European Venture Capital & Tech Startups — Essential Reading List / Resources

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Market Reports

• Seed the Future — A deep dive into European early stage tech startup activity
• The State of Euopean Tech 2017 by Atomico
• A Journey to Series A in Europe by Dealroom.co
• Q3 2018 Investment Update for Europe and Israel by Dealroom.co
• Q3–18 European Venture Report by Pitchbook
• EIF VC Survey 2018 by EIF
• Startup Heatmap Europe by European Startup Initiative

Region-specific reports

Deepdive — UK

• UK’s leadership in European tech accelerates and extends beyond London by Tech Nation and Dealroom.co
• Top 100 — fastest growing companies in the UK by Syndicate Room
• The Deal (UK-focused) by Beauhurst
• The UK’s fastest growing tech startups by Beauhurst

Deepdive — Other regions

• Germany: German Venture Capital Landscape by White Star Capital and German & Berlin Tech by Dealroom.co
• Nordic: Nordic Venture Capital Report by TechBBQ and Dealroom.co
• Spain: Looking at the Spanish Tech Ecosystem by Creandum
• France: Tech Funding Trends in France (Q1–18) by CB Insights

Lists

Tech companies

• The Top 31 European Unicorns Ranked by Valuation by CB Insights
• Europe’s Top 100 Hottest Startups by Wired
• The 2018 Inc. 5000 Europe by Inc+
• FT 1000 — Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies by FT
• 15 Machine Learning Startups to Watch in Europe by Forbes
• Various startup landscapes in Israel by vccafe
• Hottest AI startups in Germany by Earlybird and appliedAI Initiative

European Venture Capital

• Europe’s Top VC Investors by Country by CB Insigths
• The Midas List Europe by Forbes
• Europe’s Most Prominent Venture Capital Investors — 2018 Report by Dealroom.co
• 2018 The State of European Tech by Atomico

Misc.

• Can European Unicorns Defend the High Valuation? by Kristian Hansen Lomheim and Ola Thune Øritsland