DIGITALEUROPE, the leading European digital technology association, has today presented its shortlist of nominees for the DIGITALEUROPE Future Unicorn Award, which every year showcases Europe’s most promising scale-ups.
The 20 nominees, including Interact Technologies, are nominated for DIGITALEUROPE’s Future Unicorn Award 2021.
The winner will be announced at Masters of Digital 2021, DIGITALEUROPE’s flagship annual conference, held online this year on 3 and 4 February 2021.
More details, including a description of all shortlisted companies, can be found at
https://www.digitaleurope.org/policies/future-unicorn-award/
Background
The Future Unicorn Award is a collaboration between national trade associations affiliated with DIGITALEUROPE. Each national association nominates one small company from their country that has the potential to become Europe’s next tech leader. The Award is now being held for the fourth year in a row and is a testimony of the vital importance of SMEs in Europe and the wider digital ecosystem.
DIGITALEUROPE’s Future Unicorn Award nominees make up a pan-European selection of 20 outstanding digital companies from a variety of sectors – including e-health, fintech and energy – and cover 13 countries.
The winner will be announced at Masters of Digital, DIGITALEUROPE’s flagship annual conference, on 4 February 2021. This year’s edition, for the first time held online, has already top EU leaders as confirmed speakers, including President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel.
In DIGITALEUROPE’s How to spend it: A digital investment plan for Europe, one of our success target for a stronger digital Europe is the continent being home to 25 per cent of the world’s unicorns. A unicorn is a privately held company less than ten years old that is valued at over $1 billion.
In the digital economy, a company’s value largely comes from the data it gathers and its ability to take advantage of network effects. Because of this, unicorns are a meaningful indicator of which companies can rapidly scale and potentially become market leaders in Europe and globally.
