Happy (belated) St Patrick's Day ☘️ Check out the fastest-growing Irish startups.

Build-your-own ecosystem rankings

* V. cool new feature alert.

Ever interested in how certain different cities or countries rank on things like # of startups, VC funding, ecosystem value, or unicorns and can't find the answer? Maybe you want to know about Central and Eastern European countries or LATAM city hubs, or you'd like to compare Mumbai, Miami, Manchester, Munich and Medellin.

Now you can. Use our ecosystem comparison tool to pick your metrics and places, and hit the top of the column to rank them. We've had a lot of fun with this already ourselves and it's a gamechanger. Let us know what you think and what you find @Dealroomco

The future UK tech built

We're super pleased to once again partner with Tech Nation for the Tech Nation Report, the 7th annual state of the nation on UK tech. Some stats:

💰 $15B - Record UK tech investment in 2020
🤖 +17% - YoY UK deep tech investment
✈️ 63% - VC investment from overseas

Despite the positive picture and success stories, Brexit and the pandemic still pose big challenges, and there are companies with bigger R&D budgets that most European countries. All of the above explored in the report. 

Also

📆 Tomorrow: What the EU's thinking and doing about tech, startups, data and green innovation - Digital Day 2021.

🚴 Market and growth analysis of pre-IPO Deliveroo, and the future of food delivery.

🎤24th-26th March: Amsterdam Capital House 2021, 39 sessions on startups, impact & capital, with people like Growth Tribe, Peak Capital & Startup Amsterdam.

💌 Not Optional: an open letter from startup founders and investors to European governments on employee options and the EU Startup Nations Standard.

💰 Top 10 Series A investors globally - Business Insider, with Dealroom data (paywall).

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