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■ Founded in 2013 in Amsterdam, Dealroom has become Europe’s leading
venture capital database, tracking over 500,000 high-growth companies and
10,000 investors in Europe and beyond
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machine learning, plus contributions from over 10,000 local market experts
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Scope of this report
■ This report covers venture capital funding in Europe and Israel (including Russia
and Turkey). Includes: angel & seed rounds, VC series, growth equity, converts
■ Excluded are: private equity buyouts, M&A, private placements, lending capital
■ Throughout this presentation, footnotes reference to relevant online resources
found on https://app.dealroom.co
Authors
Yoram Wijngaarde (Founder & CEO)
Formerly tech & media M&A at
Lehman Brothers and NOAH Advisors
Julien Puls (Data analyst & researcher)
Formerly at CMB Capital
Université Jean Moulin, Lyon
Special thanks to for massive contributions to the data
“verified open-data” model
3. 1. Headline stats in Europe
2. Identified trends and drivers
3. Top verticals and business models
4. Investment sources trends
5. Overviews of top countries
6. Outtakes: additional data
Contents
4. Record € 16.2B venture capital raised by European
companies in 2016. Funding up 12%, rounds up 32%
2016 was a record year, despite
peaking during first quarter
Funding grew 12% (or 11%
when excluding top-8 mega-
rounds)
Number of deals grew an
impressive 32% over 2015 (an
acceleration of pace versus
previous year)
By comparison, venture capital
funding in the U.S. declined
about 10% (CB Insights/PitchBook)
The chart shows top-8 rounds
separately in grey and table
below shows top-8 round in
each year
4
€ 4.2M
€ 4.9M
€ 10.1M
€ 14.4M
€ 16.2M
1,290
1,853
2,120
2,566
3,376
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€ M) Top 8 rounds (€ M) Number of rounds
Deezer (€ 118M) Spotify (€ 227M) Rocket Internet SE (€ 405M) Delivery Hero (€ 496M) Spotify (€ 909M)
Conduit (€ 91M) Supercell (€ 118M) Delivery Hero (€ 318M) Spotify (€ 478M) Global Fashion Group (€ 330M)
Spotify (€ 91M) Truphone (€ 107M) Adyen (€ 227M) Landbay (€ 300M) Jumia (€ 300M)
CureVac (€ 80M) Powa Technologies (€ 69M) Ozon (€ 136M) FanDuel (€ 250M) Gett (€ 273M)
AVITO.ru (€ 68M) Mobli (€ 55M) Gett (€ 136M) Zencap (€ 230M) Deliveroo (€ 250M)
Agendia (€ 59M) Auris Medical (€ 46M) The Hut Group (€ 120M) BlaBlaCar (€ 182M) OVH (€ 250M)
Mimecast (€ 56M) Ulmart (€ 46M) borro (€ 102M) Kreditech (€ 182M) Payoneer (€ 164M)
Luxoft (€ 55M) AVITO.ru (€ 46M) Adaptimmune (€ 95M) Global Fashion Group (€ 150M) Skyscanner (€ 154M)
Top-8
rounds
Top-8
rounds
(+32%)
(+12%)
Source: Dealroom.co. Includes Israel. Excludes private equity, M&A and buyouts. More data on: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/funding
6. € 1.3B € 1.3B
€ 3.2B
€ 3.8B
€ 3.2B
€ 0.6B € 0.6B
€ 2.0B
€ 2.9B
€ 2.0B
€ 0.5B
€ 0.6B
€ 0.8B
€ 1.5B
€ 2.7B
€ 0.5B € 0.5B
€ 1.2B
€ 1.8B
€ 2.7B
€ 0.2B
€ 0.3B
€ 0.5B
€ 1.0B
€ 1.6B
€ 1.1B
€ 1.6B
€ 2.4B
€ 3.4B
€ 4.0B
410
542
644
545 520
165
245
288
353 380
118
167 180
243
590
88
132
166
241 231
57 42
82
163
366
452
725
760
1,021
1,289
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
United Kingdom Germany France Israel Sweden Other
Amount raised (€ billion) Number of rounds
Slowdown in UK and Germany, but strong growth
across most parts of Europe
6
Rocket Internet
(a key driver for
Germany) did fewer
big rounds in 2016
(Jumia in France).
UK funding is
down €0.6B, or
16%
Decline in UK and Germany
(Europe’s most mature VC markets)
Remainder of Europe is catching up rapidly across a very
distributed group of countries. Israel continued strong growth
France has highest number of
rounds this year: 590
Spotify is a big driver in
Sweden, but number of
rounds also rose to level
close to Germany’s.
Growth mostly driven by Switzerland, Norway, Finland,
Spain, Italy, Ireland, Belgium and parts of Central & Eastern
Europe (see next slide).
Source: Dealroom.co. Includes Israel. Excludes private equity, M&A and buyouts. More data on: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/funding
8. 1. Introduction: headline stats in Europe
2. Insights: understanding the key trends and drivers
3. Top verticals and business models
4. Investment sources trends
5. Overviews of top countries
6. Outtakes: additional data
Contents
9. 43% drop in B2C funding in Germany & UK. Many
B2C markets adequately funded, focus on execution.
9Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/funding-rounds/f/locations/anyof_Germany_United%20Kingdom
B2C
(UK & Germany only)
B2B
(UK & Germany only)
€ 0.7B € 0.7B
€ 1.8B
€ 1.6B € 1.6B
€ 0.5B € 0.5B
€ 1.1B
€ 2.2B
€ 1.3B
€ 0.2B € 0.3B
€ 0.4B € 0.8B
€ 0.6B
€ 0.3B € 0.3B
€ 1.6B
€ 2.4B
€ 1.3B
€ 1.0B € 1.0B
€ 2.2B
€ 2.4B
€ 2.2B
€ 0.8B € 0.8B
€ 2.6B
€ 4.6B
€ 2.6B
277
366
431 423
497
255
359
413
406
336
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Business Consumer
UK Amount raised (€ billion) Germany Amount raised (€ billion) Number of rounds
43% drop: many B2C opportunities (e.g. food, home
services) have simply been adequately funded. Now
focus is on execution.
Still, many B2C markets very VC-active (e.g. banking,
IOT, AR/VR, …).
10. 2016 saw largest ever European cohort of early stage
startups funded. Later stage rounds slowed down
10
€ 0.3B
€ 0.5B € 0.6B
€ 0.9B
€ 1.2B
€ 0.9B
€ 1.3B
€ 1.7B
€ 2.7B
€ 3.8B
€ 1.1B
€ 1.4B
€ 2.7B
€ 3.7B
€ 4.0B
€ 1.5B
€ 1.1B
€ 3.8B
€ 6.3B
€ 5.4B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.6B
€ 1.4B
€ 1.6B
€ 1.7B621
967 996
1,301
1,748
245
317
378
567
879
104 129
173 215
266
60 50 89
178 198
260
390
484
305 285
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Angel & Seed Series A / Early VC Series B, C Series D+ Other
Amount raised (€ billion) Number of rounds
Early stage: strong pipeline Later stage
Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/funding-rounds/f/rounds/anyof_SEED_SERIES%20A_SERIES%20B_SERIES%20C
Growth is mainly driven by early
stage & mid stage rounds
Slowing down of
mega rounds, but
number of rounds
still growing .
11. 31%
16%
9%
5%
21%
8%
–
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Seed Series A Series B Series C Series D
2009 cohort 2010 cohort 2011 cohort 2012 cohort 2013 cohort% of startups reaching next funding round
However, fewer startups (%) are reaching the next
funding round stage (which should be expected)
Note: the average time between rounds is roughly 18 months. Therefore, it takes an average of nearly three years to move from Seed to Series B. For this reason, the data only includes cohorts from 2013 and earlier.
COHORT SEED SERIES A SERIES B SERIES C SERIES D
2009 100% 33% 16% 7% 4%
2010 100% 31% 16% 9% 5%
2011 100% 22% 12% 3%
2012 100% 22% 9%
2013 100% 21% 8%
Recent years saw more European than
ever startups, but a smaller proportion
reaching the next funding round stage
This is likely due to a combination of
increased competition and higher risk
appetite by VCs
Not reaching series-A does not necessarily
equal failure. Reasons may be that
company became profitable
Especially beyond series-A/B companies
often do not need additional funding
About 20-30% of
seeded companies also
do series-A round.
Thereafter, follow-on
rate is about half for
each stage
11Source: Dealroom.co.
12. Round sizes have come back down in 2016, which
indicates that valuations have probably as well
12Source: Dealroom.co.
€ 0.5M
€ 0.5M
€ 0.6M
€ 0.7M € 0.7M
€ 0.1M
€ 0.2M
€ 0.3M
€ 0.3M
€ 0.4M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Average
Median
Series C rounds
Seed rounds Series A rounds
€ 3.7M
€ 4.5M
€ 5.0M
€ 5.7M
€ 5.4M
€ 2.5M € 2.5M
€ 3.6M € 3.6M € 3.6M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Average
Median
€ 7.8M
€ 9.2M
€ 13.5M € 13.4M
€ 11.8M
€ 5.6M € 5.9M
€ 8.2M
€ 10.0M
€ 9.1M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Average
Median
€ 15.9M
€ 13.5M
€ 21.1M
€ 26.3M
€ 23.1M
€ 10.9M € 10.0M
€ 17.0M
€ 19.1M € 18.2M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Average
Median
Series B rounds
13. 1. Introduction: headline stats in Europe
2. Insights: understanding the key trends and drivers
3. Top verticals and business models
4. Investment sources trends
5. Overviews of top countries
6. Outtakes: additional data
Contents
14. VCs are allocating more capital to B2B models, after
being more B2C focused during 2014-2015
14Source: Dealroom.co.
€ 0.3B
€ 0.6B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.7B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.7B
€ 0.5B
€ 0.8B
€ 0.9B
€ 1.2B
€ 1.8B
€ 0.7B
€ 1.8B
€ 1.9B
€ 2.0B
€ 1.4B
€ 2.7B
€ 2.2B
€ 1.1B
€ 1.3B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.6B € 0.6B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.5B
€ 0.6B € 0.6B
€ 0.8B
€ 0.9B € 0.9B
€ 1.7B
€ 1.2B
€ 1.4B
€ 1.4B
€ 2.0B
€ 1.8B
€ 1.7B
€ 1.8B
€ 2.0B
€ 2.3B
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
B2C Models B2B Models
Historically, a remarkably equal allocation between B2B and B2C.
Capital invested from 2012 to 2016:
€ 23.2B into B2C
€23.9B into B2B
B2C
overweight
B2B
overweight
19. 1. Introduction: headline stats in Europe
2. Insights: understanding the key trends and drivers
3. Top verticals and business models
4. Investment sources trends
5. Overviews of top countries
6. Outtakes: additional data
Contents
20. € 6.3B
€ 8.4B
~ € 4B
X
Y € 16B+
2015 2016 U.S. Funds Growth funds Corporate investing Company funding
Capital raised by European funds Other sources (= uses of funds)
€8.4 billion (1) in new capital raised by European VCs
in 2016 (+33%) which may fuel 2017 and beyond
201. Source: Yannick Roux, Atomico, InvestEurope.
33% growth in new capital raised by European VCs
U.S. funds contribute
roughly 20-25% of
total capital to
European companies.
This % share has been
stable in recent years.
Growth funds
increasingly
participate in large
venture rounds
Corporate investing is
rapidly on the
increase
(see next slide)
Combined with
existing funds, more
than enough to
support investment
levels similar to or
higher than 2016 of
€16.2 billion
21. Corporate investment activity continued its rise, both
via corporate venturing and balance sheet investing
21
1. Total gross amount raised in rounds with corporate involvement.
Source: Dealroom.co. Rocket Internet is not counted here as corporate investor. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/investors/f/investor_type/anyof_corporate%20venture%20fund_corporate
Corporate investing by number of rounds Corporate investing by € amount funded (1)
69
104
160
314
545
5.3% 5.6%
7.5%
12.2%
16.1%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Corporate venture fund
Corporate direct
% of total European rounds
€ 0.6B
€ 0.8B
€ 1.3B
€ 3.7B
€ 4.9B
15.1%
16.0%
13.4%
25.4%
30.0%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Corporate venture fund
Corporate direct
% of total European rounds
30% of corporate
investors are U.S. based
(while only 13% of fund
investors are U.S.
based). The share of
European corporate
deals is rapidly
increasing though.
22. About 25% of venture capital is sourced from U.S.
based funds, mainly in later rounds
22
Online resources: https://app.dealroom.co/investors/f/country_experience/Europe/locations/United%20States
Source: Dealroom.co. 1) Assumes rounds with multiple investors are qually allocated. Based on investor HQ location.
121
163
231
326
436
9.4%
8.8%
10.9%
12.7% 12.9%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of rounds
% of total European rounds
U.S. investment into Europe by number of rounds U.S. investment into Europe by amount
€ 0.8B € 0.9B
€ 2.5B
€ 3.2B
€ 3.6B
19.3%
17.4%
24.4%
22.6%
22.3%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Estimated amount raised from U.S. (€M)
% of total European funding
Roughly 13% of rounds now have
U.S. fund involvement.
For corporate rounds, this % is
now about 30%.
U.S. investors contribute around 25% of
funds (1).
24. 1. Introduction: headline stats in Europe
2. Insights: understanding the key trends and drivers
3. Top verticals and business models
4. Investment sources trends
5. Overviews of top countries
6. Outtakes: additional data
Contents
25. UK: € 3.2B raised in 2016, a 16% drop. While Brexit is
a major cause for concern, it’s likely not the driver
25Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/overview
€ 1,281M € 1,282M
€ 3,190M
€ 3,780M
€ 3,174M410
542
644
545
520
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€M) Top 3 rounds (€M) Total number of rounds
€ 280M
€ 332M€ 343M€ 325M€ 317M
€ 260M
€ 337M
€ 367M
€ 531M
€ 748M
€ 1,395M
€ 517M
€ 684M
€ 790M
€ 1,346M
€ 961M
€ 1,067M
€ 705M
€ 874M
€ 528M
111
85
108 106
130
122
148
142
185
175
161
123
137
124
140
144 142
126 126 126
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€M) Top 3 rounds (€M) Total number of rounds
QuarterlyAnnually
Given timing of Brexit (June 2016), an unlikely
driver of VC slow-down. More likely drivers:
saturation in some B2C markets
Truphone
Powa
Arrria
Mimecast
Justeat
Oxford Nano
The Hut
Adaptimmune
Powa
Fanduel
Reward Gateway
Funding Circle
Deliveroo
Skyscanner
Farfetch
Fanduel
Reward Gateway
Prodigy
Deliveroo
Sabio
Darktrace
Farfetch
F2G
Nexeon
The Hut
Adaptimmune
Virtus
26. London remains the epicenter in European tech.
High density of scale-ups, and strong follow-on rate
26
Rest of UKLondon
Quarterly by roundAnnual by round
€ 280M
€ 332M€ 343M€ 325M€ 317M
€ 260M
€ 337M€ 367M
€ 531M
€ 748M
€ 517M
€ 684M
€ 790M
€ 961M
€ 1,067M
€ 705M
€ 874M
€ 528M
48
57
21
111
85
108 106
130
122
148 142
185
175
161
123
137
124
140 144 142
126 126 126
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
€ 1,281M € 1,282M
€ 3,190M
€ 3,780M
€ 3,174M
271
223
177
212
97 85
410
542
644
545 520
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€M)
Seed rounds
Series A, B, C, early rounds
Late rounds
Total number of rounds
Strong follow-on trend of early VC rounds (A, B, C),
which is arguable the best sign of a strong ecosystem
with high quality scale-ups
€ 1.0B € 0.9B
€ 2.3B
€ 2.7B
€ 2.2B
€ 0.3B € 0.4B
€ 0.9B
€ 1.1B € 1.0B279
380
470
394
331
131
162 174 151
189
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€ billion)
Number of rounds
• Funding data doesn’t capture all the companies with major London presence but official HQ abroad (U.S., Israel, …)
• London is indisputably the place to be for many high-growth companies, given depth of talent pool, early adopter
market, and venture capital pockets
• Highest density of scale-ups anywhere in Europe. World-class epicenter for deep tech (AI, VR, robotics, …)
Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/overview
27. Germany: € 2.0B raised in 2016, a 32% drop due to
lack of Rocket mega-rounds, and limited replacement
27
QuarterlyAnnual
€ 593M € 583M
€ 1,981M
€ 2,909M
€ 1,985M
165
245
288
353
380
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Top 3 rounds (€M)
Amount raised (€M)
Total number of rounds
€ 142M€ 143M
€ 210M
€ 97M€ 126M
€ 188M€ 169M
€ 100M
€ 324M
€ 397M
€ 1,001M
€ 259M
€ 1,259M
€ 653M
€ 564M
€ 433M
€ 324M
€ 788M
€ 460M
€ 413M
44
32
45 44
50
65 67
63
74 72 74
68
89
58
102 104
114
98
94
74
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Rocket Internet
Delivery Hero
Westwing
In recent years, Germany has
been characterized by mega
rounds, thus heavily skewing the
results. Rocket backed Jumia is
based in Paris.
Delivery Hero
Global Fashion
Home24
Round types - quarterlyRound types - annual
€ 142M€ 143M
€ 210M
€ 97M€ 126M
€ 188M€ 169M
€ 100M
€ 324M
€ 397M
€ 1,001M
€ 259M
€ 1,259M
€ 653M
€ 564M
€ 433M
€ 324M
€ 788M
€ 460M€ 413M
35
29
10
44
32
45 44 50
65 67 63
74 72 74 68
89
58
102 104
114
98 94
74
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
€ 593M € 583M
€ 1,981M
€ 2,909M
€ 1,985M
154
188
110 122
89 70
165
245
288
353
380
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€M)
Seed rounds
Series A, B, C, early rounds
Late rounds
Total number of rounds
Global Fashion
SoundCloud
HelloFresh
Rocket Internet
Delivery Hero
FoodPanda
Delivery Hero
HelloFresh
FoodPanda
Global Fashion
SoundCloud
Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/overview
28. Germany: a shift from B2C to B2B market
opportunities
28
Rest of GermanyBerlin
B2BB2C
€ 0.3B
€ 0.4B
€ 1.5B
€ 2.1B
€ 0.9B
€ 0.3B
€ 0.2B
€ 0.5B
€ 0.8B
€ 1.1B94
157
190 179 173
71
88 98
174
207
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€ billion)
Number of rounds Outside of Berlin, funding in the rest of
Germany funding has continued growing
€ 0.3B € 0.3B
€ 1.6B
€ 2.2B
€ 1.3B
€ 0.2B € 0.3B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.6B € 0.6B
90
125
151
177
159
66
105
120
149
198
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Consumer Business
Number of B2B rounds increased 33%
Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/overview
29. France: an incredible run in 2016, also after adjusting
for mega rounds like Jumia, Deezer and Sigfox
29
Online resources: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/funding
Source: Dealroom.co. Note 1: likely large part secondary.
QuarterlyAnnually
€ 500M
€ 599M
€ 771M
€ 1,481M
€ 2,739M
118
167
180
243
590
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Subtop Top 3 Total number of rounds
€ 111M€ 96M€ 90M
€ 203M
€ 75M
€ 162M€ 171M€ 191M
€ 148M
€ 236M
€ 162M
€ 225M
€ 279M
€ 320M
€ 581M
€ 302M
€ 720M
€ 429M
€ 753M
€ 836M
32 29 28 29
33
47
39
48
42
51
41
46
54
61
57
71
140
131 134
185
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Subtop Top 3 Total number of rounds
Blablacar
Sigfox
Scality
Jumia
OVH (1)
Sigfox
Blablacar
Sarenza
Neoen
Deezer
Blablacar
Jumia
Deezer
Jumia
OVH
Linkbynet
Sigfox
Devialet
Genfit
France finished the year
very strong in final quarter
Seed rounds tripled from
104 to 320 rounds in 2016
Blablacar
Blablacar
Deezer Serenza
30. € 0.4B € 0.3B
€ 0.5B
€ 0.9B
€ 1.7B
€ 0.1B
€ 0.3B € 0.3B
€ 0.6B
€ 1.1B
84
109 118
146
293
34
58 62
97
297
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€ billion) Number of rounds
France is firing on all cylinders: seed rounds tripled,
early stage doubled, in a country-wide phenomenon
30
Rest of FranceParis
Number of rounds outside France tripled in 2016.
Growth was very distributed among over 150 cities. Many
cities with 1 or 2 rounds for the first time in 2016.
€ 111M€ 96M€ 90M
€ 203M
€ 75M
€ 162M€ 171M€ 191M
€ 148M
€ 236M
€ 162M
€ 225M
€ 279M
€ 320M
€ 581M
€ 302M
€ 720M
€ 429M
€ 753M
€ 836M
94
76
15
32 29 28 29 33
47
39
48
42
51
41 46
54
61 57
71
140
131 134
185
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
€ 500M
€ 599M
€ 771M
€ 1,481M
€ 2,739M
104
320
88
210
51 60
118
167
180
243
590
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Amount raised (€M)
Seed rounds
Series A, B, C, early rounds
Late rounds
Total number of rounds
Quarterly by roundAnnual by round
Number of seed rounds grew 3x
The number of early VC rounds grew 2x
The year 2016 finished strong, with a jump in seeded companies,
resulting in by far the largest cohort of French startups, ever.
Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/overview
32. Nordics: strong growth in early rounds across Nordic
countries in 2016. Sweden leads (not just Spotify)
32
Denmark, Finland, Norway, IcelandSweden
€ 226M
€ 333M
€ 561M
€ 988M
€ 1,599M
57
42
82
163
366
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Subtop Top 3 Total number of rounds
€ 172M
€ 392M
€ 333M
€ 763M
€ 654M
69
113 117
174
285
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Subtop Top 3 Total number of rounds
Spotify
Spotify
Spotify
Klarna
Truecaller
iZettle
Klarna
iZettle
Saltside
Bonesupport
Klarna
Verne Global
Symphogen
Trustpilot
M-files
Rovio
Vivino
Ascendis Pharma
Rovio
Trustpilot
Fewer big rounds in other
Nordic countries, strong
growth in number of
rounds.
Supercell
Symphogen
Plain Vanilla Games
“The community is increasingly joined up and
there are lots of local funding options. Hence a
big rise in companies being seeded.”
- Neil Murray (TheNordicWeb) = same scale =
Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/overview
33. Nordics: the year ended strongly with lot of seed and
series-A rounds in final quarter
33
€ 34M
€ 80M
€ 15M
€ 98M
€ 4M
€ 57M
€ 31M
€ 241M
€ 152M
€ 182M
€ 118M€ 109M
€ 82M
€ 602M
€ 194M
€ 109M
€ 1,053M
€ 197M
€ 119M
€ 230M
14
22
10 11
3
19
9
11
19
23 22
18
26
40 39
58
90
82 82
112
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Subtop Top 3 Total number of rounds
€ 14M
€ 33M
€ 73M
€ 52M € 45M
€ 213M
€ 69M € 66M € 62M
€ 93M
€ 63M
€ 114M
€ 220M
€ 154M
€ 100M
€ 289M
€ 192M
€ 127M€ 126M
€ 208M19
13
18 19 19
30 30
34
28 28 28
33
42
34
40
58
71
54
61
99
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Subtop Top 3 Total number of rounds
Denmark, Finland, Norway, IcelandSweden
Spotify
Spotify
Symphogen
Spotify
Verne Global
Supercell
Trustpilot
Klarna
iZettle Truecaller
Remarkable surge in number of rounds mainly driven by seed rounds in
Mainly driven by surge in
both seed and series-A
rounds in 2016
= same scale =
Source: Dealroom.co. More info: https://app.dealroom.co/markets/countries/overview
34. 1. Introduction: headline stats in Europe
2. Insights: understanding the key trends and drivers
3. Top verticals and business models
4. Investment sources trends
5. Overviews of top countries
6. Outtakes: additional data
Contents
35. About 25% of venture capital is sourced from U.S.
based funds. About 35% is sourced domestically
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Online resources: https://app.dealroom.co/investors/f/country_experience/Europe/locations/United%20States
Source: Dealroom.co. 1) Assumes rounds with multiple investors are qually allocated. Based on investor HQ location.
Countries attracting most U.S. funding Countries relying most on domestic funding
Sourced from USA funds (%) by amount raised Sourced from domestic funds (%) by amount raised
Israeli startups have been able to
source 43% of their funding from USA
66% of funding in Italy is
sourced domestically.
Higher % of domestic funds
can be a sign of a strong
local VC funding options
(France, Germany, UK) or
weak interest from abroad
(Italy, Russia).
43%
39%
36%
31%
31%
28%
22%
22%
21%
20%
20%
18%
16%
16%
14%
10%
6%
Israel
Austria
Sweden
Ireland
United Kingdom
Turkey
Finland
Spain
Netherlands
Germany
Portugal
Italy
France
Russia
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
66%
56%
51%
47%
46%
38%
36%
36%
36%
33%
33%
31%
31%
29%
25%
25%
21%
Italy
Russia
France
United Kingdom
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
Germany
Portugal
Turkey
Israel
Finland
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Ireland
Austria
Lower % of domestic funds can be a
sign of weak local VC funding options
(Ireland, Austria) or high interest from
abroad (Sweden, Spain).
36. € 3.2B
€ 2.7B
€ 2.7B
€ 2.0B
€ 1.6B
€ 0.6B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.4B
€ 0.3B
€ 0.3B
€ 0.2B
€ 0.2B
€ 0.2B
€ 0.1B
€ 0.1B
€ 0.0B
€ 0.0B
USA
United Kingdom
France
Israel
Germany
Sweden
Spain
Netherlands
Ireland
Finland
Russia
Belgium
Italy
Norway
Denmark
Austria
Portugal
Turkey
How much headroom is there still in European VC?
Funding per capita indicates there is still room
36
1) USA data is a Dealroom estimate based on CB Insights and PitchBook data.
Source: Dealroom.co.
325M
147M
82M
79M
67M
65M
61M
47M
17M
11M
10M
10M
9M
9M
6M
6M
5M
5M
USA
Russia
Germany
Turkey
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Sweden
Austria
Israel
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Ireland
Population = VC funding per capita÷ 2016 VC funding
€ 70-75B (1) // € 313
€ 231
€ 160
€ 77
€ 59
€ 49
€ 41
€ 30
€ 25
€ 24
€ 24
€ 22
€ 13
€ 9.2
€ 4.3
€ 2.7
€ 2.0
€ 0.4
Israel
USA
Sweden
Ireland
Finland
United Kingdom
France
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain
Austria
Portugal
Italy
Russia
Turkey