Record-high year for startup investment activities: 52,3M€ invested into 626 companies – majority to new targets

Investment activity of private startup investors reached a new high in 2021, following the decline of covid-year 2020. Majority of growth funding went to companies closing their first investment round. In 2021, private early-stage investors invested altogether 52,3M€ into 626 companies. Majority of the investments were placed in companies that received their first investment, shows FiBAN’s annual member survey, responded by 480 private investors.