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The Nordic region has rapidly emerged as top-tier tech hub in Europe ■ Twelve unicorns created, with a combined value of $69 billion; ranking 3 rd in Europe by this metric ■ By venture capital investment, the region is Europe’s fourth a top-tier hub alongside the UK, Germany and France ■ The region is #1 in Europe by venture capital invested per capita
Nordic Venture Capital report
by Dealroom.co for
24 - 25 September 2018
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The Nordic region has rapidly emerged
as top-tier tech hub in Europe
Twelve unicorns created, with a
combined value of $69 billion; ranking
3rd in Europe by this metric
By venture capital investment, the
region is Europe's fourth a top-tier hub
alongside the UK, Germany and France
The region is #1 in Europe by venture
capital invested per capita
The Nordics: top-tier
European tech hub
Denmark: on track for a
record year in 2018
Copenhagen is the Nordics second
largest tech hub by number of venture
rounds since 2012
In Denmark, 2018 is on track to be a
record year in terms of venture capital
investment
The previous record was 2015 but 2018
is more distributed among medium
sized deals
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Relative to Europe, the Nordics are
strong in Gaming, Energy, Telecom
and slightly underweighted Deep Tech
Denmark's strengths relative to
Europ