Interesting 2014 report compiled by Clipperton Finance
Beyond the mega VC deals such as Delivery Hero (food delivery), Blablacar (car sharing) or Adyen (online payments), three companies in Switzerland are mentioned in the top charts with GetYourGuide (travel), Xeltis (medtech) and Biocartis (biotech).
InnovationFinancingUpdate_January-2015
2014 marks a landmark year for European innovation
financing with almost $8b invested in European
technology companies. As we enter 2015, this year
promises to shed some light on whether last year will be
remembered as a record year at the peak of a cycle or the
beginning of long-lasting momentum.
There is an unquestionable acceleration in the volume and
size of large financings in the European landscape, still far
from current US standards but displaying a few interesting
trends.
• Recent large rounds suggest the new generation of
potential European unicorns , aiming to become the
successors to Spotify, Criteo or Zalando: fast growth
companies such as BlaBlaCar (car sharing), Adyen (online
payment) or Delivery Hero (food delivery)
• The new stars in the making stem mainly from a few
specific segments: new online payment solutions, fintech
marketplaces such as Funding Circle and most notably from
vertical consumer marketplaces
• Following the steps of Rocket Internet companies,
European entrepreneurs in the consumer marketplace arena
are showing well executed and rapid global expansion, often
by targeting large markets in emerging countries. This is the
example of BlaBlaCar and the online food delivery players
such as Delivery Hero or Food Panda. In these segments,
European champions are more aggressive in the race to
globalization than their US counterparts. For once, the
small size of each local market in Europe could prove to be an
asset in pushing national leaders to expand quickly abroad
into ever more far reaching market whilst adopting the right
local approach within each region.
Andromede Ventures 