Europe’s late-stage funding gap hinders tech startups’ global growth, Celonis says

PUBT · 6d ago
Europe’s late-stage funding gap hinders tech startups’ global growth, Celonis says
  • Europe needs integrated capital markets and simpler regulation to help technology startups scale globally without relocating or selling to foreign buyers.
  • EU later-stage venture capital investment totaled $18 billion in 2023, compared with $100 billion in the US.
  • Regulatory complexity affected 79% of surveyed European technology founders; 24% were considering or had already relocated headquarters because of it.
  • Sovereign AI computing and cloud infrastructure needs government procurement support to establish a core market for European technology.
  • Broader industrial AI adoption could strengthen startups’ revenue and attract later-stage investment, but fragmented data remains a barrier to deployment.


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