Since the beginning of the year, there has been an unavoidable truth: there are more unicorns and mega rounds in Spain and Europe than ever. The annual report “State of European Tech” by the venture capital investment firm Atomico confirms this fact. According to them, the number of European unicorns has risen from 223 to 321 in just the last year.
Spanish unicorns
According to Atomico’s report, Spain is now the 6th country in Europe to receive more investment for startups, more than Switzerland. We are talking about more than €2.500 million
The report highlights that in Southern Europe, Spain is the furthest in the lead, with 12 startups achieving unicorn status. Amadeus IT Group, Allfunds Bank, Jazztel, Idealista, AlienVault, Wallbox, Cabify, Hotelbeds Group, Glovo, Schibsted Spain, eDreams Odigeo, and Letgo are the new startups “Made in Spain” valued at over $1 billion.
In comparison, Portugal has two and Italy only one unicorn. The rest of the…