October 2020
Industrial innovation:
the next big opportunity in tech.
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Speedinvest - The VC for European
Industrial Tech Startups.
Speedinvest is a leading European, early-stage VC with focused
investment teams, in-house expert support, and the networks
needed to build category-defining tech companies.
The Industrial Tech team invests in seed-stage startups across
Europe that solve complex problems within the industrial world.
We love startups that revolutionize complete industries or support
the “old economy” in becoming more digital. Our investors are
leading industrial corporations eager to collaborate with our
portfolio companies.
Learn more about our Industrial Tech, Fintech, Deep Tech, Network
Effects, and Health and Consumer Tech teams and our +170
portfolio companies at speedinvest.com.
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Dealroom.co is the foremost data provider on startup,
early-stage and growth company ecosystems in Europe
and around the globe.
Founded in Amsterdam in 2013, we now work with many of
the world's most prominent investors, entrepreneurs and
government organizations to provide transparency,
analysis and insights on venture capital activity.
Our offerings include data sets via SaaS and API as well as
custom reports and bespoke ecosystem platforms.
Global intelligence about promising
companies, from startups to unicorns.
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After growing 2.7x faster than
overall VC, the ecosystem has
reached critical mass.
Industrial Tech investment has grown 8.8x
between 2014 and 2020, nearly three times
faster than overall European VC investment
which already grew 3.2x in the same period.
German and French startups lead the way in
Europe, having raised €1.9 billion since 2014,
roughly 45% of the European total.
8.8x
€0.1B
€1.2B
30% of GDP
industry
32% of GDP
Enterprise services
32% of GDP
Consumer services
6% agriculture
Share of global
economy
Industry 4.0 era
in 2020s
The web in 1990s
Mobile era in 2000s
Digital
breakthroughs
eCommerce 1990s
Cloud-era in 2010s
2014
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