Specifically, it jumped from 1bn in Q1 to 2.4bn in Q2.

The continuous valuation growth of 2024 implies a 12.3% increase for the full year from 2023.

Deal count is following the same upward trend.

Europe’s unicorns have risen to €447.4B in total value, report finds

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The medial deal size stands at 98.7mn, with AI dominating the largest rounds.

These includefundingrounds from machine translation startupDeepLand Stable Diffusions developerStability AI.

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There are now 141 active unicorns in Europe, with eight newborns making the list so far in 2024.

Early-stage median valuations also rose to 17.3 (up 17.3% from 2023).

Pre-seed continues to remain the most resilient part of the market valuation-wise, while late-stage valuations saw small declines.

Ioanna Lykiardopoulou

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Ioanna is a writer at TNW.

With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.

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