Disaster or opportunity? European VC investors weigh in on Trump's tariffs
3 Apr 2025
16:15
Donald Trump’s new tariffs will hit all European companies hard – including impact startups.
But could there be some positive side effects as well?
Impact Loop surveyed a number of major European VCs to get their take on how the US tariffs will impact investor appetite, supply chains and access to top talent.
"I think we should call a spade a spade, and these higher tariffs just make things more difficult for everybody," Steffen Wagner, co-founder of the European deeptech investor Verve Ventures, tells Impact Loop.
But could there be some positive side effects as well?
Impact Loop surveyed a number of major European VCs to get their take on how the US tariffs will impact investor appetite, supply chains and access to top talent.
"I think we should call a spade a spade, and these higher tariffs just make things more difficult for everybody," Steffen Wagner, co-founder of the European deeptech investor Verve Ventures, tells Impact Loop.