israel is excluded
from the sample, Europe
skews more towards
consumer, but this is
changing
• In 4Q18, over 51% of all
European (ex-Israel)
venture dollars went to
enterprise-oriented
companies
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46%
58%
42%
51% 53%
47% 47%
37%
36%
32%
44%
37% 37%
34%
41%
51%
12% 6%
8%
13%
5%
5% 5% 7% 4% 7% 6% 6% 9%
0%
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100%
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2017 2018
Europeanventure financing by target market
2017 to 2018 (excluding Israel, percent of US $M)
Industrial Agriculture Government Telecom OEM SMB Enterprise Consumer
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30. Breakdown by region & target market
• Regional differences are
apparent when VC
investment are categorized
by target market
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2,663 2,552
805
1,668
1,233 1,000
2,921
1,627
2,593
1,432
1,032
367
433 403
342
596
759
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
UK &
Ireland
DACH Israel France Nordic Iberia Benelux East. Eur. South. Eur.
Totalamountinvested(US$M)
Investment in Europe and Israel by target market by region
2018 (US $M)
Agriculture Government Telecom OEM SMB Enterprise Consumer
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31. Distribution of investment rounds by country
• Across Europe & Israel, 37%
of VC investment rounds
were in consumer
companies in 1H18; 47%
were in enterprise
companies
31
17%
29%
35%
40%
41%
44%
47%
48%
62%
49%
46%
47%
45%
39%
44%
40%
4%
10%
9%
6%
5%
6%
8%
5%
12%
9%
9%
5%
7%
8%
7%
3%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Israel
Benelux
France
UK & Ireland
DACH
Nordic
Iberia
South. Eur.
Investment in Europe and Israel by target market by country
2018 (Number of investments)
Consumer Enterprise SMB OEM Telecom Government Agriculture
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32. Growth rounds by target market
• Later stage rounds in
Europe & Israel shifted
towards enterprise in the
second half of 2018
32
43% 44%
34% 37%
45%
32% 35%
43% 39%
32%
27%
50% 44%
32%
50% 36%
48%
56% 43%
44% 57%
60%
5%
12%
7%
4% 6%
6%
10%
4%
5% 5%
20%
7%
13% 14% 10%
7% 7%
10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
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80%
90%
100%
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Investment in Europe and Israel by target market
(Rounds over $20M, number of investments)
Agriculture Telecom OEM SMB Enterprise Consumer
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33. Finance still leads, security is strong
• Fintech was the most popular
vertical across Europe & Israel,
with 261 investments in the
category in 2018
• Security came in second at
115
• Marketing was third at 105
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24
28
28
29
35
38
39
46
50
51
52
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54
55
60
60
62
70
72
81
83
83
87
88
105
115
261
ERP
Payments
Social
Adtech
Legal
Communications
Agtech
Gaming
CRM
Fashion
Infrastructure
Education
Entertainment
Automotive
Productivity
Travel
Development
Industrial
Food
Energy
Real Estate
Logistics
Employment
Data
Electronics
Health
Lifestyle
Marketing
Security
Financial
European& Israeli venture financing by target market
2018 (top 30 categories, number of investments)
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34. Growth rates by vertical
• This graph shows the
change in the number of
investments by vertical
from 2017 to 2018
• Productivity, security, and
dev tools saw the biggest
increases
• IT Infrastructure, lifestyle,
and electronics saw the
biggest decreases
34
Infrastructure, -46%
Lifestyle,-26%
Electronics,-24%
Fashion,-17%
Automotive,-15%
Employment,-12%
Health,-11%
Education, -7%
Travel, -7%
Entertainment,-4%
Marketing, -2%
Industrial,-2%
Logistics,6%
Financial,17%
Data, 20%
Real Estate, 21%
Food, 28%
Energy, 32%
Development,41%
Security,51%
Productivity,61%
-60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Change in the number of venture investments
(2018 vs 2017, 20 most popular categories)
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35. Which verticals for which segments?
• Consumer finance was
once again the most
frequently funded vertical,
with 136 investments
• Enterprise security was
second, with 107
investments
• Enterprise marketing was
third, with 89 investments
• Consumer lifestyle was a
close fourth, with 83,
followed by enterprise
fintech, with 80
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Real Estate
Logistics
Employment
Data
Electronics
Health
Lifestyle
Marketing
Security
Financial
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
European& Israeli venture financing by target market
2018 (number of investments,top 10 verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Government
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36. The most popular verticals
• This chart shows the ten
most commonly funded
verticals across Europe &
Israel by quarter
36
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350
European& Israeli venture financing by vertical market
(number of investments, top 10 verticals)
Data
Health
Logistics
Electronics
Lifestyle
Employment
Security
Infrastructure
Marketing
Financial
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37. Consumer VC investment trends
• Investors continue to favor
consumer fintech, lifestyle,
food, travel, and health
37
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180
European& Israeli venture financing by consumer verticals
(number of investments, top 10 verticals)
Fashion
Electronics
Logistics
Entertainment
Gaming
Health
Food
Travel
Lifestyle
Financial
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38. Enterprise VC investment trends
• Within the enterprise world,
investor attention was
focused on financial,
security, marketing, and
employment startups in
the back half of 2018
38
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European& Israeli venture financing by enterprise verticals
(number of investments, top 10 verticals)
Adtech
Infrastructure
Industrial
Data
Health
Development
Employment
Marketing
Security
Financial
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39. SaaS and Services account for 51%
• SaaS returned to the top
spot in 2018, with 26% of
the invested amount.
• Services were a close
second, representing 25%
of all VC dollars
• Systems – complete
physical products – took
fourth place at 10% of all
venture dollars
• Commerce represented 8%
and marketplaces were just
7%
39
SaaS, 4,944, 26%
Services, 4,772, 25%
Software, 3,246, 17%
Systems, 1,801, 10%
Commerce, 1,568, 8%
Marketplace, 1,358, 7%
Components, 465, 3%
Media, 449, 2%
Materials, 214, 1%
Semiconductors, 155, 1%
European & Israeli venture financing by target market
2018 (in US $M) (excluding mega-rounds)
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40. Services and SaaS are dominant
• Services and SaaS
remained the top two
business models by funding
volume
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European& Israeli venture financing by business model
(top seven, in US $M, excluding mega-rounds)
Services
SaaS
Software
Commerce
Marketplace
Components
Systems
41. EU+IL VC Cheat Sheet (2018)
• This graph provides a quick
overview of the ten most
commonly funded segments
across the top ten countries
for those segments
• In a nutshell:
• Consumer financial services
(Everywhere, but especially in
the UK)
• Israeli enterprise security
software
• Marketing SaaS in France
• Enterprise data SaaS in the UK
and Israel
• Consumer food commerce in
the UK, Germany, and France
• SMB finance in the UK and
Israel
• Enterprise employment/HR
SaaS in the UK
• Enterprise productivity SaaS in
France
• And some other stuff….
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42. A closer look at UK venture in 2018
• Finance was the most
commonly funded category
in the UK, with 94
investments in 2018
• Data, health, and
employment were next
42
Education
Development
Marketing
Real Estate
Security
Lifestyle
Employment
Health
Data
Financial
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
UK venture financing by target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Government
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43. A closer look at Israeli venture in 2018
• Security was the most
commonly funded category
in Israel, with 20
investments in 2018 alone –
nearly than three times
that of the next most
frequent category - finance
43
Real Estate
Logistics
Agtech
Development
CRM
Health
Electronics
Infrastructure
Data
Automotive
Financial
Security
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Israeli venture financing by target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Government
Agriculture
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44. A closer look at German venture in 2018
• Finance was the by far
most commonly funded
category in Germany, with
15 consumer investments
and 28 total investments in
2018
• Lifestyle was next with 13
• Industrial, electronics, and
logistics were tied for third
with 11
44
Food
Automotive
Infrastructure
Energy
Marketing
Employment
Travel
Industrial
Electronics
Logistics
Lifestyle
Financial
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
German venture financing by target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Government
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45. A closer look at French venture in 2018
• Enterprise marketing led in
France, with 28
investments
• Consumer lifestyle (20) and
enterprise productivity (15)
took second and third
place
45
Industrial
Energy
Logistics
Real Estate
Food
Electronics
Productivity
Lifestyle
Employment
Financial
Marketing
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
French venture financingby target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
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46. A closer look at Swedish venture in 2018
• Sweden’s venture
landscape was dominated
by consumer finance,
consumer lifestyle, and
gaming
46
Security
Data
Marketing
Fashion
Energy
Health
Entertainment
Gaming
Lifestyle
Financial
0 5 10 15 20 25
Swedish venture financing by target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
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47. A closer look at Spanish venture in 2018
• Lifestyle and real estate
tech were the most funded
categories in Spain, with
seven investments each
• Logistics, travel, and
fashion were tied for
second
47
Marketing
Education
Health
Legal
Security
Social
Fashion
Travel
Logistics
Real Estate
Lifestyle
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Spanish venture financingby target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
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48. A closer look at Swiss venture in 2018
• Financial was again by far
the most commonly
funded category in
Switzerland, with 12
investments in 2018
48
Data
Industrial
Development
Infrastructure
Social
Lifestyle
Employment
Logistics
Health
Marketing
Electronics
Security
Energy
Financial
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Swiss venture financingby target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
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49. A closer look at Dutch venture in 2018
• Logistics and marketing
were the two most funded
categories in the
Netherlands
49
Communications
Agtech
Health
Employment
Industrial
Financial
Development
Electronics
Travel
Energy
Marketing
Logistics
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dutch venture financing by target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Government
Agriculture
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50. A closer look at Irish venture in 2018
• Fintech was the most
commonly funded category
in Ireland, followed by
marketing
• Entertainment, and
security were tied for third
place
50
Health
Energy
Agtech
Education
Employment
HMI
Data
Productivity
Electronics
Legal
Food
Security
Entertainment
Marketing
Financial
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Irish venture financing by target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Agriculture
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51. A closer look at Finnish venture in 2018
• Fintech, electronics, and
employment were tied for
first place, with four
investments each in 2018
51
Collaboration
Travel
Health
Development
Real Estate
Gaming
Energy
Marketing
Education
Financial
Electronics
Employment
0 1 2 3 4 5
Finnish venture financingby target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
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52. The Nordic VC market in 2018
• Like elsewhere in Europe,
the Nordics were focused
on fintech
• Gaming was in second
place
52
Data
Electronics
Education
Energy
Entertainment
Marketing
Health
Lifestyle
Gaming
Financial
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Nordic venture financingby target market
2018 (number of investments,top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
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53. The Nordic VC market by country
• Across the Nordics, finance
dominated, followed by
gaming.
• Sweden saw the most
actively among Nordic
nations
• Finland was especially
active in electronics
• Norway was active in data
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54. Venture capital in Southern & Eastern Europe
• Fintech and food were the
most financed vertical in
Southern and Eastern
Europe
• Italy showed strength
across a range of consumer
categories
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55. Focus on SaaS
• Marketing was yet again
the most frequently funded
SaaS vertical in 2018, with
68 investments
• Data was second with 56
• Employment, CRM and
productivity were tied for
third with 38
55
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Security
Financial
Infrastructure
Health
Development
Employment
CRM
Productivity
Data
Marketing
SaaS VC investmentin Europe and Israel
by vertical and target market, 2018 (top 10 verticals)
Consumer Enterprise Government SMB
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56. Focus on Services
• The lion’s share of the
services investment
landscape is consumer
financial services
• There are, however, many
more verticals where
“services” companies are
emerging – most of these
are in consumer categories
56
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Employment
Lifestyle
Health
Entertainment
Marketing
Education
Real Estate
Logistics
Gaming
Financial
Services VC investment in Europe and Israel
by vertical and target market, 2018 (top 10 verticals)
Consumer Enterprise SMB
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57. Focus on Marketplaces
• The most frequently funded
marketplace category in
2018 was financial
marketplaces, mostly
aimed at consumers
• Lifestyle, real estate, and
employment were also
important marketplace
categories
57
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Food
Marketing
Automotive
Fashion
Logistics
Travel
Lifestyle
Real Estate
Employment
Financial
Marketplace VC investment in Europe and Israel
by vertical and target market, 2018 (top 10 verticals)
Consumer Enterprise SMB
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58. Focus on Systems
• The most funded systems
categories was electronics –
including general consumer
electronics and systems
designed for OEM sales
• Both energy and agtech
were well represented
58
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Food
Space
Logistics
Health
Security
Automotive
Agtech
Industrial
Energy
Electronics
Systems VC investmentin Europe and Israel
by vertical and target market, 2018 (top 10 verticals)
Consumer Enterprise Government OEM Agriculture
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59. Focus on Components
• Across Europe & Israel,
components investments
were focused on general
electronics and energy,
followed by industrial and
automotive
59
0 5 10 15 20
Space
Imaging
Communications
Automotive
Industrial
Energy
Electronics
Components VC investment in Europe and Israel
by vertical market, 1H18 (top 10 verticals)
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60. Focus on Fintech
• In 2018, over $4.1B was
invested into fintech
• After six consecutive
quarters of increase,
fintech investment levels
seemed to level off in 2018
60
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Fintech - VC investment in Europe and Israel
(US $M)
SMB Enterprise Consumer
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61. Focus on Fintech
• Over a long horizon, fintech
investment pace has
accelerated across all
brackets
• 1Q18 was a high-water
mark in fintech mega-
rounds – activity seemed to
shift towards early-stage
fintech investment in late
2018
61
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Fintech - VC investment in Europe and Israel
(US $M)
Mega Growth Venture Early Venture Seed
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62. Focus on Marketing
• Since 2016, there were 321
marketing investments in
22 countries
• France saw the most – with
75
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63. Focus on Marketing
• VCs invested $915M into
marketing tech in Europe &
Israel in 2018, up slightly
from $842M in 2017
63
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Amountinvested(US$M)
Marketing - VC investmentin Europeand Israel
Amount
Number
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64. Focus on Productivity Tools
• Since 2016, there were 133
productivity tool
investments in 21 countries
• France saw the most with
40, following by the UK
with 25
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65. Focus on Productivity Tools
• VCs invested $728M into
productivity tools in Europe
& Israel in 2018, up
dramatically from $120M in
2017
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Amountinvested(US$M)
Productivity Tools - VC investment in Europe and Israel
Amount
Number
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66. Focus on Developer Tools
• Since 2016, there were 133
developer tool investments
in 19 countries
• The UK saw the most with
31, following by Israel with
30
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67. Focus on Developer Tools
• VCs invested $804M into
developer tools in Europe &
Israel in 2018, up
significantly from $498M in
2017
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Numberofinvestments
Amountinvested(US$M)
Developer Tools - VC investment in Europe and Israel
Amount
Number
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68. Focus on Data
• Since 2016, there were 208
data investments in 20
countries
• The UK saw the most with
57, following by Israel with
39
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69. Focus on Data
• VCs invested $981M into
data companies in Europe
& Israel in 2018, up from
$702M in 2017
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70. Focus on Security
• Since 2016, there were 272
security investments in 20
countries
• Israel saw the most with
140, following by the UK
with 43
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71. Focus on Security
• VCs invested $1.4BM into
security companies in
Europe & Israel in 2018, up
from $1.1B in 2017
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72. Focus on Energy
• Since 2016, there were 147
energy investments in 16
countries
• The France saw the most
with 32, following by
Sweden with 28
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73. Focus on Energy
• VCs invested $539M into
energy companies in
Europe & Israel in 2018, up
massively from $267M in
2017
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74. Focus on IT Infrastructure
• Since 2016, there were 212
infrastructure investments
in 21 countries
• Israel saw the most with
54, following by the UK
with 42
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75. Focus on IT Infrastructure
• VCs invested $1.17B into
infrastructure companies in
Europe & Israel in 2018,
down from $1,56B in 2017
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76. Focus on Industrial
• Since 2016, there were 185
industrial investments in 20
countries
• France saw the most with
36, followed by Germany
with 26
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77. Focus on Industrial
• VCs invested $633M into
industrial companies in
Europe & Israel in 2018, up
from $339B in 2017
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78. Focus on Logistics
• Since 2016, there were 205
logistics investments in 22
countries
• France saw the most with
57, followed by Germany
with 27
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79. Focus on Logistics
• VCs invested $1.26B into
logistics companies in
Europe & Israel in 2018,
down from $846M in 2017
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80. Focus on Electronics
• Since 2016, there were 277
electronics investments in
19 countries
• France saw the most with
71, followed by Israel with
44
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81. Focus on Electronics
• VCs invested $1.45B into
electronics companies in
Europe & Israel in 2018, up
from $847M in 2017
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82. Focus on Electronics (components, systems, & semis)
• The majority of
“electronics” investments
were into systems
• Components and semis
were also important
categories
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