{"id":2858,"date":"2023-01-02T16:14:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.jbraucker.com\/trustventure\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:45:54","slug":"european-vc-landscape-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.jbraucker.com\/trustventure\/en\/european-vc-landscape-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"European VC Landscape &#8211; January 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<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>2023 starts with 430 VC investments in January, showing a slight decline in the number of investments.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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;2362&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h6>* All data as of February 9th, 2023<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690992505500{margin-top: 60px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;industry&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Software startups are once again the most popular investment<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>During the month of<b>\u00a0January, 430 financing rounds were announced.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<b>total amount invested\u00a0<\/b>in the announced financing rounds\u00a0<b>decreased to $3.4bn\u00a0<\/b>from $3.6bn in December.<\/li>\n<li>Once again, most investments were made in\u00a0<b>Software companies, amounting to 99 investments<\/b>, followed by information technology (54).\u00a0<b>In January , investments in health care companies make up the third place\u00a0 (48).<\/b><\/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;2363&#8243; 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Despite that<\/b>, the\u00a0<b>largest volume of invested money was in Venture Rounds\u00a0<\/b>($1,170mn). Only 1 large Series D round was conducted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2366&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690992576439{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\u00a0<b>most investments conducted in the UK\u00a0<\/b>(#107), but the\u00a0<b>highest volume was also invested there\u00a0<\/b>during January ($1,158.6mn).<\/li>\n<li><b>Second most active country\u00a0<\/b>to raise venture capital is<br \/>\n<b>France\u00a0<\/b>(54 investments, $683.3mn) and then Germany<br \/>\n(48 investments, $541.7mn).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2367&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;Spotlight&#8221; el_id=&#8221;spotlight&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>In the spotlight: Enpal raised $230.8MN in January with the help of 6 investors.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Company<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2370&#8243; img_size=&#8221;small&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>Industry<\/h5>\n<p>Renewable (Solar) Energy<\/p>\n<h5>Founded in<\/h5>\n<p>2017, Berlin<\/p>\n<h5>One-Sentence-Pitch<\/h5>\n<p>Enpal is a photovoltaics leasing firm that provides solar power systems for homeowners.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Financing round<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>Money raised<\/h5>\n<p>\u20ac215mn ($230.8mn)<\/p>\n<h5>Company valuation<\/h5>\n<p>\u20ac2bn (pre-money)<\/p>\n<h5>Type of financing round<\/h5>\n<p>Series D<\/p>\n<h5>Comment\/Quote<\/h5>\n<p>Enpal raised \u20ac215mn ($231mn) in their 13th funding round.\u00a0 Since 2017, Enpal raised a total of \u20ac1.7bn with the help of 30 investors. During the latest Series D round, the company was valued at \u20ac2bn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-16\/insect-farming-startup-ynsect-raises-175-million-for-expansion?srnd=technology-vp&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\">Bloomberg.com<\/a>[\/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;2369&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#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. 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