17 Mar 2025
New Prosus report makes the case for European Big Tech
Prosus outlines how Europe can build its own Tech Champions League and create its first trillion-dollar tech company.
Prosus believes that Europe has all the key ingredients – including world-class tech talent, groundbreaking research, and thriving startups – to build its own Champions League of Big Tech companies that can compete with the US’s ’Magnificent 7’ and China’s ’Terrific 10’. A new research report created with the global intelligence platform dealroom.co1 supports this belief.
In the report, titled ‘Towards a European Tech Champions League: The case for European Big Tech’, Prosus unpacks the challenges and opportunities for Europe in creating Big Tech champions, and outlines the future path to Europe’s first trillion-dollar company – a proven playbook of building compounding tech ecosystems that has driven success in the US and China. The report is the second in a series published by Prosus looking at major innovation trends in Europe.
Key takeouts from the report:
- To create Europe’s first trillion-dollar tech company, companies need to build compounding tech ecosystems. This means companies must leverage their strengths in one area to build other businesses on top, creating networks of products and services that feed into each other and drive growth.
- To reach the trillion-dollar milestone and build compounding tech ecosystems, Europe must invest in category-defining champions, streamline regulation that fosters progress, unify capital markets to scale innovation, and attract top global talent while building strong tech hubs.
- To drive European competitiveness, Prosus sees opportunities to invest US$10bn+ in European tech, build a global AI lab in Amsterdam and lead in creating a US$100bn+ European ecosystem player.
“Europe has all the ingredients for a thriving ecosystem, but it’s getting stuck with too much focus on risks and regulations,” says Fabricio Bloisi, Prosus Group CEO. “Europe needs more Big Tech to drive innovation, create jobs, and shape the future. At Prosus, we are ready to do our part and help build the next generation of European US$1 trillion companies.”
Download the full report and read our blog post to learn why it’s time for Europe to go big on tech.
About Prosus
Prosus is a global consumer internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world.
Operating and investing globally in markets with long-term growth potential, Prosus builds leading consumer internet companies that empower people and enrich communities.
The group is focused on building meaningful businesses in the online classifieds, food delivery, payments and fintech, and education technology sectors.
Through the Prosus Ventures team, the group invests in new technology growth opportunities within AI, social and ecommerce platforms, fintech, B2B software, logistics, health, blockchain, agriculture and more.
The team actively backs exceptional entrepreneurs who are using technology to improve people’s everyday lives.
Each month, more than 2 billion customers across the globe use the products and services of companies that Prosus has invested in, acquired or built. To find out more, please visit www.prosus.com.