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44% of Q1 Ed Tech deals come at the seed or Series A stage. Euro tech M&A/IPO trends

We're so Euro

Hey,

It's 70 degrees in NYC. Finally.  By way of update, we were on Fox Business yesterday talking about our algorithms to rate VCs and angels.

You'll also see an analysis of European tech exit data for Q1 below.  Our European brothers and sisters have been asking for more analytics on the region, and since we're a company of the people, we're gonna step up our European game.  If you have ideas for topics, definitely send them over.

On with the show

Best,
Anand
@asanwal
 
CEO | Co-founder | Customer Service
anand.sanwal@cbinsights.com
@asanwal

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