The Midas List Europe, Forbes\u2019 data-driven ranking of the top 25 VCs in Europe and the Middle East, is back for its ninth year. Submissions are open through October 23.<\/p>\n
Europe\u2019s top startups investors are riding the wave of a new influx of AI talent forming startups on the continent, with companies like Elevenlabs, Mistral and Black Forest Labs competing with the world\u2019s best and commanding billion-dollar plus valuations. This year\u2019s rankings also face a shakeup thanks to Klarna\u2019s $20 billion IPO, one of largest exits for local investors, and a flurry of three comma deals that promise to shake up this year\u2019s rankings.<\/p>\n
Submissions for the Midas List Europe 2025, the definitive ranking of the continent\u2019s best venture capitalists, are now open through October 23. Produced in partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners, the Midas List Europe is a data-driven list that evaluates hundreds of investors from across Europe and the Middle East\u2019s top venture firms.<\/p>\n
MIDAS LIST NOMINATION FORM<\/a><\/p>\n The Midas List Europe features the continent\u2019s top 25 VCs ranked based on their portfolio results by Forbes, our partner TrueBridge and an independent judging panel of industry experts. Eligible portfolio companies must have gone public or been acquired for at least $100 million over the past five years, or have at least doubled their private valuation since initial investment to $200 million or more over the same period. Liquid exits count for more than unrealized returns, and the Midas model rewards investors who have made high conviction bets.<\/p>\n With decades of experience and industry data, Midas and TrueBridge can ensure that data is input correctly and confidentially; portfolio performance shared in the Midas process is not published or shared. The list and process is reviewed by a judging panel featuring three senior investment professionals who collectively manage over $120 billion of assets and allocate capital to venture funds and startups but are not themselves eligible for the list. The judging panel is anonymous to protect the list\u2019s integrity.<\/p>\n ForbesForbes Midas List Europe 2024 – Top European Venture Capitalists<\/a><\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Midas List Europe saw Berlin-based Pawel Chudzinski of Point Nine Capital surge to the top of the rankings thanks to early bets on fintech Revolut, which is now reportedly raising at a $65 billion valuation. A new wave of European AI startups and a flurry of exits in the Nordics could bring an even bigger shakeup to this year\u2019s list.<\/p>\n Note: Investors that submitted for the global Midas List, published each May, are encouraged to re-submit for Midas List Europe unless their portfolio activity remains unchanged.<\/p>\n \nMORE FROM FORBES<\/strong>ForbesEurope\u2019s Top VC Bet Big On Berlin\u2019s Once \u2018Poor But Sexy\u2019 Startup SceneBy Iain Martin<\/a>ForbesThe Methodology Behind The Midas List Europe: How Data Shapes The RankingsBy TrueBridge Capital<\/a>ForbesTrendsetters On The Midas List Europe 2024: Pioneers Of European InnovationBy TrueBridge Capital<\/a>ForbesTenacity And Innovation Define 2024: The Top Companies Driving The Midas List EuropeBy TrueBridge Capital<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Midas List Europe, Forbes\u2019 data-driven ranking of the top 25 VCs in Europe and the Middle East,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,89997,163456,59685,163460,163459,163461,16097,3141,163458,163457],"class_list":{"0":"post-497071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-forbes","12":"tag-forbes-midas-list","13":"tag-midas-list","14":"tag-midas-list-nominations","15":"tag-midas-list-submissions","16":"tag-top-investors","17":"tag-vc","18":"tag-venture-capital","19":"tag-worlds-top-tech-investors","20":"tag-worlds-top-venture-capitalists"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115368863906908222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}