The AI Rush – Serena Capital

Because we know how to have fun, we were (litteraly) excited about spending days and nights on crunching data of European startups funded in 2016 to eventually get a real sense of what is AI and Data's real trend in Europe. Here are 4 facts that will make you change your views and you can discover the full report at the end. Numbers stagger: $774 million -- Yes 7–7 and 4, nearly 10% of the total 10 billion invested in European startups in 2016, has been fully dedicated to AI & data. Even more striking is the number of AI start-ups financed: 271, three times 2015 figures. This trend has been led by early stage investments which played a signifiant role: $215 million have been invested in 171 early stage startups (0 to $5m in funding).