WHY THIS TRACK EXISTS
NOmination criteria
A scorecard for Europe’s strategic technology champions.
Eligibility filter
Headquartered in Europe, including UA, CH, NO, TR.
Twenty percent
year-on-year growth over three years.
€30M valuation or €10M annual revenue.
No Russian capital, limited Chinese exposure.
01
Growth potential
A credible path to €1B+ valuation in the next one to five years, given team, market and momentum.
02
Strategic relevance for Europe
One of the critical technologies Europe would benefit from becoming meanigfully stronger in.
03
Signal value
A win that send the right message to foudners, investors and policy makers alike.
THE Award cycle
THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
Future Unicorn Award Jury 2026
Jury for 2027 to be announced soon
Una Fitzpatrick
Vice-President
DIGITALEUROPE
Eric de Montgolfier
CEO
Invest Europe
Johan Dahlfors
Partner
Bridgepoint
Nicolas Meier
Managing Director, EMEA Tech
Bridgepoint
Merete Clausen
Deputy Director General
European Investment Fund
Stéphane Ouaki
Acting Director
European Innovation Council Fund
Tom Wehmeir
Partner & Head of Intelligence
Atomico
THE RECORD
2026
Future Unicorn
Quandela
France 🇫🇷
2025
Future Unicorn
Pactum
Estonia 🇪🇪
2024
Future Unicorn
Multiverse Computing
Spain 🇪🇸
2023
Future Unicorn
Red Points
Spain 🇪🇸
2022
Future Unicorn
Circulor Ltd
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
2021
Future Unicorn
Oncompass Medicine
Hungary 🇭🇺
2020
Future Unicorn
Corti
Denmark 🇩🇰
2019
Future Unicorn
Umbraco
Denmark 🇩🇰
2019
Future Unicorn
Teslasuit
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
2019
Future Unicorn
MaaS global
Finland 🇫🇮
2018
Future Unicorn
AirFaas
Finland 🇫🇮
