Europe Startup Ecosystem

Overview

Europe's startup ecosystem is one of the largest and most diverse in the world, with major hubs in London, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam. As of 2023, Europe is home to over 150,000 startups. Governments across the continent support entrepreneurship through various initiatives that provide funding, resources, and mentorship for startups. In 2022, European startups collectively raised approximately €100 billion in venture capital.

Size of the Market

The European startup ecosystem is expansive, with over 150,000 startups as of 2023. In 2022, these startups raised approximately €100 billion in venture capital, reflecting robust investor interest. This substantial funding pool supports startups at various stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage investments, facilitating growth and innovation across diverse sectors.

Key Strengths

Europe's strengths include a highly educated workforce, a strong tradition of innovation, and a strategic location with access to a large and diverse market. Major cities like London, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam have vibrant tech scenes, attracting significant investments and producing notable startups like Revolut, N26, and Adyen. The presence of world-class universities and research institutions fosters a collaborative environment for startups.

Major Hubs

London, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam are Europe's primary startup hubs. These cities are known for their dynamic tech ecosystems and have produced significant startups, such as Revolut in London, N26 in Berlin, and Adyen in Amsterdam. These hubs benefit from robust infrastructure, access to capital, and a high concentration of skilled talent.

Emerging Hubs

Emerging hubs in Europe include cities like Barcelona, Lisbon, and Stockholm. These cities are gaining traction due to their favorable business climates, increasing investment activity, and vibrant entrepreneurial communities. They offer growing opportunities for startups and investors looking to explore new markets.

Support Systems

The European startup ecosystem benefits from a strong network of incubators, accelerators, and co-working spaces. Initiatives like the European Innovation Council (EIC) and Horizon Europe provide mentorship, resources, and international exposure. These support systems are crucial for nurturing early-stage startups and helping them scale effectively.

Challenges

Challenges in the European startup ecosystem include regulatory complexities, economic disparities between regions, and limited access to late-stage funding in some areas. Navigating the diverse regulatory environments across different countries can be daunting for startups looking to scale internationally. Addressing these challenges is crucial for fostering a more cohesive and supportive ecosystem.

Opportunities and Future Outlook

Despite challenges, Europe is making significant strides in innovation and entrepreneurship. Continuous investment and technological advancement drive substantial growth opportunities. Europe's strategic location and extensive trade relationships provide startups with opportunities for international expansion, positioning the continent as a key player in the global innovation landscape.

Resilience and Adaptability

Europe's startup ecosystem has shown remarkable resilience and adaptability. The strong emphasis on sustainability and green technology drives innovation in sectors such as renewable energy and environmental technologies. As Europe continues to invest in its startup ecosystem, it is poised for further growth and development, contributing significantly to the global innovation landscape.

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Brian Garrett
Investing in IT (& TMT) • Media • Enter...
 San Francisco Califor..., United States
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Previous Investments
  • Fuzzy: $4500000 (Seed Round)
  • Boom.tv: $3500000 (Seed Round)
  • Purple Squirrel: $2700000 (Seed Round)
  • RelationUp: (Later stage VC)
  • Retina.AI: (Seed Round)
  • IMMORTALS: (Seed Round)
  • HiveWatch (Network Management Software):
  • Teampay: $12000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Branch Messenger: $10000000 (Early stage VC)
  • Conversion Logic: $9000000 (Early stage VC)
  • Narvar: (early stage)
  • Club W:
  • Intelligent Beauty:
  • Lettuce: (early stage)
  • SHIFT.com: (early stage)
  • StyleSaint: (early stage)
  • ShoeDazzle: (early stage)
  • GumGum: (early stage)
  • Crosscut Ventures: (early stage)
  • Verve: (early stage)
  • Palomar Ventures:

Brian Garrett

San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - Venice Italy, United States

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile • Restaurants

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ex-Entrepreneur and Seed-Stage investor in LA

ex-Entrepreneur and Seed-Stage investor in LA


Co-Founder of LA-based seed fund CrossCut Ventures
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Brian Garrett is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Crosscut. Brian is very active in the Los Angeles start-up community and currently works actively with the following companies: GumGum, Verve Mobile, Reaction Commerce, Jyve, Sales Pro Quo, The BlackTux, Narvar, Omaze, Robin Care, Foray, Fuzzy, Umbra Lab, Fastdata.io and Saber es Poder. With over 20 years of both investing and operating/entrepreneurial experience, Brian tries to bring humility and empathy to the lonely plight of starting and scaling start-up companies and works tirelessly to help his entrepreneurs succeed. Prior to co-founding Crosscut, Brian was a Partner at Palomar Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, California. Mr. Garrett joined Palomar in 2001 and played an active role in managing and investing two funds over 6 years totaling more than $400 million. While at Palomar, he was the sponsor of and/or an active board member in nine Palomar portfolio companies, including successes such as Entone (a video on demand company that sold to Harmonic), Lombardi (business process management software that sold to IBM) and Datallegro (data warehouse appliance company sold to Microsoft in 2008). Prior to Palomar, Brian was the Director of Business Development at Niku Corporation. Prior to Niku, Brian worked at a boutique strategy consulting firm called R.B. Webber & Company. Brian worked with numerous early-stage technology companies including CommerceOne, Inktomi, Sagent, Aurum and Broadbase. Brian received his MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and he graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Specialties: Entrepreneurial focus: Fashion/Tech/Media/Commerce. Investing Focus: Crosscut focuses primarily on seed-stage opportunities in consumer/digital media across Southern California.

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Marie Brayer
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Paris, France
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Previous Investments
  • Board Assure A/S: (mid stage)
  • BigeFinancials A/S:
  • iPaper: (late stage)
  • Kraftvaerk Group A/S: (late stage)
  • People Test Systems A/S: (mid stage)
  • Dansk Egenkapital A/S:
  • Fonden Musicon Valley:
  • Bank of America (Robertson Stephens & Company LLC):
  • Nykredit Bank (Rued Jørgensen/Sankt Annæ Bank): (early stage)
  • CybelAngel: (mid stage)
  • Inato: (early stage)
  • Lifen: (early stage)
  • Odaseva: (mid stage)
  • Malt: (mid stage)
  • Serena: (late stage)
  • TalentLetter: (early stage)
  • various companies:
  • Allo-Media: (late stage)
  • Kardinal: (mid stage)
  • mindee: (early stage)
  • Wecasa.fr: (mid stage)
  • Privateaser: (mid stage)

Marie Brayer

Paris, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution)

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Partner @Serena and Founder @Talentletter

Partner @Serena and Founder @Talentletter

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Christoffer Norman
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Stockholm, Sweden
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Previous Investments
  • Anyfin: (early stage)
  • Nested.com: (mid stage)
  • Alva Labs: (early stage)
  • Fishbrain: (mid stage)
  • Matsmart Scandinavia AB: (mid stage)
  • Tiptapp: (early stage)

Christoffer Norman

Stockholm, Sweden

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Productivity

Description

Investment Manager at Northzone

Investment Manager at Northzone

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Craig Fletcher
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Southampton - London, U.K.
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Previous Investments
  • Raw Fury: $130000

Craig Fletcher

Southampton - London, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • AR/VR • Developer tools • SaaS • Consumer

Description

Craig Fletcher is the Founder and also serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Multiplay.

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Nicolas Landrin
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Previous Investments
  • Nestwave:
  • Fenotek: (early stage)
  • Algodone: (early stage)
  • Apizee: (mid stage)
  • ARIONEO: (early stage)
  • LeddarTech - Mastering Lidar Sensor Technology: (late stage)
  • Link Care Services:
  • Medicapp Connect: (mid stage)
  • Ownpage Technology: (mid stage)
  • Sparkow:
  • E-Blink: (early stage)
  • SIEN Solutions: (mid stage)
  • eYeka: (mid stage)
  • IJENKO: (early stage)
  • BeamExpress SA:
  • Aldebaran Robotics: (early stage)
  • Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS): (early stage)
  • Advestigo:
  • OpenPlug: (early stage)
  • Realeyes3D: (early stage)
  • iSource Venture Capital:

Nicolas Landrin

Clermont-Ferrand, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science

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Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at ESSEC Business School

Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at ESSEC Business School

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Robert Wilhelm
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Previous Investments
  • Monserrate Ventures, a tech scale-up fund focused on the best entrepreneurs in Latin America:
  • Great Capital Partners:
  • Cleeng: (mid stage)
  • Drake Star Partners: (early stage)
  • HAL24K: (early stage)
  • IMPROVED Corporate Finance: (early stage)
  • LD&A Jupiter:
  • Quadia Online Video: (late stage)
  • Rockstart: (early stage)
  • Immidio: (early stage)
  • Centralpoint:
  • MetrixLab: (late stage)
  • RHBM:
  • Solid Capital Partners: (early stage)
  • Solid Ventures: (early stage)
  • vd Ende & Deitmers Crossmedia Fund: (early stage)
  • DataCenter Technologies:
  • Dedigate NV:
  • Oxxio: (early stage)
  • Versatel:
  • NeSBIC CTe Funds I & II:
  • Detron: (early stage)
  • Atlas Venture: (mid stage)

Robert Wilhelm

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars)

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Investor in tech growth companies; senior tech M&A advisor & trusted board member of several companies

Investor in tech growth companies; senior tech M&A advisor & trusted board member of several companies

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Max Bautin
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Cambridge, United Kin..., United Kingdom
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Previous Investments
  • Paragraf: $21000000 (Later stage VC)
  • CybSafe: $7900000 (Early stage VC)
  • Concirrus: $6520000 (Early stage VC)
  • Fluidic Analytics: $5300000 (Later stage VC)
  • Senseye: $3500000 (Early stage VC)
  • Privitar: $3000000 (Seed Round)
  • Funderbeam: $2600000 (Later stage VC)
  • BioBeats: $2280000 (Seed Round)
  • Apperio: $1700000 (Seed Round)
  • Spectral Edge: $1500000 (Seed Round)
  • Bloomsbury AI: $1360000 (Seed Round)
  • M∙QUBE:
  • Audio Analytic: (late stage)
  • Thought Machine: (early stage)
  • Stillfront Group AB: (early stage)
  • Neul Ltd - acquired by Huawei: (early stage)
  • Power Challenge - acquired by Stillfront:
  • Sirigen Group Ltd - acquired by Becton Dickinson:
  • Grapeshot (Acquired by Oracle): (mid stage)
  • Phonetic Arts - acquired by Google:
  • IQ Capital: (early stage)

Max Bautin

Cambridge, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Gaming (& eSports) • Material Science • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management

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Founding Partner, IQ Capital.vc

Founding Partner, IQ Capital.vc

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Nick Wright
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 California , Leiceste..., United Kingdom
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Previous Investments
  • Left Hand Robotics: $3600000 (Early stage VC)
  • Flynotes: $1900000 (Seed Round)
  • Biofortuna: $1300000 (Later stage VC)
  • Echo Ltd.: $1300000 (Later stage VC)
  • Hangar Seven: $1000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Biorelate: $910000 (Seed Round)
  • Pencil Biosciences: $650000 (Seed Round)
  • Michelson Diagnostics: $607000 (Other)
  • activ8 Intelligence: $350000 (Seed Round)
  • metaLinear: $255000 (Seed Round)
  • 5Degrees: $150000 (Seed Round)
  • Comply Serve: (Later stage VC)
  • Artifact:
  • CHUNKER:
  • Invisible Technologies, Inc.: (mid stage)
  • Midnite: (mid stage)
  • Players'​ Lounge: (mid stage)
  • Thriva Health: (mid stage)
  • Tint.ai: (early stage)
  • Edmit:
  • Mustard: (early stage)
  • Simpo: (early stage)
  • Wevat: (early stage)
  • Dribble: (early stage)
  • Dark Timbers: (early stage)
  • Gorilla Summit Coffee Company:
  • Phil, Inc.: (mid stage)
  • Sidecar Health: (early stage)
  • Spring Labs:
  • GreatPoint Ventures: (early stage)
  • InsightRX: (early stage)
  • Comet Labs: (early stage)
  • Rubicon Venture Capital: (early stage)
  • Hoyas in Tech:

Nick Wright

California - Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Investment Management • Mobile • Oncology

Description

🎮 💸 Building @Midnite

🎮 💸 Building @Midnite

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Daniel Aegerter
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Zürich , Kasnacht Swi..., Switzerland
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Previous Investments
  • N26: $10600000 (Later stage VC)
  • Nutmeg: (early stage)
  • euNetworks: (late stage)
  • Alegra Capital: (early stage)
  • ARMADA Investment AG: (early stage)
  • TRADEX Technologies Inc.:

Daniel Aegerter

Zürich - Kasnacht Switzerland - Vaduz Switzerland, Switzerland

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobile

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Owner, ARMADA Investment AG

Daniel Aegerter is the Founder and serves as Partner at Adurion. He established the company after the successful merger of his enterprise software company Tradex Technologies to Ariba for $5.6 billion dollars in March of 2000. Daniel's first business venture was Dynabit, which was founded in 1988 as an importer and distributor for high-end digital publishing peripherals. He had led the company through 12 years of steady growth and consistent profitability, growing its revenue from 0 to 30 million dollars. Tradex was spun off from DYNABIT in 1996, after Dynabit created its own digital market and decided to sell its software to other market makers. Daniel is credited as a visionary behind digital marketplaces, having recognized early on that the most powerful model to structure B2B Commerce over the internet is through digital marketplaces. He started his career at Swiss Bank Corporation as a management trainee and was involved in both commercial and investment banking. He serves on the Advisory Board of several private companies.

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Pascal Bouvier
Investing in IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financi...
 Washington District o..., Luxembourg
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Previous Investments
  • Hedgeable: $1750000
  • Greenlight Financial Technology: (mid stage)
  • KOHO: (mid stage)
  • Duolingo: (late stage)
  • Fifth Season, powered by RoBotany: (early stage)
  • Beam Dental: (mid stage)
  • Civis Analytics: (mid stage)
  • Triggr Health: (early stage)
  • Leadpages: (mid stage)
  • Coinfirm: (mid stage)
  • Minna Technologies:
  • Next Gate Tech: (early stage)
  • NadiFin Fintech Accelerator:
  • Middlegame Ventures: (early stage)
  • FINTECH Circle Institute: (early stage)
  • RegTech Lab: (early stage)

Pascal Bouvier

Washington District of Columbia - Alexandria Virginia - Virginia, Luxembourg

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Insurance (& InsurTech)

Description

Managing Partner, MiddleGame Ventures

Pascal Bouvier serves as Venture Partner at Santander InnoVentures. He also serves as a General Partner at Route 66 Ventures. He is also an angel investor.

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Guillaume Dupont
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Paris France, France
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Previous Investments
  • Wizbii: $11650000
  • DreamQuark: (mid stage)
  • InterCloud: (mid stage)
  • Adents: (late stage)
  • Deolan: (late stage)
  • Alternative Vision Of Business (AVOB): (mid stage)
  • miLibris: (early stage)
  • CapHorn Invest: (early stage)

Guillaume Dupont

Paris France, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech)

Description

Founder and Partner at CapHorn (VC)

Guillaume Dupont is Partner and co-founder of CapHorn Invest Guillaume (X, Stanford) began his career in the venture capital team of Crédit Agricole Private Equity before joining Schneider Electric Ventures as investment director in 2007. He has gained extensive experience in the analysis, financing and monitoring of innovative young companies working with some such as Novaled, Supersonic Imagine, Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics, Temis, Metabolic Explorer, Open Wide, Tiempo or Jet Metal Technologies.

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Dominic Wilhelm
Investing in IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTe...
 Berlin , San Francisc..., Germany
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Previous Investments
  • Creditas: $255000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Kili Technology: $6930000 (Early stage VC)
  • Wishop (Online Shopping): $1750000 (Seed Round)
  • Herzsache:
  • brumbrum S.p.A.: (mid stage)
  • CAKE – ridecake.com: (mid stage)
  • DeadHappy: (late stage)
  • Flux: (early stage)
  • Startupbootcamp: (late stage)

Dominic Wilhelm

Berlin - San Francisco, California, Germany

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobile

Description

Venture Capital @ e.ventures

Venture Capital @ e.ventures

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