European startups funded in 2026: all rounds

Mistral AI is building a European platform combining models, applications and computing capacity.

DeepMind's AI reinventing how drugs are discovered

The European hyperscaler for AI infrastructure, building sovereign GPU data centers to support Europe's computational in

Helsing builds AI software and autonomous defence systems, integrating drones, underwater platforms and uncrewed aircraf

Advanced thermal management solutions for electric vehicle batteries

NEURA Robotics builds cognitive robots and a physical AI platform for real-world environments.

Embodied AI for autonomous driving: learns from experience instead of following HD maps and pre-programmed rules.

Autonomous drones and unmanned aerial systems for defence and intelligence: the German startup bringing AI to tactical a

The UK frontier AI lab built around David Silver, aiming to create systems that learn from experience rather than relyin

AMI develops European world models designed to move beyond the limits of text-only LLMs.

Turns prevention into an annual consumer check-up combining sensors, tests and a doctor in one hour

The new European frontier AI lab betting on recursive self-improvement

Dutch AI unicorn specializing in intelligent agents for enterprise automation and complex workflow management

Collaborative AI platform for law firms and enterprise legal teams: research, review and drafting in a single workspace.

Multiverse Computing compresses AI models with tensor-network techniques for deployment across cloud, private data centr

Audio models and an interaction platform for AI agents, enterprises, developers and creators

ICEYE builds and operates SAR satellites for sovereign intelligence, defence, insurance and environmental monitoring.

CuspAI uses artificial intelligence to design new materials from target properties and coordinate their experimental val

The Exploration Company develops reusable vehicles for space transportation and logistics.

German fusion energy startup developing commercial fusion power plants based on QI-HTS stellarators.

The fastest web coding tool ever: $300M ARR in 14 months, 8M+ users, $6

Dutch semiconductor metrology scaleup helping advanced chipmakers measure 3D structures with nanometre-level precision.

AI agents for enterprise customer service: automating call centres and customer support for large companies with convers

Hybrid and electric aircraft for low-emission regional aviation: the European alternative to traditional regional jets.

Oxford Quantum Circuits builds superconducting quantum computers designed to integrate directly into commercial data cen

AI-native platform for business travel and company spend, started as TravelPerk and now called Perk

The cloud operating system for hotels

PhysicsX uses AI and physics models to accelerate industrial simulation and engineering design.

Open Cosmos builds and operates satellites and constellations for intelligence and connectivity.

The immune system of IoT: on-device AI security embedded in firmware.

Dutch AI company developing efficient AI accelerators and edge computing solutions for real-time AI applications

Fintech platform providing quick funding to e-commerce businesses based on sales data instead of credit scores

AI chips solving the memory bottleneck: high-bandwidth interconnect technology for accelerating inference in datacentres

The next-gen chip cutting the cost of AI inference

AI semiconductors for edge and inference: chips designed to bring high-performance AI outside datacentres.

Europe's answer to Anduril: AI-native military drones, $1.4B unicorn in 18 months.

Digital care platform for obesity and metabolic diseases, delivered through European public health systems.

The accounting operating system for European SMEs and accountants: unifying invoicing, cash flow and tax returns in a si

French scale-up digitising scheduling, administration, compliance and performance for frontline teams.

Dutch startup founded by ex-ASML executives developing AI chips with 100x better power efficiency than Nvidia for founda

Gravis Robotics brings autonomy and augmented control to heavy construction machinery.

Finnish full-stack quantum computing company developing superconducting quantum computers for on-premise and cloud acces

Grid-scale energy storage: industrial batteries for balancing the electricity grid in an increasingly renewable Europe.

Full-stack European AI cloud on GPUs, clusters, storage and inference — a unicorn after a $189M Series B.

Europe's first autonomous naval drone unicorn: uncrewed maritime systems for the Royal Navy and US Special Operations.

Reverion builds reversible fuel-cell power plants for dispatchable electricity.

9fin is the AI-native platform that transforms debt markets into structured, fast and actionable intelligence for banks,

Dwelly acquires UK letting agencies and moves their operations onto an AI-powered operating system.

Quantum computing on standard silicon CMOS chips: industrial scalability without exotic materials or extreme cooling.

Ukrainian-founded language learning marketplace reaching unicorn status in 2026 with a contrarian thesis: human-led l...

Trading and processing of secondary copper and aluminium, with digital traceability for industry.

French-US biopharma company developing next-generation biologics for severe immunological and inflammatory diseases.

Geospatial intelligence and AI-ready earth data: platform for real-time enterprise satellite analytics.

Factorial is turning its HR, finance and IT SaaS into an AI-first platform built around enterprise agents.

Regulated investment API enabling European banks and neobrokers to offer stocks, ETFs and funds with a single integratio

The AI-native compliance platform for digital assets

Lithuanian climate finance company financing agricultural SMEs transitioning to regenerative practices and carbon farmin

Embodied AI making any industrial robot adaptable using vision-language-action models trained on real-world data.

Quobly industrialises silicon-based quantum computers using semiconductor manufacturing processes.

Spanish scale-up developing energy-efficient RISC-V chips and accelerators for AI and high-performance computing.

Iron fuel for industrial heat: iron powder burns to generate heat without CO2 emissions, in a closed cycle.

Fonoa builds an AI operating system for global indirect taxation.

Space logistics and in-orbit services: the "FedEx of space" for satellite deployment, maintenance and deorbiting.

Kaiko provides digital-asset data and benchmarks to financial institutions.

Spanish launch provider securing €30M venture debt from EIB to complete development of MIURA 5 orbital rocket

Primer builds a unified AI-native layer for payments, finance and treasury teams.

The AI operating system for energy: a fintech platform financing residential electrification across Europe.

Icelandic biopharmaceutical company listed on Nasdaq specialising in the development and manufacture of high-quality bio

Nexeon develops silicon anode materials for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries.

Tandem Health develops a clinical AI assistant for documentation, coding and decision support.

AI legal assistant for research, analysis and drafting, built on curated legal content.

Onomondo operates global cellular infrastructure for connecting and controlling IoT devices.

Ona Therapeutics builds first-in-class ADCs for treatment-resistant cancers; lead drug ONA-255 is in Phase 1

Theker builds AI-native industrial robots capable of adapting in real time to changing production environments.

Fresha is the vertical operating system for beauty and wellness, combining bookings, payments, marketplace and AI tools.

QuantumDiamonds uses diamond-based quantum sensing to help semiconductor manufacturers detect defects and improve yield.

Viktor builds an AI coworker embedded in Slack and Microsoft Teams to automate operational work across teams.

Software supply chain security: artifact and dependency management to prevent supply chain attacks.

SWISSto12 manufactures payloads, antennas and satellites for commercial and sovereign communications infrastructure.

Swedish insurtech offering digital pet insurance based on prevention and community, rewarding pet owners who adopt virtu

London fintech for FX risk management, treasury, and cash investments—helping companies optimize liquidity and hedge ...

Metaview develops AI assistants and agents for recruiting workflows.

Community travel platform for millennials and Gen Z: curated group trips with co-travellers selected by interests and li

Anaconda Biomed builds funnel catheters for ischemic stroke thrombectomy, backed by $56M led by Omega Funds

London startup building the data layer for physical AI, helping companies like Toyota and DHL curate training datasets f

microagi captures human-work data to train and deploy robots in factories.

Innovafeed produces sustainable insect-based ingredients for animal nutrition, pet food and agriculture.

Conduct makes complex enterprise systems legible and editable for the AI agents that will need to act on them.

University College Dublin spin-off that developed Bell-1, Ireland's first quantum computer built on silicon-native semic

Italian legal AI platform that raised $73M to build verifiable legal research infrastructure for European civil law mark

Orbital Industries uses AI and materials discovery to develop next-generation cooling systems and data centre infrastruc

Alta Ares builds AI-powered systems to detect and intercept aerial threats.

Inforcer lets MSPs manage Microsoft security and AI for their customers.

Conveo uses AI interviewers to turn consumer conversations into continuous enterprise research.

HubX builds and scales a global portfolio of consumer apps through vertical studios and shared infrastructure.

CameraMatics uses AI, video telematics and analytics to make commercial fleets safer and more efficient.

Biorce uses AI to design and run clinical trials so new therapies reach patients faster

Greenjets develops propulsion systems, aircraft platforms and launch technologies for civil and defence applications.

Autonomous industrial robots offered to manufacturers, including as a service

Online bank payments without card rails

The multiplayer operating system for enterprise AI, where human teams and AI agents collaborate with shared context and

Pivot builds an AI platform for procurement and finance operations in large enterprises.

Industrial and defence technology for autonomous systems: Dutch deeptech for critical applications.

Space logistics and orbital deployment platforms: infrastructure for the growing small satellite market.

Nanoimprint-lithography equipment for volume production of waveguides and photonic components.

Aptadir develops RNA inhibitors to reactivate silenced genes in genetic diseases and cancer.

Mundimoto buys, refurbishes and resells used motorcycles and rents them out across Spain and Italy

Limetax takes stakes in German tax firms and automates their workflows with AI agents.

European spend-management platform for cards, invoices, reimbursements, procurement and AI accounting.

Implicity normalises data from implantable cardiac devices and helps clinical teams manage alerts.

Agentic certification platform for the industrial economy, born in carbon removal and expanding into broader regulated m

British startup that has launched ultra-high-resolution thermal Earth observation satellites for monitoring heat emissio

Comand AI builds AI-native software for military operational planning and analysis.

Irish biotech developing RNA medicines for brain diseases using a proprietary brain shuttle technology.

Monumental automates construction by operating robot fleets directly on building sites.

The technology that finds natural hydrogen underground

Geordie AI is the security and governance layer for AI agents in enterprise environments.

Semble orchestrates practice management and care coordination for outpatient healthcare providers.

Paris-based startup building an AI-native observability platform for complex software systems.

Dutch defence tech company developing command-and-control software to make drones and unmanned systems from different ma

Estonian defence startup producing low-cost, high-volume guided interceptor missiles for protection against modern aeria

Agentic, auditable AI workflows for research, clinical trials and regulatory dossiers in life sciences.

Greyparrot applies computer vision and data analytics to recycling-facility waste streams.

Syntetica chemically recycles mixed textiles into nylon matching virgin-material quality.

Precision liquid cooling for AI data centers and HPC

British deep-tech company developing modular fusion reactors to produce critical medical isotopes.

ZuriQ builds natively two-dimensional trapped-ion quantum processors, spun out of ETH Zurich.

Resand regenerates foundry sand through a Sand as a Service model installed directly at customer sites.

Festina Finance modernises core platforms for pensions, life insurance and financial planning.

German startup producing rare-earth-free 3D-printed electric motors with up to 98% efficiency.

London-based B2B marketplace digitising the wholesale secondhand clothing supply chain with AI, grading and matching.

London-based deep tech company using magnetic fields and AI-enabled software to improve lithium-ion battery performance

REPS turns road traffic into electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from moving vehicles.

Agon builds synthetic environments for training and validating autonomous defence systems.

ID Finance offers digital consumer credit in Spain and Mexico through Moneyman and Plazo

Xeltis develops bioresorbable vascular implants that transform into the patient's own living tissue.

Ominimo develops and distributes motor-insurance products using granular pricing, automation and proprietary technology.

Lucis combines biomarkers, longitudinal data and physician-reviewed AI to detect health risks before symptoms appear.

Invisix develops soft x-ray metrology to help chipmakers see inside increasingly complex semiconductors.

Innovorder digitises and automates operations for commercial and contract catering.

British startup combining drones, sensors and AI-native analytics into a sovereign data intelligence platform.

Qureight uses medical imaging and AI to generate more precise endpoints for clinical trials.

Tensive develops a bioresorbable scaffold for breast reconstruction after lumpectomy.

CloudNC automates CNC machining programming and quoting.

Regulated infrastructure for multi-party payments and split payouts

Realistic avatar concerts, built to tour across existing venues

e-peas develops ultra-low-power chips and power management ICs for IoT devices powered by ambient energy.

The AI platform orchestrating collections, payments and cashflow for businesses.

Capsa AI builds an AI operating system for private capital teams.

Spanish biotech developing engineered enzybiotics against multidrug-resistant bacterial infections.

Berlin-based startup scaling home insulation through local hubs and a trained installer network.

German startup transforming corporate knowledge into enterprise-grade AI agents to automate decisions and processes.

Scope brings AI into industrial inspection workflows to reduce reporting, errors and administrative work.

NeuralTrust secures and governs enterprise AI agents in production.

AI workflow and agent memory: infrastructure for building AI agents with persistent memory and advanced context manageme

NewOrbit builds commercial satellites designed to operate in very low Earth orbit.

Norwegian deep tech company developing ultra-compact frameless electric motors for robotics, aerospace, defence and medi

GR3N develops PET chemical recycling through microwave-assisted depolymerisation.

Austrian physical AI and industrial simulation startup acquired by Mistral AI to accelerate applied AI for European manu

MokN helps companies recover compromised identities before attackers can exploit them.

Human-centric cybersecurity: behavioural threat intelligence to prevent social engineering attacks.

TU Delft spin-off building the 'quantum modem' to connect quantum computers over fibre optic.

Norwegian startup developing solid-state hydrogen storage using metal hydrides, eliminating the limitations of cryogenic

Nuclear Turbines designs compact nuclear reactors replacing the conventional steam cycle with high-temperature turbines.

iPremom develops molecular tests to assess the early risk of pregnancy complications.

Structured European legal sources for legal research and verifiable AI applications

Complaion combines software and qualified auditors to simplify ISO certification and SME compliance.

Physical AI company installing a “silicon brain” on existing industrial machines to make them autonomous and coordinated

Roboxi automates inspection, maintenance and safety across airport airside areas with robotics and AI.

The AI operating system for construction: costs, people, procurement and finance in one platform.

The Italian marketplace for digital freelance professionals, connecting over 35,000 talents with companies in Italy and

Mendo helps enterprises adopt generative AI and agentic AI in everyday workflows.

Norwegian defence tech company developing collaborative autonomy software for unmanned systems.

AI agents replacing freight dispatchers in trucking operations.

Intropy automates inventory, pricing and other operating decisions for spare-parts businesses.

Inbolt combines 3D vision and adaptive control for industrial robots in real time.

Belgian startup using AI, inline vision and automatic control to reduce waste in food factories.

Cell therapies and biological materials to regenerate severe bone defects

Quanscient builds cloud multiphysics simulation for complex hardware design in the AI and quantum era.

DEScycle develops modular infrastructure to recover critical and precious metals using more sustainable solvents.

Lightbringer uses AI to make patent protection simpler and more accessible.

Digitalises workplace pensions and financial wellbeing for European employers.

London-based startup helping brands understand and improve how they are represented inside generative AI models.

Ahead Health combines tests, imaging and health data in a personalised preventive-health platform.

Octave.energy integrates industrial batteries and software to reduce costs and monetise energy flexibility.

Rayon offers collaborative browser-based drawing software for interior design.

AI that analyses general contractors’ documents to flag risks before construction starts

Incapto replaces coffee capsules with fresh beans, connected machines and subscriptions

Kintai advances invoices and working capital to Spanish SMEs, scoring risk with open banking data

WtEnergy turns industrial waste and biomass into syngas with modular gasification plants for heavy industry

Rainbow Crops uses AI, genome editing and precision breeding to develop more resilient and productive crops.

Frontier Health uses AI agents to reduce administrative burden in NHS care pathways.

Swedish startup transforming sales conversations into revenue intelligence through agentic voice AI analytics.

Foundational commercialises orbital data generated through satellite laser ranging.

Cambridge startup turning video-game data into licensed training data for world models, robotics and physical AI.

German deep tech startup using physics-informed AI and lab-based synthesis to discover strategic materials, starting wit

French startup offering agricultural pollination as-a-service through managed beehive rental and digital hive health mon

Berlin open-source startup building a persistent memory layer for AI agents through semantic knowledge graphs.

British-U.S. startup using AI agents and domain expertise to accelerate real estate and infrastructure projects.

Uncovr turns surgical video and operating-room data into structured clinical documentation.

Italian startup from Milan's PoliHub producing ReBind, a mineral binder alternative to cement with up to 90% lower emiss

Bayshore turns regulations, policies and legal know-how into auditable AI workflows for enterprises.

British biotech developing smart polymers to reduce the production cost of vectors for gene therapies.

Czech cybersecurity company developing post-quantum authentication and digital identity for banks and fintechs.

Kodesage uses on-premise AI to help regulated companies understand, maintain and modernise legacy software.

Skyfora turns existing telecom networks into a global atmospheric sensing platform.

Norwegian startup developing industrial waste heat recovery systems to convert it into electricity and reduce emissions.

Finnish startup building an AI operating platform for professional services companies.

Sloneek turns HR software into an agentic platform for people management.

Offensive cybersecurity startup that raised EUR 6M to expand its red team, penetration testing and advanced attack simul

Cato uses AI to discover, analyse and prepare public-tender bids.

AI platform automating HR processes by combining deterministic workflows, AI agents, and human oversight.

British startup predicting with neuroscience how people see, feel and remember creative content before publication.

Atomic One coordinates AI agents across e-commerce brand operations.

AI Score helps enterprises inventory, govern and monitor AI tools, models and agents.

Pixel-Flo industrialises MicroLED production with a Continuous-Flow Mass Transfer and fluidic self-assembly process.

Biorsaf digitizes food, workplace and water safety management for businesses.

ENGO makes sports glasses with an AR display in the field of view.

iFAST Diagnostics speeds up antimicrobial testing to help hospitals choose the right therapy sooner.

Dutch startup reconstructing natural voice in real time and on-device from whispered speech.

IVEX automates analysis of the data used to test ADAS and autonomous-driving safety.

AI model that generates precise, editable vector graphics from text, images and existing files.

The platform that helps enterprises reduce cloud waste, IT costs, and CO₂ emissions from AI and cloud infrastructure usa

Avrea rebuilds CI/CD infrastructure for a world where AI generates more and more code.

Float combines non-dilutive financing and financial automation for European technology companies.

Caudal Energy develops modular tidal generators inspired by marine mammal biomechanics.

Jaipur Robotics uses computer vision and AI to make waste plants safer and more efficient.

Prolo automates purchasing for small construction businesses with AI and integrated credit.

Health Force builds AI agents that do the administrative work of European hospitals

Mykor turns agricultural and industrial waste into low-carbon construction materials.

Backbone connects data, standards and documents to automate quality and compliance in the food industry.

Furo optimises the planning, control and monetisation of industrial batteries.

Runtime authorization for AI agents: evaluates every action before execution.

Autonomous AI agents turning penetration testing from a periodic audit into a continuous process

Tickets for Good distributes free or discounted event tickets to key workers and other eligible groups.

German startup providing certified warm-chain logistics for global transport of living cells, organoids and biological t

German startup building AI agents that turn invoices into verified accounting entries inside enterprise ERPs.

Seqana measures soil health using satellite imagery, ground data and machine learning.

London-based biotech developing RNA therapeutics and delivery technologies in oncology and cardiovascular disease.

Sightera uses patient-derived biology and AI to design novel therapeutic molecules.

Tequipy automates logistics, configuration and retrieval of IT devices for globally distributed companies.

Spanish startup developing an AI 'virtual engineer' for monitoring and predictive maintenance of renewable energy assets

British startup using AI to identify therapeutic targets in cancer biology more quickly than traditional methods.

AVIAN uses always-on AI thermal cameras to prevent fires, downtime and equipment failures in high-risk industrial facili

S-Transistors develops superconducting transistors for controlling cryogenic quantum computers.

Rare earth magnet recycling company enabling a sustainable circular economy for permanent magnets used in EV motors, ...

Swedish startup using IoT and AI to monitor and automate industrial cleaning processes.

Paris-based mobile management and simulation game studio behind Airlines Manager.

Dutch startup offering blockchain ticketing infrastructure giving event organisers full control over primary and seconda

Swedish startup offering sovereign AI infrastructure for European companies, with data that never leaves Sweden.

London startup backed by Y Combinator automating KYC and AML investigations with AI agents that reason like a human anal

Kopa.ai builds AI agents that help e-commerce teams delegate operational and analytical decisions.

Mafer AI builds an AI operating system for R&D teams in formulation-driven industries.

NextGO Epi produces gallium oxide epitaxial wafers for next-generation power semiconductors.

Swiss LegalTech that built Silex, an AI infrastructure to transform public and private legal knowledge into reusable str

The career platform for Italian electrical technicians

No-code B2B SaaS platform that turns corporate content into interactive, gamified training.

sci2sci links claims, sources and premises to make AI-supported conclusions verifiable.

Fraunhofer spin-off developing lab-free molecular tests to bring reliable diagnostics closer to patients.

The AI that automates payment disputes, chargebacks and friendly fraud for e-commerce merchants.

Perplant turns tractors into mobile AI sensors to reduce herbicide, fertiliser and agricultural waste.

QSensato develops integrated atomic vapour cells for compact quantum sensors.

Pangea Propulsion builds reusable aerospike rocket engines and in-space thrusters from Barcelona

Italian startup integrating fleet management software and IoT with ML analytics for light aircraft fleet operators.

Austrian AI marketplace connecting people looking for rental homes with landlords and real estate agencies.

Norwegian startup automating hotel guest communication through conversational AI.

Atheni helps companies turn access to AI tools into measurable adoption across teams.

goNEON uses AI agents to generate design alternatives for roads, networks and transport systems.