Red Points CEO Laura Urquizu, photographed by WIRED in Barcelona, May 2019
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ECOSYSTEM DATA POINTS
STARTUP INDEX
The amount in square metres
of flexible space Europe
is forecast to have in 2019,
a 12 per cent increase on 2018
The global number of flexible
workplaces. Just in London,
such spaces are expected to
occupy 278,709m^2 by 2020
The average proportion of
women attending tech-
related meetup events in
Europe. This is a rise of just
one per cent from 2017
The proportion of Europe’s
total developers based in the
region's three largest hubs
The proportion of Europe and
Israel's 169 unicorn tech firms
that were created in the UK
The percentage of capital received by European startups in
2018 that went to all-male teams, according to the same report
Germany and the UK are the
joint first-choice destination
for European migratory tech
talent moving within Europe
The total venture capital investment in UK technology in 2018, a
growth of 61 per cent – more than any other European country
The amount of scaleup investment in UK fintech from 2015-2018
The number of professional developers in Europe, which is an
increase of 200,000 workers, compared to 5.5 million in 2017
Growth in investment for UK
scaleup digital tech firms
between 2016 and 2018, mostly
in London and Cambridge
The number in billions of dollars invested in European technology
firms in 2018, according to the State of European Tech report
Growth rate of VC investment
into the UK’s artificial
intelligence sector from 2014
to 2018 – it gets nearly double
the investment of France and
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