'We’re taking Europe for granted' – is the EU startup scene ready for a comeback?
14 jan. 2025
08:00
Europe has been trailing the US for several years when it comes to startup innovation, growth and scaling. Does it always have to be this way?
It is common to see business commentators pointing to Europe’s ‘decline’ in start-up growth and innovation in recent years, particularly since the halcyon days of 2020 and 2021. Energy shocks, political turbulence and a land war, among many other things, have seen investors largely putting their wallets away and looking for safer bets rather than moonshots.
Investors around Europe who spoke with Impact Loop for our 2025 lookahead (which you can still catch here) were optimistic about the amount of capital they see being raised for deployment this coming year, but it can’t be ignored that the picture at the end of 2024 was dispiriting.