{"id":5256,"date":"2025-09-06T19:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2025-09-06T19:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:11:09","slug":"dealroom-scaleup-ranking-shifts-focus-from-valuation-to-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/dealroom-scaleup-ranking-shifts-focus-from-valuation-to-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealroom Scaleup Ranking Shifts Focus From Valuation To Revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>while a valuation can tell you a lot about the potential of a company and how it is perceived by VCs, it doesn\u2019t necessarily say very much about the performance of the business to date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Origen: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/trevorclawson\/2025\/09\/04\/dealroom-scaleup-ranking-shifts-focus-from-valuation-to-revenue\/?utm_campaign=Weekly%20newsletters&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OIccGHbf4giC73kfxa5jg5bGZXLMqMDwirWQvltiyzk_zsfWQTfNR8Y-RrjiXl5FRxMK_MzmLUNOTOK9vN-lDNvDydA&amp;_hsmi=379147363&amp;utm_content=379147363&amp;utm_source=hs_email\">Dealroom Scaleup Ranking Shifts Focus From Valuation To Revenue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Unicorns &#8211; once a rare and elusive species &#8211; are now roaming the European tech ecosystem in ever-increasing numbers, their billion-dollar-plus valuations a badge of achievement for both founders and investors. But while a valuation can tell you a lot about the potential of a company and how it is perceived by VCs, it doesn\u2019t necessarily say very much about the performance of the business to date.So step forward a new and perhaps less mythical creature, namely the \u201cthoroughbred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As defined in a new list of the EMEA region\u2019s top fast-growth tech companies, thoroughbreds are defined by market intelligence provider <a href=\"https:\/\/dealroom.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/dealroom.co\/\" aria-label=\"Dealroom\"><u data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/dealroom.co\/\">Dealroom<\/u><\/a> as businesses that have generated $100 million in revenue over the last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-fusion-600 wp-image-5257\" src=\"http:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-600x331.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-200x110.png 200w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-400x221.png 400w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-600x331.png 600w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-800x442.png 800w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-1200x663.png 1200w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-1536x848.png 1536w, https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-06-at-19.03.21-scaled.png 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Dealroom, the companies in its <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/app.dealroom.co\/lists\/55935\/list?showGrid=false&amp;showTransactions=false&amp;share_token=MzUyMjlhODRhNTIwNTc4MjkzNzQ2NzJkNzcwMWI3ZGE2Yjg4MjkxYw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/app.dealroom.co\/lists\/55935\/list?showGrid=false&amp;showTransactions=false&amp;share_token=MzUyMjlhODRhNTIwNTc4MjkzNzQ2NzJkNzcwMWI3ZGE2Yjg4MjkxYw==\" aria-label=\"Thoroughbred 100\">Thoroughbred 100<\/a> list collectively employ 367,000 people across the region and have generated $168 billion in revenues in the last twelve months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>while a valuation can tell you a lot about the potential of a company and how it is perceived by VCs, it doesn\u2019t necessarily say very much about the performance of the business to date. Origen: Dealroom Scaleup Ranking Shifts Focus From Valuation To Revenue Unicorns &#8211; once a rare and elusive species &#8211; are  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,183,32,26,214,5,163,29,40],"tags":[299,305,219,212],"class_list":["post-5256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-intelligence","category-corporate-vc","category-economia","category-el-critico-como-artista","category-entrepreneurship","category-financial","category-funding","category-gestion","category-ideas","tag-economy","tag-investors","tag-startups","tag-trends"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5258,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5256\/revisions\/5258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}