51,644 funding rounds · 38,360 companies — EUR-normalized at the ECB rate on each round date, with sources.
| Year | Priced | Stored | Recomputed | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,696 | €49B | €54B | +9.53% |
| 2025 | 3,289 | €72B | €72B | +0.05% |
| 2024 | 3,258 | €75B | €75B | +0.04% |
| 2023 | 3,802 | €75B | €75B | -0.06% |
| 2022 | 4,435 | €102B | €102B | +0.05% |
| 2021 | 4,563 | €120B | €120B | -0.18% |
| 2020 | 2,940 | €50B | €51B | +1.04% |
| 2019 | 1,895 | €28B | €29B | +3.30% |
Native amounts are converted to EUR at the ECB euro reference rate on each round's date (nearest prior business day). The originally stored euro amount is preserved alongside this audited recompute. See methodology.
AI-sector funding reached €1.6B across just 3 deals in the past 7 days, an average of roughly €528M per deal, compared with 7 Fintech deals worth €658M and 8 Healthtech deals worth €626M over the same period. Over 30 days, AI totalled €1.9B across 25 deals, still the leading sector by value.
AI-generatedWritten by an AI model from Tech.eu Funding Explorer data (2026-07-16). Figures are checked against the underlying data and each draft is reviewed by an independent second model before publishing; anything unverifiable is held back. Not investment advice. Labelled for AI transparency (EU AI Act Art. 50, applicable from 2 Aug 2026).
European AI startups raised €3.88B across 93 deals in the most recent 90-day window, up from €2.11B across 61 deals in the prior period, placing AI at the top of all tracked sectors by capital raised.
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