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Enterprise / Deep Tech

Europe & Israel:


2021 VC Investment Data
February 8, 2022
Angular Ventures is a venture capital fund based in London, Tel Aviv, and New
York that backs early-stage enterprise tech companies from Europe and
Israel.

Gil Dibner David Peterson


Partner (LON/TLV) Partner (LON)
gil@angularventures.com david@angularventures.com
@gdibner @gdibner

Anne Blum Andrew Poesaste


Head of Platform (NYC) Sr Associate (LON)
anne@angularventures.com andrew@angularventures.com
@anneablum @poetential

February 8, 2022 Proprietary & Confidential 2


A note on the data
• The data in this report consists entirely of data we’ve
gathered manually based on publicly available, free
sources
• No paid data sources, ML models, or API calls were
harmed in the making of this dataset, every investment
was manually classified
• This allows analysis of some aspects of the data we
consider important – aspects that don’t appear in other
data sources. More importantly, it allows us to exclude
deals that are really not “venture capital” rounds but tend
to get included by others
• Seed investments are under-reported and add a lot of
noise to the data set, so we exclude deals under $500K
• The analysis is limited to ICT categories and excludes life
sciences
• Data from Turkey and FSU countries is very incomplete
and is included on a best effort basis
• All currencies converted into USD using monthly average
exchange rates
• ICOs included on a selective basis; crypto companies are
classified into verticals by their end value proposition

Heatmap of enterprise and deep tech VC investment activity across Europe and Israel
(2021, total dollars invested)

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I. An overview of venture capital in Europe & Israel

Previous versions of this report – released before Angular Ventures was launched – covered the full spectrum of venture
capital in Europe, including consumer
We continue to track all this data, and the first section of this report shows overall venture capital activity in Europe
and Israel, including consumer investments
We also show that venture activity in both Europe (ex-Israel) and Israel has been reset to a “new normal” where
enterprise and deep tech accounts for a larger share of activity than a few years ago

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VC Investment Data 2021

VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Overall VC investment
in Europe and Israel
$160,000 4,500

4,005
4,000
• $139.1B in venture capital $140,000
$139,130
was invested in European 3,500
and Israeli companies in $120,000

2021 2,744
3,000

Amount Invested (US $M)


$100,000
• This makes 2021 the sixth 2,359 2,500
consecutive record year $80,000 2,115

(since we’ve been tracking 1,791


1,908
2,000

the data) $60,000


1,500
• The growth rate we’ve 1,180

witnessed appears to be $40,000


$42,074
$45,678
1,000
unsustainable. We would
expect to see a slow down $20,000
$20,173
$26,381
500

(or even a decline) into 2022 $12,062


$14,471

$0 0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

VC Investment (US $M) Number of Investments

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VC Investment Data 2021

VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Quarterly investment
pace
$45,000 1,200

$40,000
• The second quarter of 2021 1,000

$38,236
was the largest ever on $35,000

$36,364
record at $37.9B. (By

$33,304
$30,000 800
comparison, the entire year

$31,226

Number of Investments
of 2019 was $42B!)

Amount Invested (US $M)


$25,000
600

• 3Q21 and 4Q21 saw declines $20,000

in total investment volume, $15,000 400


but even 4Q21 was roughly

$15,828
double 4Q20

$12,039
$10,000

$11,556
$10,321

$10,145
$10,140
$9,575
200
• Deal counts by quarter

$8,149
$5,000

$6,892
$6,880
$6,467
$6,142
$5,668
continued to rise

$5,563
$4,868
$4,114

$4,074
$3,727

$3,512
$3,254
$3,120

$3,117
$2,871

$2,818
dramatically into year end $0 0
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VC Investment (US $M) Number of Investments

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VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech $100,000


VC Investments in Europe & Israel

(E&DT) vs. Consumer


$90,000

• Both E&DT and Consumer $85,953

VC investment were way up


$80,000

in 2021 compared to 2020 $70,000

Amount Invested (US $M)


• E&DT investment was up by $60,000

2.9x YoY
$50,000 $53,177

• Consumer investment was


up by 3.2x YoY
$40,000

$30,000
$29,500 $29,252

$20,000

$15,896 $16,426
$10,000 $12,574
$11,198 $10,485
$8,033 $8,975
$5,874 $6,188 $6,437
$0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

E&DT Consumer

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VC Investment Data 2021

Breakdown of VC VC Investments in Europe & Israel


investment in Europe and $100,000

Israel by target market


$60,707

$23,865 $53,177
• In our analysis, enterprise and deep tech $20,845
actually consists of five main target $14,012
markets: $8,975
$11,795
$16,426
• traditional enterprise $10,000
$12,574 $9,865
$8,234 $10,485 $4,939
• SME
$3,317
OEM

Amount Invested (US $M), Log Scale


• $2,253
• agriculture, and $1,462 $2,825
• government $1,894 $989
$1,000 $1,549
• We continue to track a sixth market, $1,247
$467
telecom, but it is no longer significant $350
enough to graph
$217
$381
• In this chart, we show these five target $159
markets alongside consumer
$172
$100
• Starting in 2018, enterprise became the
largest category for VC investment in $69 $72 $73
Europe and Israel
• 2021 saw a dramatic upshift in
investment pace in SMB-oriented
businesses $10
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Consumer Enterprise SME OEM Agriculture Government

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VC Investment Data 2021

VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Enterprise & deep tech VC Investment by Target Market (Top 20 countries, US $M,2021)
leads in most countries 40,000

• Across Europe, enterprise 35,000

and deep tech accounted 30,000


for the bulk of VC activity in
2021 25,000

20,000
• Israeli VC activity was 91%
E&DT 15,000

10,000
• The UK was 63% E&DT
5,000
• Germany and Sweden were
0
both ~52% E&DT

Spain

Romania
Germany

Sweden

Finland

Austria

Turkey
Israel

Estonia
United Kingdom

France

Denmark

Belgium
Netherlands

Ukraine
Norway
Switzerland

Poland

Italy

Ireland
Enterprise & Deep Tech Consumer

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VC Investment Data 2021

Europe shifts to Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe (excluding Israel)
VC Investment by Target Market (% of investment rounds)
enterprise 100%

• Enterprise & deep tech 90%


investments have 80%
accounted for about two- 70% 65.7% 65.2% 65.8%
69.3%
67.2%
thirds of VC activity in
64.8%
60.1%

Europe (excluding Israel) 60% 53.9%


50.4%
52.4% 52.3%

since 2020 50%


49.6%
46.1% 47.6% 47.7%
40%
39.9%
30% 34.3% 34.8% 34.2% 35.2%
32.8%
30.7%
20%

10%

0%

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Enterprise & Deep Tech Consumer

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VC Investment Data 2021

Israel saw a bit of Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Israel


VC Investment by Target Market (% of investment rounds)
mean reversion in 2021 100% 93.8%
• Broadly speaking, and despite 86.2%
88.8% 87.2%
some high-profile successes 90%
80.2%
83.7%
81.8% 83.1% 84.1%

in consumer technology 80% 74.0%


(Waze, Fiverr, Lemonade, and 70.7%

Lightricks), Israel continues to 70%

shift even further towards 60%


enterprise & deep tech, which
accounted for 86.3% of 50%
investment rounds in 2020 40%
• In 2021, E&DT accounted for 30%
89% of Israeli VC volume – a 29.3%
record high 20% 26.0%
19.8%
• On a quarterly basis,
18.2% 16.9%
10% 16.3% 15.9%
13.8% 12.8%
however, it looks like the 6.2%
11.2%

Israeli eco-system is settling 0%

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Qtr2

Qtr3

Qtr4
back towards a mean
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Enterprise & Deep Tech Consumer

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II. Macro perspective
• VC per capita
• VC as a percentage of GDP

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VC Investment Data 2021

VC investment per Venture Capital per Capita (2021)

capita
Israel $2,470.40
Luxembourg $1,099.05
Estonia $837.66
Sweden $732.58
$557.66
• Israel saw over $2,470 of VC
United Kingdom
Netherlands $361.02
Denmark $335.57
per capita in 2021, roughly Finland
Germany
$329.84
$266.29
2.7x the level in the United Switzerland
Norway
$241.55
$212.80

States, and double the $186.48


Lithuania
France $180.94
$165.57
previous year
Ireland
Spain $155.41
Austria $154.18 United States:
Latvia $140.44
$956.67
• Luxembourg and Estonia Belgium
Poland
$120.08
$69.20
took second and third place Cyprus
Iceland
$66.33
$66.05
Portugal $62.41

• Sweden in fourth with $732,


Romania $41.30
Greece $37.05
Czech Republic $36.59
below the US, but double Croatia
Turkey
$35.63
$32.56
the Swedish level from last Ukraine
Italy
$29.49
$26.69

year $19.02
Bulgaria
Malta $14.73
Hungary $10.29
Slovakia $7.51
Slovenia $5.77
Serbia $3.05
Belarus $0.42
Albania $0.19

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VC Investment Data 2021

Venture Capital Investment as a Percentage of GDP


VC investment as a (2021 VC vs. 2020 GDP)
percentage of GDP Israel
Estonia 3.64%
5.66%
Sweden 1.41%
• Israel and Estonia took the United Kingdom
Luxembourg 0.95%
0.93%
1.35%

top spots with 5.66% and


Lithuania
Ukraine 0.84%
Latvia 0.79%
3.64% respectively Netherlands
Finland
0.69%
0.68%
Armenia 0.64%

• Sweden was in third place


Spain 0.57%
Denmark 0.55%
Germany 0.53%
at 1.4%, just below the US France
Poland
0.46%
0.44% United States:
at 1.6% Turkey
Romania
0.38%
0.32%
1.6%
Austria 0.32%
Switzerland 0.29%
Norway 0.28%
Portugal 0.28%
Belgium 0.27%
Croatia 0.26%
Cyprus 0.25%
Greece 0.21%
Ireland 0.19%
Bulgaria 0.19%
Czech Republic 0.16%
Iceland 0.11%
Italy 0.08%
Hungary 0.06%
Malta 0.05%
Serbia 0.04%
Slovakia 0.04%
Slovenia 0.02%
Albania 0.01%
Belarus 0.01%

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VC Investment Data 2021

Venture Capital Investment in Europe and Israel


The European and (2019 VC per capita vs. population;

Israeli VC eco-system
bubble size reflects total VC investment in 2021)

• This chart plots each Israel


United Kingdom
country by the log of VC per
capita and the log of its
$1,000
Estonia Sweden

population Finland
Denmark
Netherlands

VC/Capita (log scale)


Lithuania Norway
Switzerland
• The size of each bubble Ireland Belgium
Spain

represents the size of each $100 Latvia Austria


Germany
Poland France
Portugal
country’s VC market in Croatia
Romania

absolute terms Greece Czech Republic


Ukraine
Italy

$10 Hungary
Slovakia
Slovenia

$1
1 10 100

Population (millions, log scale)

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III. Zooming in on Enterprise & Deep Tech
Angular Ventures is focused on enterprise & deep tech.

The rest of this report will focus only on that part of the venture market.

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VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech VC Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
investment in Europe and Amount Invested by Quarter
Israel by bracket $30,000

• We divide financing rounds


into five brackets, by sizes $25,000

• While all brackets were up,


the vast majority of the $20,000

increase was due to $15,454

megaround volume $15,000

Amount Invested (US $M)


$13,034 $11,305

• Prior to 2021, the quarterly


$13,654

record for megaround $10,000


volume was 3Q20, with
$3.5B
$3,377
$3,295 $3,511 $5,947
$3,212 $2,522 $5,510
$2,755 $1,006 $4,962
$5,000 $1,999 $4,239

• 2021 saw an average $569


$665
$1,512
$752
$686

$2,367 $2,641
$3,026
$2,472 $2,416 $2,169
$2,675 $2,530
$3,834

quarterly megaround $1,193 $1,648 $2,117 $1,819


$1,671 $1,807
$1,255 $1,032 $1,122 $941 $1,124 $1,176 $1,258 $1,190 $1,212
$844 $960 $842
$1,127

volume of $13.3B for a total


$503 $631 $495 $621 $571 $630 $621 $693 $628 $718 $692 $755 $870 $932 $873
$0
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of $53B 2018 2019 2020 2021

Megaround (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)

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VC Investment Data 2021

Number of VC Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Number of Investments by Quarter
investments by bracket 900

• This chart shows the 800

number of rounds, broken 57

down by round size 700 56

66 131

• This view makes it clear that 600

Number of Investments
136
50

the Coronavirus pandemic 22


108
140

and the resulting economic


500 97
91
8 157

slowdown does not seem to


10 18
67 140
14 14
400 77 65 127

have impacted the level of 3 5 14 58 52 88


17
39
69 64 95
65

VC activity at all 89 89 95
300 2
22
4 6 90 273
36 99 44
1 68 69 220
61 3 3 33 80 216
191

• The number of seed and


24 42 66
76 205
200 43 58
152 157
173
163
53 161

early rounds is growing, but 114


109 97 130
152
120
156
135
145

the number of growth 100 95


146 154 141 167
103 114 100 109 117 107 120
rounds and megarounds is 0
70 57 77 71 83 61 82 80 87

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VC Investment Data 2021

“A new record” doesn’t Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel

exactly do it justice $100,000

• $85B of VC was invested in $90,000

European and Israeli deep $80,000


tech in 2021
$70,000

Amount Invested (US $M)


• Of this, $53B was in
megarounds of more than $60,000 $53,447

$100M $50,000

• Spot the pattern: seed was $40,000

up 22%, early venture was $30,000


up 36%, venture was up $11,784 $9,893

53%, growth was up 84%, $20,000


$20,658

and megarounds were up $10,000 $1,764


$2,672

$6,719
$10,555
$11,209

440% $4,678
$2,701
$3,901 $4,218 $4,837
$2,794
$7,415

$3,801
$1,712 $2,250 $2,516
$0
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Megaround (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)

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VC Investment Data 2021

Corporate VC activity Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Corporate VC Activity
appears to be slowing 70

• Corporate VC activity across 60


1

Europe and Israel appears to


6

have been steadily declining 50 5

Number of Investments
since the middle of 2020 3
3
8 29 11
40 1 9 1
2

9 13 8
7 1
11 8
6 7 7
30 12 13
17
20 11
1 5
3
11
10 15 9 9 6
9 12 13 18 9
20 8
19 12
20 13 7
12
17 7 6 10
14 10
11 3 10
10 17 16 15 12 11 7
10 9
8 6
7 9 10 8 5 3
5 7 5 6 6 3
2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3
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VC Investment Data 2021

Corporate VC activity Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Corporate VC Activity by Country (2021)
by country 45

• Israel and the UK are 40

drawing the most corporate 35


10

VC activity by a wide 30
8
margin

NUmber of Investments
25
15
• Corporate VCs were active 20 9

in 19 countries in the region


in 2021
15
7
10
10

5
5
6
4
0
Israel

United Kingdom

Germany

Sweden

Spain

Switzerland

Belgium

Norway

France

Finland

Croatia

Netherlands

Italy

Turkey

Denmark

Ukraine

Luxembourg

Austria

Greece
Megaround (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)

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VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Average round sizes Average Round Size (rounds of $2M to $100M)
dipped but have returned 20

• Since 2015, round sizes have


been gradually drifting 18

upwards

Average Round Size (US $M)


• From today’s vantage point, 16

it looks like the data falls


into three periods: 14

• 2015-2018: Baseline
• 2019-3Q20: Elevated 12

• 4Q20- today: Even higher


10
• It’s worth noting that the
last two quarters have seen 8
round sized trending
downwards slightly 6
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VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Total VC Investment in 2021 (US $M, top 25 countries)
investment by country United Kingdom $23,025
Israel $20,678
• During 2021, the UK led the Germany
France $7,626
$11,539

pack with $23B of VC Sweden $4,012

investment in enterprise & Netherlands


Spain
$3,370
$3,165
deep tech Switzerland
Denmark
$1,817
$1,381

• Israel was second at $20.7B $1,342


Poland
Belgium $1,240
Italy $829
• Germany leapt to third Norway $827

place with $11.5B, ahead of


Finland $819
Romania $789

France with $7.6B Ireland


Portugal
$633
$609
Austria $460
Estonia $298
Ukraine $262
Latvia $261
Luxembourg $238
Bulgaria $129
Croatia $116
Turkey $115
$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000

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VC Investment Data 2021

Number of investments Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Number of VC Investments in 2021
by country United Kingdom 706
Israel 357

• In terms of the number of 351


Germany
France 223

investment rounds, the UK Sweden


Spain 153
201

was a distant leader with a Netherlands


Switzerland
118
112
stunning 706 investment Poland
Finland
52
50
rounds Belgium
Denmark
48
48

• Israel was second with 357,


Italy 46
Ireland 45

followed closely by Germany 39


Estonia
Norway 31

with 351 Austria


Turkey
25
21
Portugal 20
• France (223) and Sweden Lithuania
Romania
19
17
(201) rounded out the top Luxembourg 15
13
five
Ukraine
Latvia 6
Slovakia 6
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


A quick snap back (top 6 countries, excludes mega-rounds)
from Covid 3000

• UK and Israel saw the most


investment for most of 2021 2500

• German VC investment

Amount Invested (US $M)


volume scaled rapidly in 2000

2021, over-taking Israel in


4Q21 1500

1000

500

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Israel United Kingdom Germany France Sweden Netherlands

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More activity across Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
VC Investments by Quarter (countries 7-11, excludes mega-rounds)
the board 900

• Switzerland, Spain, Finland, 800


Belgium, and Denmark were
the next five countries 700

(ranked 7-11)

Amount Invested (US $M)


600

• All of them saw increased 500


activity in 2021, with
Denmark showing an 400

incredible increase in 300


activity
200

100

0
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Switzerland Spain Finland Belgium Denmark

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VC Investment Data 2021

VC investment by
Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Regional VC investment by quarter (excludes mega-rounds)
region 25,000

• The DACH region

23,658
skyrocketed in 2021 20,000

20,678
• France and the Nordics

Amount Invested (US $M)


continue to growth 15,000

consistently

13,815
• Other “smaller” regions also 10,000

saw unprecedented levels of

8,161

4,848
VC activity

7,626
7,462
7,419
7,338

7,093

3,774
5,000

3,073
4,877
2,157
1,856

4,594
1,278

1,512
1,075
3,942
3,878
3,844

1,019
3,565

964
959
902

3,160
3,045

623

554
619
454
386

252
143
0
2018 2019 2020 2021

UK and Ireland Israel DACH


France Nordics BeNeLux
Iberia Eastern Europe Southern Europe

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UK is seeing very high Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Number of VC Investments by Region (2021)
deal volume 800

• The UK & Ireland saw 751 700


59
investments, including 153
seed deals and 267 early 113

venture deals 600

• DACH was second with 488 500 159


investments 41

• The Nordics were third with 400 82

Number of Investments
393 investments 51
65
104
• We believe the very low 300
267 58

number of Israeli seed deals 126


does not reflect bad data but 200 149
21
39
rather the fact that by the
182
30
51 30
time most Israeli deals are 100
101 34
53
reported, they are well above 153 86 57 34
121
79
the $2M size 0
61
26 48 67 64 25
20
UK and DACH Nordics Israel France BeNeLux Iberia Eastern Southern
Ireland Europe Europe

Megaround (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)

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Europe & Israel
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Annual Change in Enterprise & Deep Tech Venture Investment Volume


VC investment by 500%

region 454%

• In dollar terms, venture 400%

activity more than


quadrupled in Eastern 300%
Europe in 2021 251% 250%
234%
221%
• In four other regions, 200% 179%
venture activity more than 136%
doubled in 2021 100%
97%
64%

0%

-100%
Eastern Iberia DACH UK and BeNeLux Israel Nordics France Southern
Europe Ireland Europe

2019 2020 2021

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Enterprise & Deep Tech Venture in Europe


All regions are seeing Changes in Number of Deals by Region (2021 vs. 2020)
increased activity 84.7%

• Eastern Europe saw the


most dramatic increase in
the number of investments
57.3% 58.5%

53.0%

42.9%

36.1%
32.1%

23.9%

1.6%

Southern France Iberia BeNeLux Israel UK and Nordics DACH Eastern


Europe Ireland Europe

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IV. US VC activity in Europe and Israel
• Participation rates of US VCs in European and Israeli investments
• Distribution of US VC activity by country
• League tables of the most active US VCs in Europe and Israel

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


US VC participation is US VC Participation (% of rounds)

holding steady at 14.5%


• US VCs are participating in
about 14.5% of all rounds in
Europe and Israel, a level 15.4%
that has remained steady 14.5% 14.5%
13.3%
for the past several years 13.2%

• Reports of increased US
activity in Europe & Israel
are accurate, but the rise is
commensurate with the
overall rise in venture
investing in the region

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


US VC participation in US VC Participation (% of rounds)
early rounds remains rare
• The later the stage, the 41.8%
43.5% 44.1%

higher the probability of US 40.2%

VCs participation
34.5%
• US VCs participated in only 33.3%

7.4% of early venture rounds


and only 1.5% of seed rounds
• US VC participation in 22.9%

megarounds is trending up
20.1%

16.3%
• US VC participation in all
other brackets was actually
down in 2021 – probably a 7.3%
8.0% 7.4%
reflection of increased local 3.8%
activity not lack of US VC 2.4%
1.5%
interest
1. Seed (.5-2) 2. Early Venture (2-8) 3. Venture (8-20) 4. Growth (20-100) 5. Megaround (>100)

2019 2020 2021

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US VCs activity by Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
US VC Activity by Country (2021)
country in 2020 180

• US VCs were most active in 160

Israel, making 154 140


investments
120
• US VCs made 105
investments in the UK, and 100

52 in Germany, both 80

Title
numbers roughly double the 60
previous year
40
• There was a long tail to US
VC activity in Europe – with 20

investments in 29 different 0
countries – many with only
Israel
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Spain
Denmark
Switzerland
Netherlands
Ireland
Norway
Poland
Belgium
Austria
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
Italy
Latvia
Ukraine
Estonia
Luxembourg
Czech Republic
Turkey
Serbia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Slovenia
Lithuania
one or two

Megaround (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)

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League Table: Enterprise & Deep Tech in Europe & Israel


US VC activity in Europe League Table of US VC Activity by Region
(number of investments, 2020-2021)
(by region)
Insight Partners 41 9 14 3 3 3 3

• This chart shows the top 20 most Accel 9 8 10 6 1 3 2 1

active US VCs in Europe and Index Ventures 2 13 8 3 2 1 2

Israel over the past two years by Bessemer 19 3 4 1 2 1

geographic region Lightspeed 14 6 4 1

Sequoia
• We include Accel and Index as US
9 2 5 1 1 1 2

Coatue Management
VC funds due to their significant
6 4 2 3 1 1 1

General Catalyst
US operations and established
3 9 3 1 2 1

Andreessen Horowitz
status as global funds
6 4 3 2

Battery Ventures 9 3 1 1 1

• Numbers refer to all investment NFX 6 2 1 1 2

rounds during the period, not Sapphire 5 4 1 1 1


Israel
strictly “new” investments General Atlantic 3 4 1 1 1 1 1
UK and Ireland
CRV 2 2 2 1 1 1 DACH
• Our data is based on rounds that Iconiq 2 2 2 1 2 France
are publicly announced – we are Founders Fund 2 2 1 1 2 Nordics
undoubtedly missing rounds that Spark 4 2 1 1 Eastern Europe
are kept confidential Bain 1 3 1 2 Iberia
Norwest 7 BeNeLux
Khosla Ventures 3 2 1 1 Southern Europe

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League Table: Enterprise & Deep Tech in Europe & Israel


US VC activity in Europe League Table of US VC Activity
(by stage) (number of investments, 2020-2021)

• This chart shows the top 20 most Insight Partners 1 6 42 27

active US VCs in Europe and Accel 8 6 16 11

Israel over the past two years by Index Ventures 6 5 8 12

deal bracket Bessemer 1 3 9 17

Lightspeed 1 1 12 11

• We include Accel and Index as US Sequoia 7 5 9

VC funds due to their significant Coatue Management 1 3 2 13

US operations and established General Catalyst 1 2 6 10

status as global funds Andreessen Horowitz 1 3 4 7

Battery Ventures
• Numbers refer to all investment
1 3 5 6

NFX 1 9 1 1
rounds during the period, not Sapphire 5 7
strictly “new” investments General Atlantic 4 8

• Our data is based on rounds that CRV 1 2 4 2

are publicly announced – we are Iconiq 4 5


Seed (.5-2)
undoubtedly missing rounds that Founders Fund 1 3 1 3

are kept confidential Spark 1 2 5 Early Venture (2-8)


Bain 1 1 Venture (8-20)
Norwest 1 2 4 Growth (20-100)
Khosla Ventures 1 3 2 1
Megaround (>100)

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Venture Capital in Europe & Israel


Changes in US VC League Table of US VC Activity
activity in Europe (number of investments, 2021 vs. 2020)

50 1500% 1600%
• Seven US funds more than 45
doubled their activity levels
1400%
40

in Europe and Israel in 2021 35


1200%

1000%
30

25 800%

20
600%
15
300% 400%
10
175% 150% 150% 146%
100% 86% 80% 79% 71% 67% 200%
5 50% 50% 44% 33% 30% 19% 14% 13%
0 0%
General Atlantic

Sapphire

TriplePoint

Coatue Management

NFX

Insight Partners

Andreessen Horowitz

General Catalyst

True Ventures

Lightspeed

Sequoia

Iconiq

Khosla Ventures

CRV

Accel

Index Ventures

Founders Fund

Bessemer

Battery Ventures

Spark
2020 2021 % Change

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V. A deeper dive based on company categorization
• Our data set is unique because we review every company and categorize it across
three dimensions
• The first dimension, which we have touched on earlier, is the “target market:”
enterprise, SME, OEM, consumer, government, agriculture, or telecom
• The second dimension captures the vertical market addressed by the company:
fintech, security, IT infrastructure, ML tooling, etc.
• The third dimension captures the business model: SaaS, software, services, HW
system, components, semiconductors, etc.
• The charts that follow leverage this segmentation data to provide deeper insight
into where VCs are investing

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VC investment by Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


VC Investment by Vertical Market (number of investments, 2021)
vertical market
Financial
• Fintech was (yet again) the
98 81 49 63 83

Health
dominant category with 374
80 43 11 35 41

Industrial
investments in 2020
77 19 5 39 30

Security 43 33 24 8 30

• Surprisingly, health was second Marketing 49 19 6 35 23

with 210 and industrial was third Data Tooling 34 20 14 22 26

with 170 Food 32 10 4 28 21

Logistics 28 22 7 15 20

• Security dropped to fourth with Energy 38 13 6 14 20

138 Real Estate 35 82 29 15

• Starting last year, we have gone SW Development 20 16 8 20 25

back to 2015 and reclassified all


HR 25 9 12 26 15

the SW development, data


Payments 33 11 15 8 18

tooling, and ML tooling


Environmental 29 41 19 16

companies into three new


Ecommerce 27 8 4 18
Early Venture (2-8)
categories to capture distinctions
Communications 12 14 7 16
Growth (20-100)
between these three important
IT Infrastructure 13 17 6 9 12
Megaround (>100)
areas
ML Tooling 26 8 2 8 12

Agtech 16 4 3 15 11
Seed (.5-2)

Employment 12 6 4 20 7 Venture (8-20)

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Enterprise and Deep Tech in Europe & Israel


Change in the Number of Venture Investments
Going green? (2021 vs. 2020, 25 most frequent categories)
Environmental 283%
• This chart compares the Payments 193%

level of VC activity in 2021


Ecommerce 179%
HR 149%

with 2020, broken down by Real Estate


IT Infrastructure
134%
128%
vertical market Data Tooling 100%
Design 85%

• Environmental tech showed Food


Health
73%
67%
the strongest growth SW Development 65%
Communications 56%

• Security dropped, and Legal


Energy
55%
52%
productivity continued its Financial 45%

decline
ML Tooling 44%
Logistics 42%
Industrial 40%
Automotive 24%
Marketing 16%
Agtech 9%
Employment 7%
Retail -6%
Security -6%
Productivity -19%

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Gradual shifts in VC Investment by Vertical Market
emphasis (number of investments, top 15 verticals)
100%
• This chart shows the top 15
2 3 3 8 8 7 8
9
15
12
6 24 20 16 27 HR
21 15 9 12 7 9
12 22 11 11
7 19 15

vertical markets for VC


9 7
90% 8 8 15
8
12 15 7 15 Productivity
11 13 11 18 13
12 15 11 9 12 11 25
11

activity in Europe and Israel


15 13 17 9
8 13 21 16 24 24 Communications
7 13
80% 5 12 10 8 8 8 18 22 27
28
11 Employment
since 2019

Number of Investments (Percent)


18 14 12 11 17 21 19 19 22 21 27 19
16
70% 13 20 10
18
11 11 15 18 21 29 Real Estate
11 25
8 13 14 35
11 10
15 14 25 22
27 32 Food
22 13 10 16
60% 21 16 23
26
12
29 22 21 32 SW Development
22 24 42 39
32
22 30 31
50% 30 Energy
16 16 28
27 29 33 50
30 34 42 45 Data Tooling
29
40% 45
37 29 Logistics
28 27 46 43
33 33
32 45
30% 43 45 Marketing
24
38 22 60 57
31 32 48
28 27
Industrial
20%
Security
60 69 64 94
10% 50 65 53 62 63 94 85 101 Health

Financial
0%
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2019 2020 2021

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Business models VC Investment by Business Model(number of investments)
(number of investments) 100%
15
21 27 22 21 35 42
11 13
• SaaS and software are the
7 17 16
53 52 37 12
37
90% 55 55 58

two most dominant


66
53 58 72
17 59 17

categories for business


11 14 13
18 40 29
80% 15 7 12 34

models in the enterprise and


74
45 53 69
46 Media

Number of Investments (Perfect)


47 46

deep tech landscape


53 45 14 71 103
70% 21 Commerce
32

• Admittedly, the distinction Materials


45 45
60%
between these business
171
137 128
105 Semiconductors

models is blurring: SaaS


123 129 114
50% Components
pricing models are Systems
dominating, but open source 40%
Marketplace
and freemium models are 406
517
Services
confusing the picture and a
343
30% 406 460
Software
fair amount of “traditional” 204

software remains – so it’s 20%


138 165 139 165 170 184 SaaS

probably best to look at these 10%


categories together
0%
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2019 2020 2021

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Business models VC Investment by Business Model
(invested capital) 90,000

• SaaS and software remain


2,078

80,000

robust – with massive 8,973

increases in 2021
2,201
70,000
Media

• Services and systems


15,108 Commerce
60,000 Materials

VC Investment (US $M)


companies also saw huge 4,605 Semiconductors

increases 50,000 Components


Systems
40,000 Marketplace
Services

30,000 Software
4,693
50,989 SaaS
4,121

20,000 5,877 4,054

5,561
2,050 9,247
2,861
10,000
3,702
12,404
8,242
5,843
0
2018 2019 2020 2021

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The top 20 segments in Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
European and Israeli VC Investment by Segment
enterprise & deep tech (number of investments, 2021, top 20)
Enterprise Financial SaaS 29 45 43 39 16

• Our three-dimensional Enterprise Health SaaS 23 44 28 28 5

categorization matrix allows Enterprise Security SaaS 7 33 23 27 19

us to assign each company Enterprise Marketing SaaS

Enterprise Data Tooling SaaS


23 40 16 14 6

to a segment consisting of:


18 29 22 15 12

Enterprise HR SaaS 23 25 12 7 10

• A target market (i.e. “enterprise”) SME Financial Services 7 14 14 20 20

Enterprise SW Development SaaS


• A vertical market (i.e. “security”) 15 16 21 14 8

SME Financial SaaS 23 22 10 9 5


• A business model (i.e. “software”) Enterprise Industrial SaaS 15 27 10 9 2

• The most commonly funded Enterprise ML Tooling SaaS

Enterprise Ecommerce SaaS


8 24 12 7 1

segment across Europe and


11 21 10 51

OEM Food Materials 9 14 12 5 2

Israel is enterprise financial Enterprise Logistics SaaS 7 11 10 9 5

SaaS, followed by Enterprise Legal SaaS

Enterprise IT Infrastructure SaaS 6


11

10
14

8
10

10 5
2
Seed (.5-2)

enterprise health-related Enterprise Communications SaaS 10 8 10 6 4


Early Venture (2-8)

SaaS
Venture (8-20)
Enterprise Environmental SaaS 9 20 5 3

Enterprise Financial Services 8 13 9 5


Growth (20-100)

Enterprise Logistics Services 6 12 5 8 2 Megaround (>100)

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Change in the top 20 VC Investment by Segment
(number of investments in 2021 vs. 2018-20 average)
segments
Enterprise HR SaaS 313%
• Enterprise HR SaaS and Enterprise Health SaaS 296%
Enterprise Health SaaS were the
two fastest growing individual Enterprise Data Tooling SaaS 251%

segments in 2021, when OEM Food Materials 207%

compared to the average of the Enterprise Financial SaaS 205%


previous three years Enterprise SW Development SaaS 204%

• Data tooling, dev tools, and ML Enterprise ML Tooling SaaS 194%

tooling also saw very dramatic Enterprise Logistics SaaS 157%

growth Enterprise Security SaaS 119%


Enterprise Legal SaaS 110%
• The fourth fastest-growing
segment was “food materials,” SME Financial Services 105%

driven mostly by alternative Enterprise Industrial SaaS 101%

protein companies Enterprise Marketing SaaS 40%


OEM Energy Systems 25%
• Another clear trend is the shift
from “software” to SaaS. Note Enterprise Financial Services 4%

that security SaaS is growing in Enterprise Productivity SaaS -18%

frequency, but security software Enterprise Employment SaaS -24%


is declining. Enterprise Health Software -45%
Enterprise Security Software -73%
Enterprise Financial Software -90%

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Our cheat sheet


• This chart takes the top ten
segments and maps them
across the top ten countries
for those segments
• While entrepreneurship is a
business of exceptions, we
think this chart is a helpful
“cheat sheet” summary of
what’s going on in this
region

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VI. A deep dive into selected verticals

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SaaS & software Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
SaaS & Software Investment by Vertical (Top 20, 2021)
investing, by vertical Financial 52 70 53 50 21

• This chart zooms in on Health

Security
28 57 31 34 8

enterprise and deep tech


8 42 28 32 23

Marketing 34 44 20 17 6

software and SaaS, showing Data Tooling 21 33 23 16 13

the top twenty most Industrial 22 37 11 12 4

frequently funded verticals


HR 26 25 13 8 12

SW Development 18 17 23 15 8

across Europe and Israel in Ecommerce 17 25 10 5 3

2021 ML Tooling 8 25 12 8 1

Real Estate 21 17 10 5

• Financial, health, and Communications 14 9 14 8 5

security took the top three IT Infrastructure 6 13 10 14 6

slots Legal

Payments 6
14

23
16 10 5 2

6 6 5
Seed (.5-2)
Logistics 9 13 10 9 5
Early Venture (2-8)
Environmental 9 21 6 3
Venture (8-20)
Food 13 11 7 42
Growth (20-100)
Productivity 8 12 5 8 1
Megaround (>100)
Design 9 13 9 2

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Services investing, by Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Services Investment by Vertical (2021)
vertical Financial 7 22 27 29 26

• Alongside software and Payments 2 10 12 5 10

SaaS, services are another Logistics


important business model
6 14 6 9 2

for enterprise and deep tech


Real Estate 5 5 2 21

companies Employment 4 2 3

Industrial
• Unsurprisingly, financial
3 5 1

services were the most


Space 1 4 3 1

frequently funded category Data Tooling 1 1 3 3 1

Health
• There were, however,
4 2 2

services businesses funded


Environmental 2 2 3

across a number of verticals Marketing 1 2 3 1


Seed (.5-2)
– particularly payments and Energy 1 2 2 1
Early Venture (2-8)
logistics Food 3 3
Venture (8-20)
Mobility 3 12
Growth (20-100)

Ecommerce 1 3 1 Megaround (>100)

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Investing in the physical Investments in Physical Technology by Vertical (2021)
world, by stage Industrial 12 32 15 6 1

• This chart shows Energy 7 19 12 10 6

investments in physical Food 11 17 12 5 2

business models including Health 6 17 8 6 3

systems, components,
semiconductors, and
Agtech 8 8 7 3 2

materials Semiconductors 3 3 9 9 2

Space
• Industrial took the lead for
5 6 8 2

the second year in a row Automotive 2 5 2 8 3

Environmental 5 4 7 1 1

• Renewed interest in energy


and food related
Electronics 1 4 9 3

investments likely reflects Real Estate 1 10 2 1

increased VC focus on Mobility 5 3 2 1 Seed (.5-2)

planet-positive Communications 1 3 2 4 1
Early Venture (2-8)

opportunities Retail 2 5 2 2
Venture (8-20)
Growth (20-100)
Logistics 1 3 4 Megaround (>100)

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Investing in the physical Investments in Physical Technology by Business Model (2021)
world, by business model Industrial 34 7 25

• This chart shows the


breakdown of “physical” Energy 29 5 20

investments by business Food 4 43


model and vertical
Health 27 5 8
• Industrial systems and
materials are a major Agtech 23 5

category of investment Semiconductors 4 18 4

• With increasing attention


on environmental and Space 20 1

sustainability issues, it’s not Automotive 20


surprising to see attention Systems
Components
paid to energy and food Environmental 4 14
Semiconductors
Materials
Electronics 3 10 2 2

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Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel


Investments in Financial Technology
The fintech explosion 120

• Fintech activity jumped


significantly in 2021 100
15
8 8

• This analysis excludes 80


consumer fintech

Number of Investmets
20 18 21
24

3
1
2 1
1
60 2
11
16
16 9 16
14 13
10 25
1 6 23
5 4 16
10 9 9 19 10 14 19
40 15
14
11 31
2
3 25 20
7 21 25
2
1 31 28 21
4 10 17
5 22
20 25
3 15 19
15
8 10
17 16 19 18
14 14 14
8 7 9 8 8 8 10 10
6
0
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2018 2019 2020 2021

Megaround (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)

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VC investment in the new Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
stack (number of Investments Across the Stack
investments) 100

• VCs in Europe and Israel 90

have been actively investing 80


12

across the new stack of


14
15

infrastructure, DevOps, dev 70


15

Number of Investments
tools, data tooling, and ML 60 32
tooling 14 35 27
50 12 10 22
• Starting last year, we’ve 7 10
broken investments down 40
9 9
10 14 5
19
into these categories, so the 8 5 18
15 6 11
30 15
trends become more visible
5 8 22 27
4 9 13 18 21 2
13 21 8
20 9
• 2021 saw massive growth in 17 5 14 17 8
19 11
7 10 6 5 3 24
investment activity in data 10 10 7 12 8
4 3 5 4
6 11 12
tooling and SW 3 4 8 1 9 7 8 10
6 6 5 3 4 6
0 2 2

development tooling Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2018 2019 2020 2021

ML Tooling Data Tooling SW Development DevOps IT Infrastructure

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VC investment in the
Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Investments Across the Stack (US $M)
new stack (US $M) 4,000

• On a dollar basis, “new 3,500

stack” hit a new high of


over $3.5B in 2Q21 3,000

Amount Invested (US $M)


• Interestingly, the 2,500

composition of this most


recent peak was very
2,000

different from the previous 1,500

peak – with a lot more


capital flowing to data 1,000

tooling
500

0
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
2018 2019 2020 2021

ML Tooling Data Tooling SW Development DevOps IT Infrastructure

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New stack investments Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Europe & Israel
Investments in SW Development, Data Tooling, and ML Tooling
by size bracket 5,000

• Mega-rounds have arrived 4,500

in the lands of SW 4,000

development and Data 3,500


Tooling
3,000
• ML Tooling has yet to see a
similar explosion in funding
2,500

US $M
activity 2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0
2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021
SW Development Data Tooling ML Tooling

Megaround (>100) Growth (20-100) Venture (8-20) Early Venture (2-8) Seed (.5-2)

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VII. A quick tour through 12 key countries
• The following slides show investments in the 12 countries with the highest
number of enterprise and deep tech VC investments in 2021, broken down by
size bracket and vertical

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Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in the UK
VC Investment by Vertical (2021, top verticals)
VC in the UK, 2021 Financial 20 29 31 26 16

• Financial technology was far Health

Payments
14 22 11 16 5

and away the leading


6 11 5 3 10

Marketing 10 15 7 3

segment for VC investment Security 3 15 7 4 2

in the UK in 2021 (worth Industrial 8 16 6

noting that this analysis


Data Tooling 3 10 7 5 3

HR 5 13 6 2

excludes consumer fintech) Environmental 6 11 5 11

Real Estate
• Health and payments took
7 9 212

Communications 3 5 3 5 4

second and third place Ecommerce 4 11 12

Logistics 1 6 6 4 1

Employment 10 5 11

Legal 5 8 2 11
Seed (.5-2)
Energy 3 4 6 12
Early Venture (2-8)
Space 1 5 2 3 3
Venture (8-20)
Food 6 3 4 1
Growth (20-100)
SW Development 3 3 6 1
Megaround (>100)
IT Infrastructure 1 5 5 1

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Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Israel
VC Investment by Vertical (2021, top verticals)
VC in Israel, 2021 Security 9 14 24 20

• Security accounted for 67 Financial 1 6 11 11 5

investments in Israel in 2021


Health 6 7 11 1

Data Tooling 1 7 11 5

• Crucially, security
SW Development 1 6 10 1

Industrial 1 8 2 4 2

investments were down in IT Infrastructure 1 1 10 3

Israel in 2021 as a fraction of Payments 2 3 3 3

the total ML Tooling

Marketing
3

3 2
4

3
2

2
2

Automotive 1 2 6 1

Real Estate 2 5 3

HR 1 2 3 3

Food 2 2 2 2

Semiconductors 1 4 2 Seed (.5-2)


Ecommerce 3 1 2 1
Early Venture (2-8)
Agtech 1 2 2 1
Venture (8-20)
DevOps 2 3 1
Growth (20-100)
Sales Enablement 2 2 2
Megaround (>100)
Communications 4 1

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Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in France
VC Investment by Vertical (2021, top verticals)
VC in France, 2021 Financial 3 15 12 7 4

• As in the UK, financial Health 1 13 4 3 3

technology was the most


Industrial 2 5 3 1

SW Development 4 2 2 3

frequently funded category HR 1 2 2 2 3

in France, but by a less Logistics 1 3 3 2

significant margin Real Estate

Marketing
1

3
3

1
2

3
2

• Health was second, followed Security 1 3 1 2

by industrial and SW
Food 4 2 1

Legal 2 2 2

development Communications 1 3 2

Environmental 1 4 1

Employment 1 2 1 2

Payments 2 1 1 1
Seed (.5-2)
Agtech 1 2 1 1
Early Venture (2-8)
Data Tooling 1 1
Venture (8-20)
Energy 2 1 1
Growth (20-100)
Education 2 1 1
Megaround (>100)
IT Infrastructure 1 1 1 1

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Europe & Israel
VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Germany
VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Germany, 2021 Financial 6 15 13 14 15

• Financial technology led in Industrial 7 11 11 10 1

Germany as well, but was


Health 1 9 5 3

Data Tooling 7 5 3 1

closely followed by Logistics 1 5 1 5 3

industrial, which actually Energy 2 5 3 3 1

saw more early stage Marketing

SW Development
2

3
4

4
2

3
2

1
2

activity than financial Food 2 4 3 1 1

ERP 4 1 1 4

Ecommerce 1 4 2 2 1

Design 3 5 1

ML Tooling 8 1

Real Estate 2 4 2 1

HR 2 3 1 3

Automotive 1 2 5
Seed (.5-2)

Environmental 2 4 2 Early Venture (2-8)

Automation 1 2 1 3 1 Venture (8-20)

IT Infrastructure 1 3 1 3 Growth (20-100)

Employment 2 3 1 Megaround (>100)

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Enterprise / Deep Tech
Europe & Israel
VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Spain
VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Spain, 2021 Financial 3 12 4 3 1

• Spanish VC activity spanned Health 4 3 1 3

a wide range of areas


Industrial 6 3

Logistics 7 1

Food 4 2 2

Marketing 4 1 2

Real Estate 4 3

Energy 1 4 1 1

Communications 5 1

Travel 2 3 1
Agtech 2 1 1 1 1
Data Tooling 2 4

Employment 2 2
Legal 1 2 1

Space 1 1 1
Seed (.5-2)
IT Infrastructure 1 1 1 Early Venture (2-8)
Education 2 1
Growth (20-100)
Aerospace 1 1
Venture (8-20)
DevOps 1 1
Megaround (>100)
Design 2

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Enterprise / Deep Tech
Europe & Israel
VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Sweden
VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Sweden, 2021 Health 5 7 2 1

• Health tied with finance for Financial 5 5 2 3

the most frequently funded


Industrial 3 9 1 1

Food 5 5 1 1

verticals in Sweden Real Estate 6 5

Marketing 3 4 1 2

• Industrial tech was a close Ecommerce 6 2 1 1

second Payments 6 2 1

Energy 2 4 2

Logistics 1 2 3 2

HR 3 3 1

Environmental 2 1 3

SW Development 3 1 1 1

Education 1 3 1

Data Tooling 1 2 1 1
Seed (.5-2)
Communications 2 2 1

Automotive 1 1 1 2 Early Venture (2-


8)
Legal 2 2
Venture (8-20)
Design 2 2
Growth (20-100)
Agtech 1 2

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Europe & Israel
VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Switzerland
VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Switzerland, 2021 Health 4 4 2

• In Switzerland, health, Financial

Industrial
3 2 1 2 2

finance, industrial, and


1 9

Energy 1 6 2 1
energy tied for the top spots Food 6 2

Real Estate 5 1 1

Security 1 3 1
Marketing 1 3

Design 1 2 1

HR 2 1 1
Data Tooling 1 2

Logistics 1 2

ERP 1 2

Agtech 2 1

Environmental 2 Seed (.5-2)


Payments 1 1 Early Venture (2-8)
Entertainment 1 1 Venture (8-20)
IT Infrastructure 2 Growth (20-100)
Legal 1 1 Megaround (>100)
Automation 1 1

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VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Belgium


Enterprise & deep tech VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Belgium, 2021 Data Tooling 5 2 2

• Data tooling was the most


Financial 5 2 1

Marketing 3 1 1

frequently funded vertical in Industrial 1 1 1

Belgium, followed by SW Development 1 1 1

finance Food 1 1 1

Energy 2

Security 1 1

Health 2

HR 1 1

Social 1

Communications 1

DevOps 1

IT Infrastructure 1

Semiconductors 1 Seed (.5-2)


Legal 1 Early Venture (2-8)

Adtech 1 Venture (8-20)

Logistics 1 Growth (20-100)

Ecommerce 1 Megaround (>100)

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Europe & Israel
VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Ireland
VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Ireland, 2021 Health 1 3 2 1

• Health was a clear leader in Financial 1 1 1 1

the Irish VC landscape


Security 3

Marketing 1 2

Energy 2 1

Food 1 1 1

ML Tooling 1 1

Automation 1 1

Payments 2

Logistics 1 1

Employment 1 1

HR 1 1

Industrial 1

Data Tooling 1

Environmental 1
Seed (.5-2)
Ecommerce 1
Early Venture (2-8)
Productivity 1
Venture (8-20)
Electronics 1
Growth (20-100)
IT Infrastructure 1
Megaround (>100)
Media 1

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VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in the Netherlands


Enterprise & deep tech VC VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
in The Netherlands, 2021 Financial 1 2 1 6

• Netherlands is on our watch


Energy 5 2 2

Logistics 1 3 2 1

list with their impressive Health 1 2 2 3

growth Semiconductors 1 2 3 1

Marketing 2 2 2

• Financial technologies were Payments 3 1 1

by far the most frequently Industrial

Data Tooling
1 2 3

funded category, but VC


1 3 1

Climate 2 3

activity spanned a number Food 1 1 1 2

of categories, including two HR

SW Development
3 1

megarounds in
2 1 1

Real Estate 1 1 1

Communications and Communications 1 2 Seed (.5-2)

Agtech Automotive

Agtech
1

1
1

1
Early Venture (2-8)
Venture (8-20)
Ecommerce 1 Growth (20-100)
Fashion 1 1 Megaround (>100)
Media 2

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Europe & Israel
VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Finland
VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Finland, 2021 Financial 3 2

• Finance was the most


Marketing 4 1

Industrial 4

frequently funded vertical in Energy 3 1

Finland Electronics 1 1 1

IT Infrastructure 1 1

• Electronics, previously first, Communications 2

dropped to fourth place Mobility

Real Estate
2

SW Development 1

Gaming 2

Food 2

Health 1

Adtech 1

Media 1 Seed (.5-2)


Fashion 1 Early Venture (2-8)
Ecommerce 1 Venture (8-20)
Logistics 1 Growth (20-100)
Environmental 1 Megaround (>100)
Automation 1

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Europe & Israel
VC Investment Data 2021

Enterprise & deep tech Enterprise & Deep Tech VC Investments in Denmark
VC Investment by Vertical (2021)
VC in Denmark, 2021 Financial 2 1 2 2 2

• Fintech was far and away Health 1 3

1
the most frequently backed
Marketing 1 1 1

Food 1 2 1

vertical in Denmark Industrial 3

Environmental 1 2

Education 1 2

Agtech 2 1

Data Tooling 1 1

Employment 1 1

Electronics 1 1

Legal 1

HR 1

IT Infrastructure 1
Communicati… 1 Seed (.5-2)
SW… 1 Early Venture (2-8)
Productivity 1 Venture (8-20)
Automation 1 Growth (20-100)
Design 1 Megaround (>100)
Gaming 1

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