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ARTICLE | Finance

Europe: Some spots hotter than others

Pockets of excellence for start-ups in Europe are prompting VCs to raise funds for other regions to catch up

May 24, 2019 8:45 PM UTC

Led by the U.K., various regions in Europe are raising their profile as hotspots of innovation. But as other areas lose ground, local VCs are raising fresh capital and building the infrastructure needed to boost company creation.

BioCentury's analysis of new European companies formed from 2016-18 shows that nearly one third of the underlying technologies originated from a U.K. university or research institution, by far the largest region. ...