State of European Tech

Embrace the past, shape the future

The State of European Tech is essential reading for anyone who wants to truly understand the drivers, challenges and motivations shaping Europe’s tech ecosystem. Since 2015, we have been delivering these unparalleled, data-driven insights. Read our past reports here.

Origins

  • State of European Tech 2023

    2023 was another difficult year for European tech. But amidst the challenges, one sector dominated the headlines. We spoke to founders and leading Europeans from across the ecosystem to tell the story of Europe's leading role in the biggest technology story of 2023 - AI.

  • 2023
    20m

    Tom Wehmeier State of European Tech 2023 Keynote

  • 2023
    24m

    OpenAI CTO Mira Murati in an exclusive interview on European Tech

  • 2023
    16m

    The founders of Aleph Alpha, DeepL and Mistral on the rise of LLMs

  • 2023
    20m

    Kheiron Medical, Corti and Instadeep on the real-world impact AI is having in healthcare

  • State of European Tech 2022

    After an unparalleled 2021, the second half of 2022 saw the start of a global downturn, and the ecosystem found itself in a completely different reality. We gathered some of the best minds in tech to unpick the year and reveal what they believe comes next for European tech.

  • 2022
    14m

    State of European Tech 2022 highlights with co-authors Tom Wehmeier & Sarah Guemouri

  • 2022
    19m

    Europe's role in shaping tomorrow with Kinnevik Chairman James Anderson and La Famiglia's Judith Dada

  • 2022
    4m

    Stripe Co-founder John Collison on how to be efficient in a tougher macro environment

  • 2022
    18m

    Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie in conversation with Elvie Founder Tania Boler on her femtech Founder journey

  • 2022
    21m

    Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski on why Klarna took a downround in 2022

  • 2022
    3m

    Author and Scholar Carlota Perez on what we can learn from past technological revolutions

  • 2022
    2m

    Mykhailo Federov, Ukraine's Digital Transformation Minister, on the Ukrainian ecosystem's resilience throughout the war

  • 2022
    20m

    Federico Faggin & DeepMind COO Lila Ibrahim on how the invention of the microprocessor changed everything

  • State of European Tech 2021

    2021 was a transformative year for the European tech ecosystem. It saw Europe firmly positioned as a global tech player, with a record $100B of capital invested, 98 new unicorns, and the strongest ever startup pipeline.

  • 2021
    22m

    Co-authors Tom Wehmeier & Sarah Guemouri on 2021's report highlights

  • 2021
    28m

    How Wolt evolved from a hyperlocal delivery service into a $8 billion European tech success

  • 2021
    15m

    Black Seed’s Co-founder Karl Lokko on empowering black entrepreneurs

  • 2021
    25m

    Europe's first female unicorn founder, Corinne Vigreux, on perseverance and paying it forward

  • 2021
    17m

    Sebastian Siemiatkowski on Klarna's rise to becoming Europe's most valuable private tech company

  • 2021
    32m

    Tony Blair on the current challenges and future direction of European tech regulation

  • State of European Tech 2020

    Despite a series of uncertainties and upheavals, the tech industry was a net beneficiary of the shift to digital brought on by Covid-19, with 2020 setting a new record of capital invested into European tech.

  • 2020
    15m

    How did Covid-19 and its consequences affect European tech?

  • 2020
    15m

    Report Co-authors Tom Wehmeier and Sarah Guemori present highlights from the State of European Tech 2020

  • 2020
    m

    Emmanuel Macron discusses the role European entrepreneurs will play in addressing global challenges and fuelling economic growth

  • 2020
    21m

    Klarna's Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Omio's Naren Shaam on raising big rounds and leading their teams through the pandemic

  • 2020
    23m

    TransferWise's Taavet Hinrikus speaks to four European VCs about investment competition and deploying funds during a pandemic

  • 2020
    24m

    Hopin and MessageBird's Founders give advice to founders fundraising now and explain why 2020 was a pivotal year for fundraising

  • 2020
    20m

    BeautyStack Founder Sharmadean Reid and Qatalog Founder Tariq Rauf on their lessons learned at Series A

  • 2020
    1m

    Goodbye and thank you for watching!

  • State of European Tech 2019

    2019 set a new high for capital invested in European tech. Investment in purpose driven European tech companies saw huge spike and we cast a spotlight on Europe’s billion-dollar success stories. Watch report co-author Tom Wehmeier cover the best of 2019 on stage at Slush.

  • 2019
    39m

    The State of European Tech 2019

  • State of European Tech 2018

    European tech investment continued to grow at a record pace in 2018 and Europe’s tech industry drove crucial economic growth in a stagnating European economy. Watch report co-author Tom Wehmeier present the highlights on stage at Slush.

  • Launch: State of European Tech 2018 by Atomico, Slush & Orrick

  • Forming the European Perspective on Tech

  • State of European Tech 2017

    Despite the impact of macro events like Brexit, European tech maintained its sense of optimism and 2017 was another record year for European tech investment. Report co-author Tom Wehmeier presents the highlights of 2017 at Slush.

  • Atomico: State of European Tech 2017

  • State of European Tech 2016

    The State of European Tech report from 2016.

  • Daniel Ek, Niklas Zennström, Ilkka Paananen: How We Failed Our Way to Success

  • State of European Tech 2015

    The very first State of European Tech report.

  • State of European Tech Companies | Niklas Zennström | Slush 2015

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