Now in its fourth year, we're very pleased to unveil the VC prominence rank: 2021 edition.
The six distinct rankings, varying by investment stage and geography, are intended to be a practical tool for founders, investors and LPs. Funds are ranked by number of unicorns and future unicorns backed, and deal activity, using Dealroom data, plus VC input (๐). Lots more on how and why we're ranking VCs on our blog.
Accel, Sequoia, LocalGlobe and SV Angel came out on top across the various rankings. But with some incredibly tight races at the top, and 802 cheques signed by the global top 10 in the last year, the real winners in 2021 were global founders.
With a much anticipated Deliveroo London IPO coming in a matter of weeks, we've taken a look at their 9 year ride to (potential) decacorn status, in collaboration with Flow Partners.
Thanks to all those who provided Twitter feedback on the pre-prospectus draft (including the Just Eat Takeaway CEO ๐), the final deck looks at Deliveroo's breakneck growth journey so far, the current meal delivery market landscape, unit economics, and future growth areas for Will Shu and co.
๐ Save the date, 6th April webinar with Startup Genome: Using a cloud-based data platform to track and support your startup ecosystem.
๐ฆ ICYMI, last week we launched our Unicorn index, and it's already got a few new members since then, including Starling Bank, Zego & Flutterwave.
๐ฎ 30 Seiten voller Statistiken und Insights am Food Tech รkosystem, gemeinsam mit Hungry Ventures und Good Seed Ventures / 30-page foodtech report in German.
๐ค24th-26th March: Amsterdam Capital House 2021, 39 sessions on startups, impact & capital, with people like Growth Tribe, Peak Capital & Startup Amsterdam.
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