{"id":1298,"date":"2020-03-04T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T09:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gec.whooom.nl\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2021-02-22T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T12:59:46","slug":"investments-in-dutch-startups-almost-doubled-in-2019-how-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldeneggcheck.com\/en\/investments-in-dutch-startups-almost-doubled-in-2019-how-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Investments in Dutch startups almost doubled in 2019. How come?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch tech startups and scale-ups raised more than \u20ac1.4 billion in venture capital investments last year. That\u2019s again a new high, and almost twice as much the year before.<\/p>\n<p>How come?<\/p>\n<p id=\"975c\" class=\"gs gt by ar gu b gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf er\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">In this blogpost we\u2019ll explore how we can explain why the investments in startups have almost doubled in 2019 compared to 2018. We look into a number of different possible explanations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li id=\"17f7\" class=\"gs gt by ar gu b gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf iu iv iw\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">more deals, bigger deals or both?<\/li>\n<li id=\"2fbe\" class=\"gs gt by ar gu b gv ix gx iy gz iz hb ja hd jb hf iu iv iw\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">more later-stage rounds?<\/li>\n<li id=\"ec54\" class=\"gs gt by ar gu b gv ix gx iy gz iz hb ja hd jb hf iu iv iw\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">more Medtech deals?<\/li>\n<li id=\"8fae\" class=\"gs gt by ar gu b gv ix gx iy gz iz hb ja hd jb hf iu iv iw\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">more outliers?<\/li>\n<li id=\"052f\" class=\"gs gt by ar gu b gv ix gx iy gz iz hb ja hd jb hf iu iv iw\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">more foreign investors?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read it all in our new blogpost:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/golden-egg-check\/investments-in-dutch-startups-almost-doubled-in-2019-how-come-6073abe689ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">https:\/\/medium.com\/golden-egg-check\/investments-in-dutch-startups-almost-doubled-in-2019-how-come-6073abe689ee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch tech startups and scale-ups raised more than \u20ac1.4 billion in venture capital investments last year. 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