Flow Partners x Dealroom - Global Tech Update - Q3 2023

09 November 2023Reports

Overview

We checked in on the data and trends driving the global startup, tech and venture ecosystem in 2023. A few of the headlines of our report in partnership with Dealroom:

Investment is growing again - has a corner been turned?
Up to 400 unicorns have been dehorned.
Median round sizes have come back down after the 2021 spike.
Marketplaces and e-commerce investment has collapsed.
China's on the way back.
Europe's share of global VC is at an all-time high.
Exits are ticking along, with a few important tests now underway…
…and there's still plenty of dry powder in the market.

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