European tech funding profile
2,260 startups in Netherlands have raised a combined €37B across 2,679 funding rounds and recorded 626 exits. Software is the most active sector, and Invest-NL is the most active investor. Data as of 7 Aug 2026.
#5 in Europe by capital raised — 5.3% of all European startup funding.
The Netherlands fell from €1.14B (35 deals) to €749M (24 deals), a 34% capital decline with 11 fewer deals. Switzerland dropped from €790M (66 deals) to €327M (49 deals), a 59% decline with 17 fewer d…
Nearfield Instruments (Netherlands) closed a €329M Series D+ round on 2026-06-22, accounting for 38% of all European funding in the 7-day window (€874M across 60 deals) and representing the sole semic…
| Software | €6.0B | |
| Healthtech | €5.5B | |
| Fintech | €4.0B | |
| Energy | €3.2B | |
| E-commerce | €3.1B | |
| Foodtech | €2.3B |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philips | Other | Aug 2023 | €2.6B |
| Just Eat Takeaway | Growth/Late | Feb 2021 | €1.1B |
| NXP Semiconductors | Debt | Jan 2025 | €1.0B |
| Nebius | Debt | Jun 2025 | €876M |
| Invest-NL | 71 |
| Rabobank | 45 |
| Oost NL | 40 |
| InnovationQuarter | 39 |
| Innovation Industries | 37 |
| INKEF Capital | 35 |
| Graduate Entrepreneur Fund | 35 |
| Peak Capital | 33 |
| Antler | 32 |
| Newion | 31 |
| Software | ▲ +368.9% |
| Semiconductors | ▲ +324.4% |
| Energy | ▲ +236.0% |
| Foodtech | ▲ +156.0% |
| Healthtech | ▲ +80.9% |
| Deeptech | ▲ +78.0% |
| Your.World | Other | Feb 2025 | €800M |
| Nebius | Other | Dec 2024 | €666M |
| Mollie | Series C | Jun 2021 | €665M |
| MessageBird | Series C | Apr 2021 | €663M |
| Picnic | Series D+ | Sep 2021 | €600M |
| O3b Networks | Debt | Nov 2010 | €556M |
| Amsterdam | €23B | 1,336 | |
| Eindhoven | €2.9B | 150 | |
| Utrecht | €1.6B | 162 | |
| The Hague | €1.5B | 46 | |
| Delft | €893M | 144 | |
| Rotterdam | €730M | 137 | |
| Leiden | €561M | 40 | |
| Wormer | €500M | 1 |
