HELSINKI – Indtil videre har europæiske startups i år rejst rekordstore investeringer. 34,3 milliarder dollars venturekapital er strømmet ind på kontinentets nye teknologisektor siden starten af ​​2019. Det viser rapporten The State of Tech 2019. Rapporten blev udgivet torsdag på tech-konferencen Slush af det Londonbaserede venturekapitalfirma Atomico. Evnen til at tiltrække megafinansieringsrunder for Europas førende virksomheder er en af de ændringer, som afspejles i det overordnede niveau af kapital, der er investeret i europæisk teknologi, hedder det i rapporten. I 2018 blev der investeret i alt 24,6 milliarder dollars i regionens tech-industri, mens sektoren indkasserede 22,6 milliarder dollars i finansiering…

For European entrepreneurs, the choice was clear: you either moved to the Promised Land of Silicon Valley to start your company or stayed behind, forever confining yourself to a smaller exit imposed by the European glass ceiling. For the Bay Area elite, the only investment in Europe worth making was a second home by the French Riviera. Alas, ten years have passed, and the narrative has flipped on its head. Europe has moved from total desolation towards its own Golden Age, with companies like Spotify, Adyen and UiPath leading the way. Slowly, the non-believers of Silicon Valley have started converting….