A new report has shed light on the impact European and Israeli unicorns have had on the wider tech ecosystem since the global economic crisis 14 years ago. The report, titled “Europe and Israel’s Startup Founder Factories,” was produced by venture capital firm Accel with extensive support from the startup and venture capital data platform …
Cockroaches are startups that can survive a long period of winter financinglike the parasites that can survive a nuclear war. Most startups go through the cockroach phase at least once, gaining experience and knowledge along with their business strategy, experts say. For startups that cannot survive without external funds, the future is bleak, leading to …
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Southeastern Europe, a region traditionally known in tech for outsourcing and affordable engineering talent, has managed to flip the plot lately. The Balkans have seen record growth and the emergence of scaling successes such as competitor Twilio Infobip, Car manufacturer Bugatti Rimac and other unicorns. But what about startups with the potential to reach a …
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Nearly a decade after the term “unicorn” was coined, perhaps the best and brightest venture capital firms have finally outgrown what the ecosystem can handle. Their rise is the product of business models that generated growth with cheap money, and the financial conditions that made that model possible have changed profoundly. Starting in 2021 and …
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