⚡🇪🇺 New EdTech Funding Report: €711m of VC investment 2020
Good morning,
Happy New Year! (We are still on time, right? 😬)
We hope your year is off to a great start and we are happy to have finally stepped into 2021 with a renewed sense of optimism for the world in general.
We have a special gift for you: the 2021 Brighteye European EdTech Funding Report is out! 🎉
We are excited to see that the European EdTech ecosystem is proving to be resilient and the growth in EdTech funding has hit a record level of $711M in 2020 (13x growth since 2013!).
Content
General overview of VC & PE capital invested in EdTech in China 🇨🇳 , US 🇺🇸 and EU🇪🇺
M&A in 2020: More capital, less liquidity in Europe
A 10X growth in EdTech VC investment in Europe since 2014
EdTech is proving to be an up-and-coming vertical in the European tech landscape
Average deal size is increasing
The European EdTech ecosystem has seen major investments at Series A+, despite the crisis
The UK 🇬🇧 is the clear hub of the European EdTech ecosystem
The pandemic lifts K12 into the limelight, and B2C marches on
The amount raised in the top 5 rounds keeps getting bigger
The most active early-stage EdTech investors in EU
A distorted funding seasonality due to the crisis?
Review of our 2020 predictions from last year
Our 2021 predictions
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out 📩 info@brighteyevc.com.
Thank you and stay safe,
Alex, Ben, Sarah, Hege & David