{"id":2827,"date":"2023-05-02T15:04:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T15:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.jbraucker.com\/trustventure\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:35:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:35:31","slug":"european-vc-landscape-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.jbraucker.com\/trustventure\/en\/european-vc-landscape-may-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"European VC Landscape &#8211; May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;overview&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Since the peak in March, the number of VC investments continues to decrease again in April and May<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;total&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><b>Number and amounts of announced funding rounds over the past 6 months*<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2338&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6>*All data from crunchbase, as of June 6th, 2023<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690988336953{margin-top: 60px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;industry&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>IT startups take 2. place for most popular investment industry<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>During the month of May, <strong>429 financing rounds were announced.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The total amount invested in the announced financing rounds <strong>stayed at $3.4bn from from April.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Once again, most investments were made in <strong>Software companies, amounting to 108 investments<\/strong>, followed by information technology (64). In May, investments in health care companies once again make up the third place (58).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;top10&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h4>Top 10 industries of financed startups according to the number of conducted investments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2339&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;560&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;investors&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Antler is the most active investor of May; 178 seed rounds were conducted<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;highest&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Investors with the highest number of investments in May<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2341&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;rounds&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Number and total volume of financing rounds per stage<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2342&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690988308038{margin-top: 60px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;largest&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Largest round of May was a Series D Round of $250.0mn<\/h3>\n<p>In May, <strong>most investments rounds were Seed Rounds<\/strong> (~42%). Despite that, over a volume of <strong>over $1 billion<\/strong> was invested in 96 Venture Rounds.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2334&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690988383228{margin-top: 60px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;hotspot&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>London, UK, is once again the European startup hotspot of the month<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Not only were the <strong>most investments conducted in the UK<\/strong> (#98), but the <strong>highest volume<\/strong> was also invested there during May ($969.5mn).<\/li>\n<li>When ranking by investment volume instead of number of conducted investments, <strong>Berlin takes the second place<\/strong>. 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Jungle Ventures and Insight Partners invested in the company before, while ICONIQ Capital and Quatar Investment Authority represent new investors.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Investors<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2340&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Falls Sie mehr \u00fcber Risikokapitalfinanzierung erfahren m\u00f6chten, sollten Sie unseren umfassenden Ratgeber zu diesem Thema lesen: Risikokapitalfinanzierung: Ein Leitfaden f\u00fcr Anf\u00e4nger<\/p>\n<p>Trustventure ber\u00e4t junge Unternehmen zu Herausforderung im Finanzbereich und bietet CFO-As-A-Service-Leistungen an. Die Expertise in Fragen zur Unternehmensfinanzierung, Planung und zum Controlling schafft Transparenz und Sicherheit f\u00fcr Sie und Ihre Investoren. 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