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Austrian Startups vs. Europe vs. Silicon Valley: Why the Continent Is Losing the Innovation Race

Austrian Startups vs. Europe vs. Silicon Valley: Why the Continent Is Losing the Innovation Race

Austrian startups raised just €253 million in 2025 — a 56% collapse from the year before and the weakest year since 2019. Not a single funding round crossed €50 million. Zoom out, and the picture gets worse: Europe as a whole raised roughly a fifth of what the United States poured into its startups, and the Bay Area alone now swallows more global AI funding than the entire European continent combined.

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