In 2024, European startups are facing significant delays between funding rounds, reflecting a more cautious venture capital environment. The median time between rounds has increased across most series, particularly for later-stage companies. Startups seeking Series C funding, for instance, are now experiencing a median gap of two years between rounds, compared to 1.6 years in […]
European Startups Facing Longer Gaps Between Funding Rounds
European Venture Capital Trends and Insights: Q2 2024 Review
Introduction As the European venture capital (VC) landscape continues to evolve, Q2 2024 has seen notable shifts in investment trends driven by a recovering valuation environment and declining interest rates. The quarter witnessed significant activity in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) sectors, with AI becoming the second-most-active vertical in Europe. This review provides […]
Looking back at what happened at the beginning of the year in Venture Capital
Surge in Venture Capital Boosts Europe’s Cleantech Startups to Record Highs Europe’s cleantech startups are experiencing a historic influx of venture capital, with the first quarter of 2024 marking a significant milestone in funding. According to the latest data, these startups have attracted a staggering €6.8 billion (about $7.3 billion) in investments, representing a year-over-year […]
MIIF Activities May-June 2024
After the beautiful event of March held in the presence of more than 300 guests at the Yacht Club de Monaco, the MIIF has scheduled the next appointments! In the upcoming weeks there will be networking sessions to discover projects, strategies and interesting investments opportunities. Here the agenda of the next weeks: 18th May from […]
Conferences MIIF 2024
On the third edition of the Monaco International Investment Forum there will be 8 conferences throughout the day. Below the program 10-10.45 “Races are won at the end: the new opportunity in last-stage investing” Presentation held by Mr. Alberto Chalon, Founding Partner Giano Capital, and Mr. Andreas Wiele, General Partner Giano Capital 10.45-11.30 “The AI […]
We changed the name but the vision is the same
Since its inception, the Investment Forum has grown and opened its doors to increasingly international enterprises and individuals, welcoming companies from Germany, Luxembourg, Middle East, Romania in addition to Monaco and Switzerland already from its second edition. As a consequence, to reflect the vision and identity of the format and at the same time to […]
Impact investing and microfinance, a win-win for Investors and end-borrowers
When it comes to finance, especially international one, we are used to hearing head-spinning figures. Whether they are expressed in percentage growth rates, absolute values or volumes traded. Despite its name, speaking of microfinance – that business of financing small entrepreneurs who would find it difficult to obtain credit from traditional circuits – this perception […]
The Monaco et Suisse Investment Forum is on Monaco Affari
The Monaco et Suisse Investment Forum is featured on Monaco Affari #18, the business magazine between Milan (Italy) and the Principality of Monaco. We would like to express our gratitude to the Editor in Chief and to all the team of Monaco Affari for the great article.
The Monaco et Suisse Investment Forum is on Monaco Life
The Monaco et Suisse Investment Forum is featured on Monaco Life, the leading source of English language news for the Principality and beyond that covers the latest stories, interviews with high profile members of the community, events and information. The Monaco et Suisse Investment Forum took on a decidedly international flair this year, inviting […]
The Monaco et Suisse Investment Forum is on Il Settimanale
The Monaco et Suisse Investment Forum is featured on Il Settimanale, an Italian weekly newspaper focusing on the small and medium-sized entreprises. The journal explains and analyzes a variety of topics such as economy, national and foreign politics, sustainability, finance, innovation and much more. To read the full article please click here We would like […]