The Midas List Europe, Forbes’ data-driven ranking of the top 25 VCs in Europe and the Middle East, is back for its eighth year. Submissions are open through October 23.
The AI boom has swept across Europe with a string of massive investment rounds catapulting a new crop of startups like Mistral, Helsing and Poolside to billion-dollar plus valuations. That hasn’t yet translated into major exits or initial public offerings, even for more mature companies. It’s up to, Europe’s top startup investors to spot the winners through the hype.
Submissions for the Midas List Europe 2023, the definitive ranking of the continent’s best venture capitalist, 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’s top venture firms.
Forbes and TrueBridge rank the top 25 VCs based on their portfolio results: 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 bigger, bolder bets.
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 Midas List Europe 2023
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Note: Investors that submitted for the Midas List, published each May, are encouraged to re-submit for Midas List Europe unless their portfolio activity remains unchanged.
Last year’s Midas List Europe saw Avi Eyal of Entrée Capital break Index Ventures’ lock on pole position since the list debuted in 2017. Early bets on project management startup Monday.com, Korean ecommerce giant Coupang and anti-fraud tool Riskified helped the Tel Aviv-based investor edge ahead of Index’s Danny Rimer and Jan Hammer. The list also saw five new investors including Hoxton Ventures’ Hussein Kanji, Passion Capital’s Eileen Burbidge and Cherry Ventures’ Christian Meerman.
