Almost 80 European Deep Tech University Spinouts Hit $1B Valuations in 2025
A new report shows 76 European spinouts have reached billion-dollar valuations or high revenues, attracting more venture capital.
Copenhagen: Europe is known for its great ideas from universities. Now, many of these ideas are becoming companies. These new companies, called spinouts, are worth a lot of money. A report from Dealroom shows that 76 of them reached $1 billion in value or $100 million in revenue by 2025.
Famous companies like Iceye and Synthesia are examples of successful spinouts. They are encouraging more people to invest money in university spinouts. Just this month, two new funds were announced to help fund even more talent from European universities.
One of these new funds is called PSV Hafnium. It just closed a fund worth about $71 million. It is focused on new tech in Nordic countries. Another fund, U2V, is also looking to raise a similar amount of money for its first fund.
These new funds are joining others like Cambridge Innovation Capital. These funds want to invest in university spinouts because they see them as promising businesses. In fact, companies like Oxford Ionics sold for over $1 billion, showing that investing in spinouts can be a good idea.
Spinouts are getting more funding overall. The report says they may raise around $9.1 billion in 2025. Although venture capital funding is down, spinouts continue to attract attention, especially in areas like nuclear energy and drones.
These spinouts get support from research labs, helping them find success. PSV Hafnium is also investing in new companies like SisuSemi, which is making cleaner technology for semiconductors, using ideas from Finnish research institutions.
More funding is great, but there is still a need for more growth capital for these companies. The report mentions that this issue affects all startups in Europe. Much of the late-stage funding still comes from the U.S., which shows a bigger problem that needs to be solved.