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Germany startup funding in October 2025

European tech funding raised by Germany startups during October 2025.

In October 2025, 45 startups in Germany raised a combined €1.5B across 45 funding rounds, up 259.4% versus October 2024. Software was the most active sector, and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.

Total funding

€1.5B

+259.4% vs October 2024

Funding rounds

-8.2% vs October 2024

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

17.4% of European funding

Debt financing

€700M

48.3% of total

Top-10 round share

95.6%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Top sectors

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Exits & M&A

17 Acquisition · 1 Merger

18 exits · €176M disclosed.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in October 2025

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Enpal	Debt	Oct 2025	€700M
Tubulis Technologies	Series C	Oct 2025	€308M
N8N	Series C	Oct 2025	€155M
Empact	Other	Oct 2025

View all 45 Germany deals in October 2025 →

Top investors

most active in October 2025, by deal count

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)4 deals
GIMIC Ventures2 deals
IBB Ventures2 deals
Atlantic Labs2 deals
Bayern Kapital2 deals
Calm Storm Ventures2 deals
Caesar Ventures2 deals
HV Capital2 deals
TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen2 deals
butterfly & elephant2 deals

← All 2025 Germany funding