Semicorns? $500 million+ rounds become a thing Softbank Vision Fund has mostly the 12 $5 billion+ companies that have set its eyes on the US, but it has also been founded in the past 15 years and been active in Europe, leading giant as more growth stage capital lines up to $500 million+ rounds into Improbable capture the European tech opportunity, and Auto1. As Europe produces more we should expect $500 million+ rounds multibillion-dollar companies to go with to become more common. EuroSaaS European SaaS companies take the public stage European founders and investors are going to predict who makes it out first, the first to admit that Europe started but we do think 2019 will see the next behind the curve in SaaS. But Europe’s set of European SaaS IPOs to follow leading SaaS companies are making in the footsteps of pioneers such as up for lost time and scaling quickly. Mimecast. It’s about time too. We’re looking at you, UIPath. We are not 150 In Partnership with & www.thestateofeuropeantech.com
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