What are the fastest growing tech ecosystems in Europe in 2025?

What are the fastest growing tech ecosystems in Europe in 2025? - Portugal Business News

Tech News Europe – Here are the Top 10 fastest growing tech ecosystems in Europe, according to the Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2025 by Dealroom.

The fastest growing tech ecosystems in Europe are measured by growth in enterprise value and unicorns, adjusted for local GDP per capita and cost of living. These European countries are the rising stars leading to a new generation of tech companies.

While AI VC investment is heavily concentrated on the US, with 85 billion dollars, Europe ranks second destination for VC investment in AI startups with 13 billion dollars. Concerning Deep Tech VC investment, the US received 76 billion dollars and Europe received 16 billion dollars, ranking third destination after the APAC region that received 19 billion dollars. Europe has over 70 unicorns and the fastest growing tech ecosystems are gearing towards becoming tomorrow’s unicorns.  

Here are the Top 10 fastest growing tech ecosystems in Europe in 2025, including cities and countries:

1 – Istanbul - Turkey

2 – Kyiv - Ukraine

3 – Vilnius - Lithuania

4 – Zagreb - Croatia

5 – Prague - Czech Republic

6 – Warsaw - Poland

7 – Athens - Greece

8 – Ankara - Turkey

9 – Madrid - Spain

10 – Lisbon - Portugal