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European tech changes dimension in 2021

2021-12-20T19:54:42.433Z


A record of 120 billion dollars of investments, 100 new unicorns created and the strongest pool of start-ups ever recorded ... The European ecosystem takes advantage of several strengths to begin to count on the world stage.


In 2021, the European technological ecosystem has experienced an unprecedented acceleration. For the first time in its history, some 120 billion was invested in venture capital in a single year, according to the report by investment firm Atomico. This is three times more than in 2020. Fundraising rounds of over $ 250 million, number of new unicorns created (100) and companies valued over $ 10 billion (26), amounts raised by funds from venture capital themselves ...

"The whole tech ecosystem in Europe has changed dimension",

summarizes Bernard Liautaud, managing partner at Balderton Capital, a very active fund on the European scene.

In France, French Tech channeled more than 10 billion investments this year, i.e. more than in 2019 and 2020 combined, with a record raising of 680 million dollars by the company Sorare, valued at 4.3 billion.

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Source: lefigaro

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