Venture Capital in Europe & Israel
Venture Investment Data: 2017
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Notes & Promos
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
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Top 10 deals by region in 2017 (US $M)
France & Benelux
Israel
Iberia
UK & Ireland
DACH
Nordic
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75
75
76
84
85
95
100
100
120
150
250
Kaminario
WalkMe
Vroom
Trax
Valens
InfiniDat
CyberReason
Sirin Labs
Lemonade
Skybox Security
Via
0
100
200
300
57
60
62
62
69
69
72
75
107
173
Shadow
MessageBird
Vestiaire Collective
Tinubu Square
Doctolib
Oodrive
Manomano
Actility
Picnic
Showroomprivee
0
50
100
150
200
16
20
22
28
34
35
46
50
100
275
Spotahome
Verse
CornerJob
Fintronic
Glovo
TypeForm
Logtrust
FeedZai
Cabify
LetGo
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
30
30
34
35
50
54
88
111
114
120
481
Natural Cycles
Yubico
Automile
Lendify
Collibra
MariaDB
ForgeRock
iZettle
Bima
Snow Software
Klarna
0
200
400
600
50
53
70
75
90
120
128
165
404
423
NewStore
ResearchGate
SoundCloud
Get Your Guide
Lilium
Kreditech
Lampenwelt.de
Tricentis
Auto1
Delivery Hero
0
100
200
300
400
500
89
100
102
111
118
190
280
397
480
502
Kobalt
Funding Circle
Atom Bank
Secret Escapes
Monzo
Neyber
Transferwise
FarFetch
Deliveroo
Improbable
0
200
400
600
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Top 10 deals by type in 2017 (US $M)
Systems
SaaS
Enterprise
Consumer
Financial
Commerce
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120
120
128
173
250
275
280
397
404
423
480
Lemonade
Kreditech
Lampenwelt.de
Showroomprivee
Via
LetGo
Transferwise
FarFetch
Auto1
Delivery Hero
Deliveroo
0
200
400
600
62
66
100
102
114
118
120
120
190
280
Tinubu Square
Revolut
Funding Circle
Atom Bank
Bima
Monzo
Lemonade
Kreditech
Neyber
Transferwise
0
100
200
300
53
62
75
76
107
111
128
173
397
480
Simba
Vestiaire Collective
Get Your Guide
Vroom
Picnic
Secret Escapes
Lampenwelt.de
Showroomprivee
FarFetch
Deliveroo
0
200
400
600
88
95
97
100
120
150
165
190
481
502
ForgeRock
InfiniDat
Collibra
CyberReason
Snow Software
Skybox Security
Tricentis
Neyber
Klarna
Improbable
0
200
400
600
33
34
35
50
53
64
75
90
95
100
Airobotics
Automile
Volocopter
Rimac
Arralis
iZettle
Kaminario
Lilium
InfiniDat
Sirin Labs
0
50
100
150
51
53
53
69
75
75
97
120
165
481
Yotpo
Salary Finance
Algolia
Oodrive
Kobalt
WalkMe
Collibra
Snow Software
Tricentis
Klarna
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
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A record year
2017 was a record-setting
year for European & Israel
venture investing
Over $20.3 billion was
invested across 1,941
transactions
Dollar investment volume
was up 40%, but the number
of investments rose by only
8%
These numbers, and the rest
of this deck, do not reflect
the $1B in debt raised by
Spotify in March, 2017
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12,121
14,486
20,354
1,186
1,796
1,941
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
2015
2016
2017
Number of InvestmentsAmount invested (US $M)VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Invested amount (US $M)
Number of investments
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In 4Q, dollars were down but deals were up
In 4Q17, Europe & Israel saw
$4.9 billion flowing into 484
venture transactions
2Q17 was a record-setting
quarter in terms of the
amount invested, and 1Q17
was a record-setting quarter
in terms of the number deals
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8351,7031,9162,8733,1393,2522,8573,7304,1143,1223,5204,0725,7635,6094,9100
100
200
300
400
500
600
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
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2014
2015
2016
2017
Amount invested (US $M)VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Invested amount (US $M)
Number of investments
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Monthly pace of venture investment
Looked at on a monthly
basis, the strength of 2Q17
and 3Q17 are even more
pronounced
May 2017 was a record-
setting month in terms of
investment volume
September 2017 was a
record-setting month in
terms of the number of deals
The impact of summer and
winter holidays on deal
volume is easy to spot
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9059719977917871,5611,5185711,1641,0841,0597151,6571,0511,0211,4011,4521,2617251,1011,2961,4581,1708931,6719431,4588613,0141,8882,0137572,8401,9261,5431,4420
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100
150
200
250
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecQtr1
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2016
2017
Amount invested (US $M)VC Investments in Europe & Israel
(January 2015 - December 2017)
Invested amount (US $M)
Number of investments
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Mega-rounds skew the investment totals
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+)
6 mega-rounds took place in
Europe in 4Q17
Transferwise ($280M, UK)
Lemonade ($120M, Israel)
Skybox Security ($150M, Israel)
Secret Escapes ($111M, UK)
Sirin Labs ($100M, Israel)
Letgo ($100M, Spain)
Adjusting for mega-rounds,
4Q17 was down slightly from
3Q
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708
759
733
710
730
650
921
950
873
1,010
1,196
1,395
1,567
2,507
2,126
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
Qtr4
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Qtr4
2016
2017
Amount Invested (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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Strong year-over-year growth in all brackets
All size brackets saw YoY
increased from 2016 to 2017
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726
738
2,538
2,931
2,828
3,755
5,860
7,594
2,534
5,336
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
2016
2017
Total VC investment (US $M)VC investment volume in Europe and Israel by bracket
(2017 vs 2016)
Mega (>100)
Growth (20-100)
Venture (8-20)
Early Venture (2-8)
Seed (<2)
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Number of investments, by bracket
Excluding seed deals, the
total number of VC
investments per quarter was
very constant for the past
four quarters: 318 in 1Q, 315
in 2Q, 317 in 3Q, and 327 in
4Q
4Q saw a slight uptick in the
number of earlier-stage
rounds
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77
85
94
140
153
157
144
182
195
185
171
180
42
62
44
46
61
57
64
53
77
77
75
84
33
26
38
35
44
52
40
35
40
44
66
57
6
6
4
3
4
4
1
6
6
9
5
6
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Qtr1
Qtr2
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2015
2016
2017
Number of VC investmentsVC investment volume in Europe and Israel by bracket
Mega (>100)
Growth (20-100)
Venture (8-20)
Early Venture (2-8)
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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 69 VC
deals per quarter since the
referendum
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0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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2016
2017
Number of VC investmentsVC investment volume in the UK by bracket
Mega (>100)
Growth (20-100)
Venture (8-20)
Early Venture (2-8)
Pre-
Brexit
avg = 45
Post-Brexit
avg = 69
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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 $1,145M per
quarter was invested in the
UK since the referendum
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74
70
98
79
136
108
133
150
189
162
180
151
165
166
96
128
172
148
181
113
159
247
224
184
459
180
405
209
532
273
202
191
149
514
755
586
210
150
275
478
192
110
275
202
899
633
391
0
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600
800
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1,200
1,400
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1,800
2,000
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2015
2016
2017
Number of VC investmentsVC investment volume in the UK by bracket
Mega (>100)
Growth (20-100)
Venture (8-20)
Early Venture (2-8)
Pre-Brexit
avg = $819M
Post-Brexit
avg = $1,145M
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Corporate VC activity, by bracket
Excluding seed deals, the
total number of corporate VC
investments rose to 63 in
4Q17, a new record
Corporate VC investments
continue to trend towards
later stage
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6
4
5
16
7
22
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25
26
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25
4
3
9
12
7
12
6
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18
20
4
4
7
8
7
7
20
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9
12
11
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18
3
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3
3
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3
1
0
10
20
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70
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Qtr1
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2014
2015
2016
2017
Number of VC investmentsCorporate VC investment volume in Europe and Israel by bracket
Mega (>100)
Growth (20-100)
Venture (8-20)
Early Venture (2-8)
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Corporate VC activity, by country
During 2017, Israel saw the
highest number of corporate
VC investments, with 65
The UK saw 54 corporate VC
investments, followed by
Germany with 35
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19
20
20
8
7
24
16
7
7
6
21
16
7
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IsraelUKGermanyFranceSwedenNetherlandsSwitzerlandSpainFinlandBelgiumIrelandNorwayPolandEstoniaDenmarkLithuaniaCroatiaMaltaAustriaItalyNumber of investmentsNumber of corporate VC investments in Europe and Israel by bracket
(2017)
Mega (>100)
Growth (20-100)
Venture (8-20)
Early Venture (2-8)
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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 months saw average
round sizes of $10-12M and
there is seems to be little
pattern other than mean
reversion
Early 2015 saw higher-than-
average deal sizes
Late 2016 and early 2017 saw
lower-than-average deal
sizes
Late 2017 seemed to be
characterized by higher-than
average deal sizes
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6
8
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2015
2016
2017
Amount Invested (US $M)Average investment size in Europe and Israel
(Round sizes of 2-100M, and 6-month trailing average)
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Total venture investment by country, 2017
The UK saw the most VC
investment in 2017, with
$5.78B raised
Israel came in second place,
with $3.93B raised
Germany saw the third-
highest amount of venture
investment, with $2.88B
France was a close fourth,
with $2.44B
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5,780
3,932
2,877
2,442
1,744
790
557
312
302
254
214
210
183
177
104
100
62
58
57
50
38
36
17
15
12
7
7
6
4
3
3
2
1
UK
Israel
Germany
France
Sweden
Spain
Netherlands
Ireland
Finland
Switzerland
Austria
Belgium
Norway
Denmark
Poland
Italy
Portugal
Luxembourg
Estonia
Croatia
Cyprus
Romania
Iceland
Hungary
Czech
Malta
Slovakia
Greece
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Serbia
Lithuania
Latvia
Total VC investment volume by country, 2017 (US $M)
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Venture dollars per capita
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$0.35
$0.46
$0.51
$0.57
$0.84
$1.16
$1.21
$1.40
$1.51
$1.66
$1.84
$2.70
$6.02
$12.04
$15.57
$16.97
$18.44
$24.31
$29.99
$30.58
$32.42
$34.57
$34.75
$36.34
$42.06
$44.90
$49.02
$54.82
$65.02
$88.04
$98.55
$172.59
$447.17
Serbia
Latvia
Greece
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Czech
Slovakia
Slovenia
Hungary
Italy
Romania
Poland
Portugal
Croatia
Malta
Spain
Belgium
Austria
Switzerland
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Germany
France
Estonia
Cyprus
Iceland
Finland
Ireland
UK
Luxembourg
Sweden
Israel
VC dollars per capita in 2017
(US$)
USA (2016)= $213.96$1.00
$10.00
$100.00
$1,000.00
0
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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
VC Dollars per Capita (Log Scale)Population
Venture Capital Investment per Capita
(bubble size indicates total VC investment)
Israel
Sweden
UK
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Switz.
Ireland
Finland
Lux.
Estonia
Norway
Cyprus
Iceland
Denmark
Croatia
Portugal
Romania
Hungary
Slovenia
Slovakia
Poland
Czech
Austria
Malta
Venture dollars as a percentage of GDP
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This graph shows 2017
venture dollars invested as a
percentage of GDP
Israel leads at 1.16% of GDP
followed by Sweden at
0.34%, Estonia at 0.24%, and
the UK at 0.23%
All of the other countries at
below 0.20%
Latvia and Greece are the
lowest, with VC at 0.003% of
GDP
In US, by comparison, VC was
0.37% of GDP in 2016, slightly
higher than Sweden
Serbia
Latvia
Greece
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Czech
Slovakia
Slovenia
Hungary
Italy
Romania
Poland
Portugal
Croatia
Malta
Spain
Belgium
Austria
Switzerland
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Germany
France
Estonia
Cyprus
Iceland
Finland
Ireland
UK
Luxembourg
Sweden
US 2016
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
VC as a percentage of GDPGDP per Capita
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Total venture investment by country, 4Q15 to 4Q17
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
French VC volume finally
slowed down, enough to
allow Germany to leap into
third place
Swedish VC investment
volume grew dramatically in
4Q, but it remained in fifth
place
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Total VC investment (US $M)Total VC investment, 4Q15 - 4Q17 (top 5 countries, excluding mega-rounds)
Israel
UK
France
Germany
Sweden
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Total venture investment by country, 4Q15 to 4Q17
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
Ireland ranked sixth and set a
record in 3Q17, but collapsed
to tenth place in 4Q17
Both the Netherlands and
Spain hit record levels in
4Q17
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Total VC investment (US $M)Total VC investment, 4Q15 - 4Q17
(countries ranked 6-10, excluding mega-rounds)
Spain
Ireland
Netherlands
Switzerland
Finland
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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 30% of total investment
volume, Israel 19%, Germany
17%, and the Nordics and
France 12% each
Other regions do produce
meaningful VC investments,
but the volumes are still low
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UK & Ireland,
6,091.1, 30%
Israel, 3,931.9, 19%
DACH, 3,345.4, 17%
Nordic, 2,482.7, 12%
France, 2,441.6, 12%
Iberia, 852.2, 4%
Benelux, 825.3, 4%
South. Eur., 206.5,
1%
East. Eur., 177.7, 1%
Total VC investment by region, 2017
(US $M, includes megarounds)
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Rounds by bracket & region
Including seed deals, the UK
and Ireland saw 457 venture
deals in 2017
France came in second with
393
The Nordics were third with
342
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136
176
162
57
16
33
41
32
11
179
145
113
104
82
40
37
21
73
48
42
53
65
16
61
23
22
27
55
0
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100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
UK & Ireland
France
Nordic
DACH
Israel
Benelux
Iberia
South. Eur.
East. Eur.
Number of investmentsNumber of investments in Europe and Israel by bracket, 2017
Mega (>100)
Growth (20-100)
Venture (8-20)
Early Venture (2-8)
Seed (<.5-2)
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Participation rate of US VC firms, by bracket
During 2017, US VCs
participated in 9% of the VC
financing rounds in EU and
Israel
As usual, US VCs are much
more likely to participate in
later rounds
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2%
5%
15%
33%
35%
98%
95%
85%
67%
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Mega (>100)
Percentage of roundsDid US VC firms participate in European VC rounds? (2017)
No
Yes
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US VC firm participation rate was lower in 2017
For most of 2017, US VC firms
participated in 8-9% of
European & Israeli VC deals
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Percentage of RoundsDid US VC firms participate in European VC rounds?
(3Q14-4Q17)
No
Yes
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Participation of US VC firms by country
In 2017, US VCs firms were
active in 19 different
European countries
US VC firms were most active
in Israel, where they
participated in 62 investment
rounds
The UK saw 41 US
investments
US VCs invested in 17
German companies and 10
French companies
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Participation of US VC firms by country
This chart shows US VC
activity within Europe
The overwhelming bulk of US
VC activity is generally in
Israel, the UK & Ireland,
DACH, and the Nordics
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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
Three-dimensional approach to sector mapping
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blog
Excluding mega-rounds,
investment activity in 4Q17
was consistent was 3Q17
across target markets
What target markets are attracting the most VC investment
in Europe & Israel?
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931
1,076
1,244
1,097
1,002
1,056
1,369
1,551
1,492
1,110
1,654
1,640
1,269
962
1,650
1,345
1,820
1,879
224
270
283
220
264
377
150
163
187
219
447
255
406
545
241
0
500
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1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
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2016
2017
Total VC investments (US $M)European & Israeli venture financing by target market
4Q15 to 4Q17 (excluding mega-rounds, US $M)
Agriculture
Government
Telecom
OEM
SMB
Enterprise
Consumer
blog
When Israel is excluded from
the sample, 51% of all VC
dollars in Europe went to
consumer-oriented
companies in 4Q17
The enterprise/consumer tug-of-war continues
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36%
56%
63%
62%
57%
53%
58%
53%
45%
46%
58%
42%
51%
48%
34%
22%
24%
31%
36%
33%
32%
29%
36%
32%
44%
37%
10%
4%
12%
8%
6%
5%
3%
7%
8%
12%
3%
6%
8%
4%
2%
4%
5%
6%
5%
8%
10%
5%
5%
7%
4%
6%
6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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2015
2016
2017
European venture financing by target market
4Q14 to 4Q17 (excluding Israel, percent of US $M)
Agriculture
Government
Telecom
OEM
SMB
Enterprise
Consumer
blog
Breakdown by region & target market
Regional differences are
apparent when VC
investment are categorized
by target market
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3,037
849
2,076
823
1,167
580
2,340
2,299
882
1,307
796
394
381
305
595
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
UK &
Ireland
Israel
DACH
Nordic
France
Iberia
Benelux
South.
Eur.
East. Eur.
Total amount invested (US $M)Investment in Europe and Israel by target market by region
2017 (US $M)
Agriculture
Government
Telecom
OEM
SMB
Enterprise
Consumer
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Distribution of investment rounds by country
Across Europe & Israel, 44%
of VC investment rounds
were in consumer companies
in 2017
Nearly two-thirds of Israeli
venture investments were
into enterprise companies
The Nordics, DACH, and
France were 50% consumer
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16%
35%
43%
49%
50%
50%
58%
63%
62%
40%
40%
32%
30%
32%
28%
24%
11%
10%
13%
13%
9%
8%
8%
15%
7%
6%
4%
7%
7%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Israel
Benelux
UK & Ireland
France
DACH
Nordic
Iberia
South. Eur.
Investment in Europe and Israel by target market by country
2017 (Number of investments)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB OEM
Telecom Government
Agriculture
blog
Growth rounds by target market
Enterprise companies
accounted for over half of the
later-stage market in Europe
& Israel in 4Q17
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56%
37%
46%
56%
43%
39%
38%
43%
44%
34%
37%
45%
32%
35%
25%
41%
46%
25%
38%
50%
50%
50%
44%
32%
50%
36%
48%
56%
6%
7%
5%
9%
12%
6%
5%
12%
7%
4%
6%
6%
6%
11%
6%
7%
5%
6%
5%
5%
20%
7%
13%
14%
6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
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70%
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90%
100%
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2015
2016
2017
Investment in Europe and Israel by target market
(Rounds over $20M, number of investments)
Agriculture
Government
Telecom
OEM
SMB
Enterprise
Consumer
blog
Fintech was the most popular
vertical across Europe &
Israel, with 223 investments in
the category in 2017
Lifestyle (a catch-all category
for consumer commerce) was
second, with 119
Electronics (109) and
marketing tech (107) took
third and fourth
Finance still leads, electronics are strong
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223
Agtech
Communications
ERP
Social
CRM
Legal
Productivity
Development
Adtech
Gaming
Fashion
Energy
Food
Payments
Entertainment
Education
Real Estate
Travel
Industrial
Automotive
Logistics
Data
Security
Infrastructure
Employment
Health
Marketing
Electronics
Lifestyle
Financial
European & Israeli venture financing by target market
2017 (top 30 categories, number of investments)
blog
This graph shows the change
in the number of investments
by vertical from 2016 to 2017
Automotive, health, and real
estate saw the biggest
increases in funding
frequency
Adtech, food, and travel saw
the biggest decreases
Growth rates by vertical
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Adtech, -36%
Food, -11%
Travel, -11%
Security, -6%
Industrial, -5%
Fashion, -2%
Marketing, -2%
Logistics, 5%
Infrastructure, 5%
Lifestyle, 20%
Entertainment, 20%
Data, 23%
Payments, 24%
Financial, 25%
Education, 26%
Electronics, 28%
Employment, 31%
Real Estate, 45%
Health, 56%
Automotive, 144%
-60%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
160%
Change in the number of venture investments
(2017 vs 2016, 20 most popular categories)
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Consumer finance was once
again the most frequently
funded vertical, with 120
investments
A close second was consumer
lifestyle with 119 investments
Enterprise marketing, with 90
investments, was third
Which verticals for which segments?
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Logistics
Data
Security
Infrastructure
Employment
Health
Marketing
Electronics
Lifestyle
Financial
0
50
100
150
200
250
European & Israeli venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top 10 verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Telecom
Government
Agriculture
blog
This chart shows the ten most
commonly funded verticals
across Europe & Israel by
quarter
The most popular verticals in the past 3 years
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European & Israeli venture financing by vertical market
(number of investments, top 10 verticals)
Data
Health
Logistics
Electronics
Lifestyle
Employment
Security
Infrastructure
Marketing
Financial
blog
Investors continue to favor
consumer fintech, lifestyle,
and consumer electronics
From 2016 to 2017, most
segments stayed consistent,
with the majority of growth
concentrated in financial,
lifestyle, health, and
electronics
Consumer VC investment trends
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European & Israeli venture financing by consumer verticals
(number of investments, top 10 verticals)
Entertainment
Travel
Health
Fashion
Food
Electronics
Logistics
Gaming
Lifestyle
Financial
blog
Marketing and security
showed continued strength
Most of the growth from 2016
to 2017 was in infrastructure,
fintech, and data
CRM and Adtech declined
from 2016 to 2017
Enterprise VC investment trends
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European & Israeli venture financing by enterprise verticals
(number of investments, top 10 verticals)
CRM
Financial
Industrial
Employment
Development
Data
Infrastructure
Adtech
Security
Marketing
blog
Services displaced SaaS as
the most funded business
model in 2017, representing
29% of all VC dollars
SaaS took 27% of the venture
dollars invested in Europe &
Israel
Systems complete physical
products took fourth place
at 8% of all venture dollars
Services displace SaaS
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Services, 4,309, 29%
SaaS, 4,023, 27%
Software, 1,988, 13%
Systems, 1,233, 8%
Commerce, 1,051, 7%
Marketplace, 977, 6%
Components, 542, 4%
Media, 459, 3%
Semiconductors, 342, 2%
Materials, 90, 1%
Data, 3, 0%
European & Israeli venture financing by target market
2017 (in US $M) (excluding mega-rounds)
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Services and SaaS remained
the top two business models
by funding volume
Systems rose to third place in
4Q, as software collapsed
Commerce investment levels
seem to have stabilized
Services and SaaS are dominant
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European & Israeli venture financing by business model
(top seven, in US $M, excluding mega-rounds)
Services
SaaS
Software
Commerce
Marketplace
Systems
Media
blog
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, Sweden, and Germany)
Marketing SaaS in the UK,
France, and Israel
Consumer lifestyle commerce in
the UK, France, and Sweden

Israeli enterprise security
software
French and Swedish consumer
electronics
German SMB fintech
French, British, and Swedish
fashion
Swedish, Finnish, and UK
gaming
And some other stuff.
EU+IL VC Cheat Sheet (2017)
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Consumer Gaming Services
Enterprise Employment SaaS
Consumer Fashion Commerce
Enterprise Infrastructure SaaS
SMB Financial Services
Enterprise Data SaaS
Consumer Electronics Systems
Enterprise Security Software
Consumer Lifestyle Commerce
Enterprise Marketing SaaS
Consumer Financial Services
Number of VC investments
Investment in Europe & Israel by segment by country
2017 (top 10 segments, top 10 countries*)
UK
France
Sweden
Israel
Germany
Finland
Spain
Netherlands
Italy
Denmark
Poland
*Denmark and Poland were tied for tenth place with 8
investments each across the top segments.
*Enterprise Employment SaaS and Consumer Gaming
Services were tied for tenth place with 33 investments each.
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Finance was the most
commonly funded category
in the UK, with 70
investments in 2017
Real estate, marketing, and
lifestyle were next
A closer look at UK venture in 2017
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Payments
Education
Health
Employment
Data
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Marketing
Real Estate
Financial
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
UK venture financing by target market
2017 YTD (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Telecom
Government
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Security was the most
commonly funded category
in Israel, with 37 investments
in 2017
Automotive jumped to third
place, just behind marketing
Electronics made a strong
showing, including consumer
A closer look at Israeli venture in 2017
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Logistics
Development
Financial
Health
Infrastructure
Data
Electronics
Automotive
Marketing
Security
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Israeli venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Government
Agriculture
blog
Finance was the by far most
commonly funded category
in Germany, with 15 consumer
investments and 15 SMB
investments in 2017
Consumer lifestyle was next,
also with 15 investments
Health, food, and travel
rounded out the top five
A closer look at German venture in 2017
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Employment
Industrial
Automotive
Electronics
Infrastructure
Food
Travel
Health
Lifestyle
Financial
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
German venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
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Lifestyle was the most
commonly funded category
in France, with 34 investments
in 2017
Finance and electronics were
next
Interestingly, adtech cracked
the top ten
A closer look at French venture in 2017
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Infrastructure
Adtech
Food
Logistics
Health
Marketing
Employment
Electronics
Financial
Lifestyle
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
French venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Telecom
blog
Fintech was the most
commonly funded category
in Sweden, with 32
investments in 2017
Electronics and entertainment
were next
Gaming and lifestyle were
also significant areas of
investment
A closer look at Swedish venture in 2017
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Employment
Payments
Marketing
Health
Industrial
Lifestyle
Gaming
Entertainment
Electronics
Financial
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Swedish venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
blog
Consumer lifestyle was the
most commonly funded
category in Spain, with 12
investments in 2017
Financial was second, with 10
A closer look at Spanish venture in 2017
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Education
Social
Marketing
Infrastructure
Employment
Health
Travel
Logistics
Financial
Lifestyle
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Spanish venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
Telecom
Government
blog
Fintech was the most
commonly funded category
in The Netherlands, with 6
investments in 2017
Logistics, employment, travel,
and lifestyle tied for second
A closer look at Dutch venture in 2017
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Health
Development
Electronics
Food
Security
Automotive
Entertainment
Lifestyle
Travel
Employment
Logistics
Financial
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Dutch venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Government
blog
Education was the most
commonly funded category
in Ireland, with 3 investments
in 2017
A closer look at Irish venture in 2017
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Financial
Communications
Health
Development
Infrastructure
Employment
Logistics
Data
Payments
Marketing
Education
0
1
2
3
4
Irish venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
blog
Electronics tied with gaming
as the most commonly
funded category in Finland,
with 9 investments each in
2017
Industrial took third with 6
Funnily, Finns fully failed to finance fintech
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Energy
HMI
Fashion
Entertainment
Data
Education
Marketing
Health
Industrial
Gaming
Electronics
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Finnish venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
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Financial was by far the most
commonly funded category
in Switzerland, with 7
investments in 2017
Data and Electronics tied for
second with 3 investments
each
Interestingly, there were two
space-related investments in
Switzerland
A closer look at Swiss venture in 2017
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Communications
Lifestyle
Employment
Real Estate
Food
Agtech
POS
SCM
Industrial
Legal
ERP
CRM
Infrastructure
Automotive
Health
Space
Payments
Electronics
Data
Financial
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Swiss venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
Agriculture
blog
Like elsewhere in Europe, the
Nordics were focused on
fintech
Electronics and gaming have
always been strong in the
Nordics, and this was true in
2017 as well
Entertainment took fourth
place with 18 investments
The Nordic VC market in 2017
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Fashion
Energy
Lifestyle
Employment
Health
Marketing
Industrial
Entertainment
Gaming
Electronics
Financial
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Nordic venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
SMB
OEM
blog
Not surprisingly, Sweden saw
the most actively among
Nordic nations across most
verticals with particular
strength in financial,
electronics, gaming, and
entertainment
Finland was notably absent
from the fintech boom, but
was very active in electronics,
gaming, and industrial
Norway showed strength in
electronics and energy
The Nordic VC market by country
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Fashion
Energy
Lifestyle
Employment
Health
Marketing
Industrial
Entertainment
Gaming
Electronics
Financial
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Nordic venture financing by target market
2017 (number of investments, top verticals)
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Norway
Estonia
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Latvia
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Fintech was the most
financed vertical in Southern
and Eastern Europe
Italy showed strength across a
range of consumer categories
(food, fashion, lifestyle,
education, travel)
Both Italy and Poland showed
strength in marketing and
fintech
Venture capital in Southern & Eastern Europe in 2017
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Focus on Services
The lion's share of the
services investment
landscape is financial services
There are, however, many
more verticals were "services"
companies are emerging
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Focus on SaaS
Marketing was the most
frequently funded SaaS
vertical in 2017, with 83
investments
Data was second with 46
Infrastructure (IT) and
employment (HR) were tied
for third place, with 42
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Focus on Marketplaces
The most frequently funded
marketplace category in 2017
was employment
marketplaces, mostly aimed
at the consumer (i.e.
employee) or the SMB
employer
Lifestyle, real estate, and
travel were also important
marketplace categories
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SMB
Focus on Systems
The vast majority of "systems"
investments in Europe &
Israel were into consumer
electronics
The second-most funded
category was automotive
systems (which includes land
vehicles as well as aircraft
such as Lillium and watercraft
such as SeaBubbles).
Industrial systems, energy
systems, and health systems
were also important areas of
investment
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Energy
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by vertical and target market, 2017 (top 10 verticals)
Consumer
Enterprise
Government
OEM
SMB
Agriculture
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Focus on Components
Across Europe & Israel,
components investments
were focused on general
electronics, automotive,
energy, and industrial
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Focus on Fintech
In 4Q17, over $1.1B was
invested into fintech
In 2017, over $3B was
invested into the space,
nearly double the $1.6B
invested in 2016 and the
$1.4B invested in 2015
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Focus on Fintech
Fintech investment pace has
accelerated across all
brackets
Mega-rounds accounted for
most of the dramatic increase
in 4Q17, but "venture" rounds
also doubled from 3Q to 4Q
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Focus on Automotive
12 countries saw investments
into the automotive tech
space in 2016-2017
Israel led with 22
France and the UK each saw
17
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Focus on Marketing
VCs invested $844M into
marketing tech in Europe &
Israel in 2017, up dramatically
form $196M in 2016
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Focus on Employment
In 2017, there were 92
investments into employment
(HR) companies, totaling
$559M
This is up dramatically from
2016, which saw only $330M
invested across 70
investments in the space
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Focus on Health (1 of 3)
The UK led in the digital
health space, with 29
investments
France was next, with 27
Sweden took third, with 21,
just ahead of Israel with 20
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Focus on Health (2 of 3)
The most frequently funded
category in health tech was
consumer health services
Enterprise SaaS was second,
followed by enterprise
software
Consumer health systems
(devices) and consumer
health marketplaces were
also significant
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OEM
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Focus on Health (3 of 3)
In 2017, over $850M was
invested across 98 rounds
into digital health companies,
up significantly from 2016
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Focus on Real Estate ("proptech")
Proptech investment appears
to be largely a British and
French phenomenon
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Focus on Electronics (components, systems, & semis)
The majority of "electronics"
investments are into
consumer systems companies
OEM suppliers for
components and semis are
also significant
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Agriculture
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Consumer
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Focus on Developer Tools
The developer tools
investment landscape is
highly fragmented, but the
pace appears to be slowing
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France
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Focus on Infrastructure
There were 85 investments
into infrastructure companies
in 2017
40 of these were in Israel, 36
in the UK, and 27 in France
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Focus on Data
Data-oriented investments
have been increasing through
2016 and 2017
Just over $700M was invested
across 69 funding rounds into
data-oriented companies in
2017
The "data" category captures
companies whose primary
value proposition revives
around (big) data, AI/ML/BI
tooling, databases, and/or
analytics
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