Mapping the world's tech ecosystems. Founder @yoramdw

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joined November 2012
Bpifrance has backed 17 unicorns since 2021, more than twice as many as any of its public peers.
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Bpifrance is the most active European public investor in VC. Dealroom data shows it joined 817 rounds directly since January 2021, with an estimated €3.2B of its own money.
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Bpifrance joined more late-stage rounds than the other nine most active European public investors combined.
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Startups in the European Union raised $18.1B in venture capital in Q3 2026, up 90% on the same quarter last year and 37% on the previous quarter. Dealroom counts 765 rounds in the quarter. The largest was Mistral AI's $3.3B Series D, backed by PSG, Samsung Electronics and the Scaleup Europe Fund. Plus $1B+ rounds for Helsing, Quantum Systems, ICEYE, Poolside AI. dealroom.co/quarterly-report…
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Microsoft has pulled out as anchor tenant at Nscale's flagship UK data centre in Loughton, weeks after Nscale filed for a NYSE listing that could value it at up to $35B. Microsoft and Anthropic account for roughly 85% of Nscale's contract value. dealroom.co/news/163491-micr…
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NEW REPORT: The State of VC in Italy 2026 Italy's VC-backed companies are now worth a combined $96B: Created with Wave by Vento. 🧵
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Italy now ranks #8 in Europe for breakout capital, rounds of $15M to $100M, up from #15 in 2021.
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Italy's startups cluster in Milan ($39B) and Turin ($10B), while 259 universities spread research across the whole country. The full State of Italian VC report, out now: dealroom.co/reports/the-stat…
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2 weeks to the TCS NYC Marathon 🗽🏃 The Runner’s Startup Stack: 158 companies, 10 segments, 23+ countries powering the modern runner, from Maurten and Whoop to Runna and Strava. Full map 👇 dealroom.co/market-maps/runn…
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Cohere has signed a letter of intent to acquire AISLE, a San Francisco and Prague startup that uses AI to find and fix unknown software vulnerabilities. The deal adds cybersecurity to Cohere's sovereign AI stack for enterprise and government. dealroom.co/news/162867-cohe…
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The new Dealroom Ecosystem Platform is live 🚀   We rebuilt it from the ground up for the teams who run tech ecosystems: cities, regions, economic development agencies and innovation offices.   What's inside:   📊 Your tech ecosystem in numbers: funding, enterprise value, top deals and the latest news on one dashboard   📰 One news feed for every round, deal and milestone in your region   🗺️ Every company on a live map. Click, zoom into neighbourhoods and explore   🔍️ One search bar for companies, investors, people and universities. Search "deep tech" in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Skild AI, Efficient Computer, Aurora and Stack AV come up first   🤝 Investor matching: founders answer five quick questions and get a ranked shortlist of investors by location, sector and stage   🎨 Branded as your own, as Glasgow, Québec and Pittsburgh already are   Your whole tech ecosystem, in one place. See it on Dealroom 👉️ dealroom.co/ecosystems-netwo…
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Four new companies, Just Founded: Ingate AI: LLM observability gateway Noesis, Toronto: go-to-market recruitment Northbound Navigators: go-to-market consulting The Language Cottage, Thailand: language courses dealroom.co/just-founded/
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US startups raised $108B in venture capital funding in Q3 2026. That brings the total for 2026 to date to $487B, or 73% of global venture capital this year, an all-time high. No prizes for guessing the biggest driver of rounds raised this year. 🤖
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The new AI labs are building far more than chatbots. 163 funded labs founded since 2023, mapped by what they build: from language models to robotics, video, voice and science. dealroom.co/market-maps/
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The most active investors in 2026 are some of the biggest names in VC. @a16z, @generalcatalyst, @lightspeedvp, @sequoia and @accel have all participated in over 100 rounds each in 2026.
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AI accounted for 80% of global venture capital raised in Q3 2026. In terms of sectors it's being applied to, Enterprise Software application startups raised $50.2B, followed by Health and Space.
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