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.

Angel Investment trends in Europe

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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

Description

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.

Chloé Giard
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Paris France, France
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Previous Investments
  • MWM: (late stage)
  • Meero: (early stage)
  • October: (mid stage)
  • #NOM?: (early stage)
  • Tanker: (early stage)
  • Agriconomie.com: (early stage)
  • Hiflow (Expedicar):
  • Ogury: (early stage)
  • papernest: (early stage)
  • Botify: (mid stage)
  • wefox: (early stage)
  • Molotov: (early stage)
  • Nosto: (mid stage)
  • Onfido: (early stage)
  • Clipperton Finance: (late stage)

Chloé Giard

Paris France, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Material Science

Description

VC Investment Director at Idinvest Partners

Venture Capitalist @ Idinvest Partners TMT investments in Europe

Celine Lippi
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Paris France, France
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Previous Investments
  • Vestiaire Collective: $61590000 (Later stage VC)
  • CUIR INVEST:
  • DIAM CONCEPT:
  • Ernest Leoty: (early stage)
  • Luxury Tech Fund: (early stage)
  • LUXURY FORWARD: (early stage)
  • Early Birds: (early stage)
  • Hikitag:
  • Trendalytics:
  • Études studio: (early stage)
  • FASHION CAPITAL PARTNERS: (early stage)
  • IZBERG: (early stage)
  • Fashion & Technology Lab: (early stage)
  • Le New Black: (early stage)
  • NEC Unified Solutions: (mid stage)

Celine Lippi

Paris France, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management • Woman Focused

Description

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Luxury Tech Fund, Fashion Capital Partners & Managing Partner at Cuir Invest

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Luxury Tech Fund, Fashion Capital Partners & Managing Partner at Cuir Invest

Mauro Pretolani
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 London - Milan, Italy, Italy
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Previous Investments
  • Healthware Group: (Private Equity Round)
  • Supermercato24: (Series B)
  • Persado: $15000000 (Series A)
  • Upstream: (Venture Round)
  • CommProve: $14000000 (Venture Round)
  • CommProve: (Venture Round)
  • Axerra Networks: $16300000 (Series C)
  • Axerra Networks: $10000000 (Series B)
  • Sphera Corporation: $3000000 (Venture Round)
  • Sphera Corporation: $4000000 (Series D)
  • Sphera Corporation: $20000000 (Series B)
  • Forgital Group S.p.A.: $30000000 (Other)
  • Brugola OEB Industriale: $20000000 (Other)
  • Turbocoating: $20000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Unitedcoatings Group: $20000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Megadyne: $20000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Ligabue SpA: $14000000 (Other)
  • Termo: $12030000 (Later stage VC)
  • Surgital: $11000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Marsilli: $10000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Mape: $10000000 (Later stage VC)
  • BeMyEye: $9000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Marval:
  • InHand Electronics:
  • Pharmaphorum Pharma:
  • Fonderia Scaranello:
  • Ispirata:
  • Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR: (late stage)
  • Cuebiq: (early stage)
  • Donapp: (early stage)
  • MotorK: (late stage)
  • Redooc: (early stage)
  • IM3D:
  • TLcom Capital LLP: (early stage)

Mauro Pretolani

London - Milan, Italy, Italy

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Senior Partner FII Tech Growth Fund

Senior Partner FII Tech Growth Fund

Jean Bourcereau
Investing in IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Har...
 Paris Paris, France, France
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Previous Investments
  • Leocare: $18260000 (Later stage VC)
  • Hostmaker: $15000000 (Later stage VC)
  • InterCloud: $10000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Freespee: $9250000 (Later stage VC)
  • misterb&b: $8500000 (Early stage VC)
  • talent.io: $8000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Realbest: $7000000 (Later stage VC)
  • FintecSystems: $4500000 (Later stage VC)
  • mediarithmics: $3000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Gosu.ai: $2800000 (Seed Round)
  • Artur'In:
  • ReachFive: (late stage)
  • Invest Europe:
  • Unilend: (early stage)
  • Hassle.com:
  • Ogury Ltd: (early stage)
  • Ad Valem technologies:
  • France Digitale: (early stage)
  • Muzicall: (late stage)
  • Awdio.com:
  • Wengo SAS: (early stage)
  • Crocus Technology:
  • Popular Telephony, Inc:
  • Ekinops: (early stage)
  • TAK Imaging, Inc:
  • Musiwave SA:
  • Ventech: (early stage)

Jean Bourcereau

Paris Paris, France, France

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Investment Management • Mobile

Description

Managing Partner at Ventech

Managing Partner at Ventech

Babak Sadighi
Investing in IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Har...
 Stockholm, Sweden
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Previous Investments
  • Interspectral: (mid stage)
  • Addressya:
  • adressya:
  • Map Project:
  • Telcred: (early stage)
  • Axiomatics: (early stage)
  • Swedish Institute of Computer Science:
  • EdCast: (late stage)
  • solo sciences inc.: (early stage)
  • solo* sciences inc.: (early stage)
  • Good & Co Labs Inc.: (early stage)
  • Kingfish do Brasil Navegação S.A.:
  • Revolutionwear, Inc:
  • Peak XV Capital: (early stage)

Babak Sadighi

Stockholm, Sweden

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Material Science

Description

CEO Axiomatics AB

CEO Axiomatics AB

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.

John Hawkins
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 San Francisco Califor..., U.S.A.
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John Hawkins

San Francisco California - Greenwich Connecticut - Houston Texas - Europe - Washington D.C - Connecticut - Middle East - Texas, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness)

Description

John Hawkins is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Generation Partners, a private equity firm that provides growth capital to technology-enabled services companies through buyout and minority equity investments. Through Generation and predecessor firms, John has 25 years of experience in private equity investing. Prior to founding Generation in 1995, John was a General Partner of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., a venture capital firm which he joined in 1987. At Burr, Egan, Deleage, John invested mainly in telecommunications, data communications, software, and business services companies. Prior to this, John worked in the Corporate Finance Department of Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. in San Francisco, where he advised information technology companies in the areas of financial strategy, public offerings and mergers & acquisitions. Earlier, John was a publishing research analyst covering information technology companies for Woodman, Kirkpatrick & Gilbreath an investment bank which was subsequently purchased by Hambrecht & Quist. In addition to Captivate Network, John has served on the Board of Directors of over 20 companies including: HotJobs (NASDAQ: HOTJ) – a pioneer in online recruiting; P-Com (NASDAQ: PCOM) – a communications infrastructure equipment supplier; Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) – a leading online media company; thePlatform – a developer of digital content software solutions; Agility Recovery Solutions – a leading disaster recovery provider; High End Systems – a premier manufacturer of intelligent lighting; ShopWiki – an advanced comparison shopping search engine; Donuts – a domain registry where he is a board observer; and iCrossing – a large independent, global interactive advertising agency. John graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English with honors from Harvard College in 1982, where he was a John Harvard Scholar. John received his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1986. John is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization.

Axel Krieger
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Frankfurt am Main , M..., Germany
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Previous Investments
  • Price f(x): $53140000 (Later stage VC)
  • Quantilope: $27270000 (Later stage VC)
  • orderbird AG: $20000000 (Later stage VC)
  • Starmind: $15000000 (Later stage VC)
  • riskmethods: $13500000 (Later stage VC)
  • MovingIMAGE24: $8000000 (Other)
  • fme: (late stage)
  • TRUCE Software: (late stage)
  • NavVis: (mid stage)
  • movingimage: (late stage)
  • DIGITAL+ PARTNERS: (early stage)
  • McKinsey & Company:

Axel Krieger

Frankfurt am Main - Munich, Germany, Germany

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Investment Management

Description

Managing Director and Founding Partner at Digital+ Partners

Managing Director and Founding Partner at Digital+ Partners

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)

Description

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

Morgan Carval
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Strasbourg, France
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Previous Investments
  • ASCOR COMMUNICATION:
  • TokTokDoc:
  • iQSpot: (mid stage)
  • Newcy: (early stage)
  • Algo Paint: (early stage)
  • OSMIA: (mid stage)
  • Arkéa Capital:
  • COZYNERGY: (mid stage)

Morgan Carval

Strasbourg, France

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science

Description

Investment Director at Arkéa Capital

Investment Director at Arkéa Capital

Rafal Han
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
 Krakow Poland , San F..., United States
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Previous Investments
  • Eventory: $300000 (Seed Round)
  • Silvair: (early stage)
  • Chance.: (early stage)
  • CoLab: (early stage)
  • Duckie Deck: (early stage)
  • Estimote, Inc.: (early stage)
  • iTraff Technology:
  • Startup Weekend Krakow:
  • Hanbright SA:
  • Startup weekend Poznan:
  • Startup Weekend Szczecin:
  • Startup weekend Warsaw: (mid stage)
  • ISTV Media Sp. z o.o.: (early stage)
  • Vocabla: (early stage)

Rafal Han

Krakow Poland - San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps

Description

CEO & Co-Founder at Silvair, Inc

Rafal Han is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Silvair. He also serves as a Business Advisor at Duckie Deck and Lingapp. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Hanbright. He has a Masters degree in Environmental Science from Jagiellonian University in 1999.

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