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Can Europe create its own Deep Tech giants? By BCG Not so long ago, the technology startup landscape in Europe was sparsely populated, especially when compared with other tech-rich regions of the world. But in recent years, European universities and research centers...

The necessity for a Private reputable Lead Investor for Dutch Deep Tech companies There is currently an urgent need for a Dutch Private reputable Lead Investor that is hands-on and has the ability to invest equity tickets of at least €30 million per company to scale...

Building a world class Dutch start-up ecosystem A strategy to both increase the number of start-ups and facilitate their ability to scale can elevate the Netherlands to a global leader in the world of entrepreneurship ecosystems. Read the article here By:  McKinsey’s...

Securing Europe’s competitiveness: Addressing its technology gap Even amid war in Europe and the energy and cost of living crisis that has resulted, the region needs to pay attention to its slow-motion corporate and technology crisis. This report builds on an MGI...

Executive summary Record-breaking heatwaves and the Russia-Ukraine war’s reverberating impacts on energy infrastructure set an ominous tone for climate advocates in 2022, but climatetech companies and investors are rising to the challenge. The recent passage of the...

The Deep Tech Decade Where Frontier Tech is Headed in 2022 In many ways, 2021 was the year of deep tech. We started the year with a biotech breakthrough — mRNA vaccines that were approved in record time to bring us on course towards a return to pre-pandemic life. We...

How venture capital investment in deep tech can tackle climate change This is one of a series of articles written by Young Global Leaders with action-oriented ideas to improve the state of the world by 2030. Solving climate change is like cleaning dirty laundry: the...

How Europe Can Ride the Tech Rollercoaster The region is investing more money in young tech companies. Now it needs to scale them. In 2021, Europe’s tech venture capital market boomed - it doubled in size from 2019. The next challenge will be to scale – a task that...

Deep Tech in the Dutch Startup Ecosystem The Netherlands is currently lagging behind in total deep tech investment compared to other European startups ecosystems. Although the Netherlands ranks highly in global scientific research, more efforts need to be made to...

Meeting the Challenges of Deep Tech Investing This article is part of a series from BCG and Hello Tomorrow on deep tech and its potential for businesses, governments, and societies around the world. It is based on the new report The Deep Tech Investment Paradox. In...