Funding for European tech startups in 2024 is expected to slightly decline to $45 billion, down from $47 billion in 2023 and significantly below the $101 billion peak in 2021, according to Atomico. While venture funding has slowed, IPO activity is showing signs of revival. With only 11 IPOs in 2024 so far the lowest in a decade a growing number of European companies, including Revolut, Zopa, Bolt, and Klarna, are preparing for public listings. Atomico has identified over 100 potential IPO candidates, with many already hiring CFOs, signaling readiness for market entry. Growth is anticipated in 2025 as funding rebounds.
Emblem, a relatively new European VC firm based in Paris, is announcing the final closing of its first fund. Eighteen months after the first closing, the Emble
By Emma Whitford ( February 6, 2025, 01:26 GMT | Insight) -- Policy advisors from France and the European Union chose to highlight the poss
UK cell-cultivated meat company Meatly today became the first company in the world to supply cell-cultivated meat for pet food on sale.
The European Union is reportedly prepared to retaliate if President Donald Trump imposes threatened tariffs. That retaliation could come in the form of