Published: 02 January, 2024
Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, has released its European Investor Attitude Tracker, which represents a comprehensive pulse check on the early-stage investor ecosystem across Europe.
The pan-European research comprises data compiled from more than 1250 early-stage investors from across the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands and Spain. Investors surveyed have invested in 97 start-ups on average, with an average investment of £821,460, and an average success rate of 26%.
With the UK government having stated its aim to make the nation an “international technology superpower” by 2030, European investors believe the UK is well on its way to achieving this ambition with 25% of respondents touting it as the epicentre of Europe’s deeptech development and investment. Germany, however, is only marginally behind, with 24% of investors holding this view about the continent’s largest economy by GDP.
Dr Jeremy Silver, CEO of Digital Catapult, said: “The UK has a history of incubating some…
