In January 2016, Tech.eu tracked 254 funding deals, totalling €1.6 billion. We take a look at these numbers and highlight some interesting facts.

Investment in Spanish startups to surpass $500 million in 2015 (for the first time ever)
The Spanish startup scene is heating up, and now Novobrief’s Jaime Novoa compiled some interesting data to bring some statistical evidence to the table.

These were the 20 biggest funding rounds in European tech in the first half of 2015
With the first half of the year already behind us, we stop and reflect on the biggest funding rounds from the first half of 2015, and look at the twenty largest investments in a little more detail.

Going out with a fresh $24 million in his pockets: A chat with YPlan CEO Rytis Vitkauskas (video interview)
UK startup YPlan, which helps people figure out where to go out in major cities across the world, has recently picked up $24 million in new funding. A video interview with founder Rytis Vitkauskas.

Money talks: the 12 biggest EU tech funding rounds of 2014 (so far)
European startups have raised €2.1 billion in the second quarter of 2014, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource. We used our own data to list the 12 biggest funding rounds in European tech.

iZettle bags 40 million euros in Series C funding: a chat with CEO Jacob de Geer (video interview)
Stockholm, Sweden-based mobile payments startup iZettle has raised 40 million euros in Series C funding as it gears up for expansion. We had a chat with CEO Jacob de Geer – see the video below.