53 VC-backed European tech companies founded during the last decade (2010s) have scaled to $1B+ valuation. As is to be expected, those companies overwhelmingly remain in the private markets. More than half of the companies founded in the 90s, 2000s or 2010s have already either made their transition to the public markets or have been acquired.
Companies founded in last decade
83%
of $1B+ VC-backed tech companies founded in the 2010s are still private
Share of $1B+ VC-backed European tech companies (%) by ownership status and founding year decade
Source:
Legend
Private
Public
Acquired
Note:
All Dealroom.co data excludes the following: biotech, secondary transactions, debt, lending capital, and grants. Please also note that the data excludes Israel.