---
title: The Americans are coming
---

This week: Understanding cross-border capital flows, mapping startups against UN SDGs, and construction tech.

| View in browser APRIL 8, 2021 Morning. Anyone else excited about wobbling muons? The Americans are coming A third of all investment into European startups has come from US investors so far in 2021. That compares to ~25% of capital coming across the pond over the last five years. US involvement in megarounds for Northvolt, Klarna and UIPath have boosted totals, that contributed to a record quarter for VC in Europe.    We've built a new toy. Our upgraded data viz tool makes it super easy to analyse investment by source - see how much funding in a particular sector or geography is coming from VCs vs CVCs, or from Asia vs the US. Let us know what you find! Follow the money   Startups + UN SDGs Impact is booming. Just 3 months into the year, investment into impact startups is at 42% of 2020's total. On the open-access impact and innovation database, we just passed 6,000 startups individually mapped against at least one UN Sustainable Development Goal.    Last year you might have seen our impact data in Atomico's State of European Tech 2020, or PwC's State of ClimateTech 2020, but you can discover new data and insights all year round at the collaborative online home of impact and innovation, in partnership with Impact City, Danske Bank and Tech Nation. Track impact startups   Also 📣 Calling deep tech scaleups: applications are open for EIT's 8th Digital Challenge, and there's €250k up for grabs for the winners.    🏗 Design & planning to procurement & supply chains -  the global construction tech landscape.   🗞 Beyond Silicon Valley: a look at some of the world's key tech hubs, International Banker, with Dealroom data. Like this Weekly Newsletter?  You'll love the Daily Newsletter! Stay informed on rounds & exits that happen and hot startups we detected in our Daily Newsletter. Receive new companies that match your saved searches. Activate it for free by visiting your account settings.   Think a friend might like this weekly newsletter? Forward it on and they can subscribe here. To get pro-tips about creating and refining searches, and set up useful notifications, download Dealroom's quickstart-guide. Dealroom.co, Cornelis Dirkszstraat 27-2, 1056 TP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
| --- |