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    State Of The Markets EMEA Report
    H1 2021

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    Key takeaways

     
    2021 has seen a dramatic rebound with record venture capital investment into Technology and Life Science companies in Europe in the first half of 2021.

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    EMEA’s VC Ecosystem is Booming

    VC investment has accelerated in H1 2021 with $51bn of capital already invested in H1 2021 across Europe and Israel and is on track to more than double 2020’s total.

    02

    EMEA Exits Accelerating

    2021 is now on target to reach its highest level of exits with the Nordics, Israel and the UK witnessing a greater number of exits than ever before.

    03

    United Kingdom Venture is on Fire

    Despite the pandemic & Brexit, 2021 is on pace to be the highest ever year for VC funding in the UK with over $12bn already invested in H1 matching 2020’s annual total.

    Report highlights

     
    Trends and insights for the European venture capital ecosystem.

    EMEA’s VC ecosystem is booming

     

    The turnaround on 2020 is remarkable: the $51bn of VC money invested in H1 2021 in Europe and Israel already equals full-year numbers for 2020. Round sizes are increasing and we’re now seeing more deal sizes greater than $50m. In H1 2021, there have been 136 rounds above $50m in Europe.

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    EMEA Exits Accelerating 1

    EMEA exits accelerating

     

    In 2021, buyers have returned in abundance with exits up significantly in the first half. The calendar year is now on target to reach its highest level of exits with the Nordics, Israel and the UK witnessing a greater number of exits than ever before.

    United Kingdom venture is on fire

     

    2021 is on pace to be the highest ever year for VC funding in the UK with the same amount of capital invested in first half of 2021 as in the whole of 2020. The sectors receiving the largest VC rounds in UK in H1 2021 were FinTech, Life Science and Healthcare and FrontierTech.

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