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Viva Technology publishes every year its "Top 100 Next Unicorns", a list of the 100 most promising scale-ups in Europe (including the UK and Israel). These are high-potential tech companies with the attributes to reach a potential valuation of USD 1 billion or more in the near future.

TOP 100 scale-ups

The list was compiled by Viva Technology in partnership with investment bank GP Bullhound, with the support of EIC, White &amp; Case, and with contributions from five of the world's leading investment funds: Accel, Balderton, Eurazeo, Partech, and Northzone.&nbsp;&nbsp;The list of scale-ups is based on the following criteria:&nbsp;-Growth and potential for growth-Total funds raised-Growth in number of employees-Geographical distribution with regard to the selection process-The ability to have a positive impact on society

The Selection Process

⇒ Wallapop: Winner in the Marketplace category ⇒ Pigment: Winner in the Enterprise SAAS category ⇒ Oviva: Winner in the Digital Media category ⇒ Defined.ai: Winner in the AI, Deep Tech and Big Data category and Grand Prize Winner ⇒ Matsmart: Winner in the Jury Favorites-Impact Category ⇒ Pennylane: Winner in the Fintech category

Winners 2023

<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">10x Banking</td><td>Codi Games</td><td>Klaxoon</td><td>Optibus</td><td>SendinBlue</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Agicap</td><td>ComplyAdvantage</td><td>LeanIX</td><td>Otrium</td><td>Shippeo</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Akeneo</td><td>ConnexOne</td><td>Lingoda</td><td>Overwolf</td><td>Showpad</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Alma</td><td>ContractPod</td><td>Lingokids</td><td>Oviva</td><td>Smartly.io</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Anydesk</td><td>Coople</td><td>Lokalise</td><td>Paack</td><td>Soldo</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Anyvan</td><td>Cubyn</td><td>Luko</td><td>Partnerize</td><td>Spryker Systems</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Artlist</td><td>Dashlane</td><td>Malt</td><td>Peak AI</td><td>StreamElements</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Babbel</td><td>Descartes Underwriting</td><td>MariaDB</td><td>Pennylane</td><td>StuDocu</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Beamery</td><td>Ecovadis</td><td>Mathem</td><td>Permutive</td><td>Supermetrics</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Beekeeper</td><td>Einride</td><td>Matsmart</td><td>Pitch</td><td>Taxfix</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Bending Spoons</td><td>Factorial</td><td>McMakler</td><td>Playtomic</td><td>Templafy</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Blinkist</td><td>Form3</td><td>Mentimeter</td><td>PriceFX</td><td>Tessian</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Bloom&amp;Wild</td><td>Framer</td><td>MiQ</td><td>Privitar</td><td>Tibber</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Brainly</td><td>Front</td><td>Modulr</td><td>Quantexa</td><td>Typeform</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Brut</td><td>Frontify</td><td>Mubi</td><td>Railsbank</td><td>Unily</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Bryter</td><td>G2A</td><td>Multiverse</td><td>RavenPack</td><td>Vivid Money</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Budbee</td><td>Genesis Global</td><td>Music World Media</td><td>Red Points</td><td>Vivino</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Camunda</td><td>Homa Games</td><td>Musixmatch</td><td>Rossum</td><td>Wallapop</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Catawiki</td><td>ID now</td><td>Onfido</td><td>Seeking Alpha</td><td>WeTransfer</td></tr><tr><td style="height:14.5pt;">Coachhub</td><td>Juni</td><td>Open Classrooms</td><td>Sendcloud</td><td>Xentral</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

Global Graphs

<figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.vivatechnology.com/vt-pp/medias/graph1_t_a8127533b8/graph1_t_a8127533b8.png"></figure><figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.vivatechnology.com/vt-pp/medias/Asset_22_2x_8_6925dcd6eb/Asset_22_2x_8_6925dcd6eb.png"></figure><figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.vivatechnology.com/vt-prd/medias/Asset_26_8_77ff518826/Asset_26_8_77ff518826.png"></figure>Fundraising amount source : Crunchbase (10/03/22)

The Next Unicorn Awards Ceremony will be held for the third time at VivaTech, the first edition took place in 2019. A prestigious jury, composed of investors, top unicorn founders, leading VivaTech corporate partners, and key ecosystem players, will judge the 100 scale-ups and select winners by category.In 2021, the scaleups Aiven, Vivino, Sumup, Ecovadis, and Sorare won the category prices, with Tessian reaching the prestigious unicorn status since then. In addition, three of these scale-ups have become unicorns (Aiven, Sumup, and Sorare). The initial ambition of the Next Unicorn Awards is to boost visibility and business opportunities for the most promising scaleups in Europe. Europe is taking on an important role in the creation of unicorns.

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countries represented including Israel and the United Kingdom

average funds raised of this 100 scale-ups

of the companies have a “for Good” business model

of the companies listed in Vivatech’s 2019 to 2021 Top lists have already become Unicorns to date

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Each year, Viva Technology publishes its "Top 100 Next Unicorns", a list of the 100 most promising scaleups in Europe (including the UK and Israel). Those named are high-potential tech companies with the attributes to reach a valuation of $1 billion or more in the near future.&nbsp;More than 40% of the companies listed in VivaTech's 2019 to 2021 Top lists have already become Unicorns to date !

Top 100 scaleups

The list is compiled in partnership with the investment bank, GP Bullhound and with contributions from four of the world's leading investment funds: Accel, Eurazeo, NorthZone, and Partech. 
The list of scaleups is based on the following criteria: 
- Actual and potential growth 
- Total funds raised 
- Headcount growth 
- Geographical distribution 
- Their positive impact on society

For the 10th year running, GP Bullhound will launch its annual Titans of Tech report during VivaTech, as part of a panel discussion highlighting growth trends in Europe's tech ecosystem. To find out more about trends in the European tech ecosystem in 2023, download <a href="https://insights.gpbullhound.com/report/titans-of-tech-2023/" target="_blank">here</a> the study Titans of Tech 2023 - Building Blocks for the Next Wave. 
This will be followed by a panel discussion with three CEOs of scaleups from the Top 100 Next Unicorns list.

The Panel at VivaTech

More details on the Top 100

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average amount of funds raised by each of these 100 scaleups

of the companies listed in VivaTech’s 2019 to 2023 Top lists have already become Unicorns to date

Top 100 Next Unicorns

The Selection Process

The Panel at VivaTech

More details on the Top 100

Global Graphs

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