London, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm were particularly popular places for startup investment rounds. A startup is usually defined as a starting (group of) entrepreneur(s), but there are many different definitions of this term. For this specific ranking, the source mentions that it included startups that are less than ten years old. Exceptions were companies which did not mention their founding year, or which were officially listed as a startup despite passing the ten-year mark.
The European startup scene heated up in recent years, reaching approximately 8,400 recorded investments in different cities across the continent. Total number of investments in startups in Europe from 2017 to 2022
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EY. (April 6, 2023). Total number of investments in startups in Europe from 2017 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/763156/number-of-investments-in-start-ups-in-europe/
EY. "Total number of investments in startups in Europe from 2017 to 2022." Chart. April 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/763156/number-of-investments-in-start-ups-in-europe/
EY. (2023). Total number of investments in startups in Europe from 2017 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/763156/number-of-investments-in-start-ups-in-europe/
EY. "Total Number of Investments in Startups in Europe from 2017 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/763156/number-of-investments-in-start-ups-in-europe/
EY, Total number of investments in startups in Europe from 2017 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/763156/number-of-investments-in-start-ups-in-europe/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Total number of investments in startups in Europe from 2017 to 2022 [Graph], EY, April 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/763156/number-of-investments-in-start-ups-in-europe/