In some previous episodes, we have discussed the state of the European ecosystem and its future trajectory, everywhere from the projections of investors to what’s happening on the aisles of accelerators. In this episode, Philippe Botteri from Accel joins Isak and William to discuss the Accel 2021 Euroscape report, which outlines pretty much all you need to know about the state of the European cloud ecosystem. With Philippe we discussed data on the amount of public and private funding in Europe and Israel, the number of IPOs, as well as comparisons with similar US metrics, among others. The report also provides some takes on what Accel sees as accelerating future trends such as the rise of crypto and DeFi infrastructure, as well as AI’s impact on the complexity of use cases. Are Europe and Israel “on their way to global domination”, as the report puts it?
Link to the Accel 2021 Euroscape: https://www.accel.com/noteworthy/2021-accel-euroscape-on-the-path-to-global-dominance
00:50 Introduction to Philippe Botteri and Accel
08:00 What is happening with cloud and SaaS
12:30 Why include Israel: part of same ecosystem
13:10 A look back to 2016
20:10 Is Israel making Europe look better?
23:20 Why is Israel a unicorn factory?
25:50 What’s different about this batch of founders?
27:50 “The world of cloud is flat”
29:50 Future trends for SaaS
