The latest State of Dutch Tech report indicates that early-stage investment continues to pose significant challenges for Dutch startups, with a decline in new startup formations. Many firms struggle to scale up, partly due to insufficient local investment in substantial funding rounds. To maintain competitiveness in critical tech sectors like deeptech and AI, experts emphasize the need for increased institutional investment to boost venture capital funding. This shift is essential to develop a stronger scale-up ecosystem that can support emerging companies and foster further innovation in the region.
Until now, Europe has been focused heavily on the early stages, and not enough on the scale-up phase. This needs to change for tech growth.
We have developed a much more mature venture capital ecosystem, but convincing institutional investors to invest in venture capital is key for growth.
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