Top 3 european founders to watch in 2025
Niklas Östberg
Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Östberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Delivery Hero. He holds a Master of Industrial Engineering & Management.
Marc-Alexander Christ
Marc-Alexander is co-founder of leading mobile payment company SumUp. He has established SumUp as one of the leading payment companies.
Nikolay Storonsky
Nikolay Storonsky is a Russian-born British entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Revolut and the founder of venture-capital firm QuantumLight.
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4. Technological and efficiency tailwindsFinally, the bulls argue that concerns over power shortages and hardware obsolescence will be mitigated by efficiency gains. NVIDIA reports
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Private capital trends for 2026
Our private capital experts share their insights and industry expertise across the following sectors and themes that will influence private capital activity in 2026:
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Lack of ambition That lack of ambition has irked another set of stakeholders — startup founders and venture capital firms — which lobbied hard
AI Funding: The Bull and Bear Investment Cases
4. Technological and efficiency tailwindsFinally, the bulls argue that concerns over power shortages and hardware obsolescence will be mitigated by efficiency gains. NVIDIA reports
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