2023 Startup Observatory Annual Report

Startup Investment Trends 2023

Report on the evolution and trends of investment in the Spanish startup ecosystem in 2023, created from the data collected in the Startup Observatory tool.

Investment volume

Investment volume

Both the volume of investment decreases in 2023, with 32.2% less, and the number of operations with 10.3% less compared to 2022, However, the data are better than those of the years prior to the record of 2021

Investment volume

Investment rounds

Investment rounds

Rounds in which only foreign investors participate have fallen by 38% in volume and in mixed rounds, where local and foreign investors co-invest, they fall by 44%.

Investment rounds

Investors

Investors

The volume of investment in which only national investors participate has grown by 31%, among other factors thanks to the fact that since 2021 venture capital funds have been raised with a cumulative target size of 3,782 million euros

Investors

Sectors

Sectors

In terms of sectors, Mobility&Logistics leads thanks to the operations of Revel and Cabify, BigData&Analysis thanks to Denodo’s round of more than €300M and Fintech/Insurtech, which has been influenced due to Twinco’s round with more than €60M.

Sectors

Exits

Exits

Regarding divestments, the number of exits has decreased by 33%, from 80 in 2022 to 53 in 2023.

Exits

Investment Trends Report 2023

Investment Trends Report 2023

Investment Trends Report 2023

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