The source adds the following information regarding methodology: "The data for the EU Startup Monitor 2018 was collected from February-May 2018 with an online survey directly targeted at founders and C-level employees of start-ups, in cooperation with many practitioner supporters, start-up associations and a variety of ecosystem stakeholders. All EU Member States were encouraged to participate and sufficient data was generated for 18 countries, so that the results present a comprehensive overview of the current startup landscape."
This statistic illustrates the different sectors which startups in Europe belong to according to founders responding to a 2018 survey. Startups that class themselves as being part of the IT or software development sector make up **** percent of all ventures, the most of any category. Software as a Service (SaaS) startups are the second most common industry-sector in this statistic, accounting for **** percent of ventures.
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