European tech funding profile
8,324 startups in UK have raised a combined €204B across 11,960 funding rounds and recorded 1,518 exits. Software is the most active sector, and Octopus Ventures is the most active investor. Data as of 14 Aug 2026.
#1 in Europe by capital raised — 29.0% of all European startup funding.
UK-based Olix closed a €270M Series B on 3 August 2026, one of several large UK rounds within the past 30 days alongside the iwoca debt round and Cambridge Aerospace's Series C. UK companies accounted…
Cambridge Aerospace, based in the UK, closed a €260M Series C round on 10 August 2026, ranking among the largest UK rounds of the past 30 days.
| Fintech | €62B | |
| Software | €27B | |
| Healthtech | €20B | |
| Energy | €12B | |
| Transportation | €11B | |
| Cloud | €10B |
| Octopus Ventures | 261 |
| Index Ventures | 173 |
| Crowdcube | 169 |
| Seedcamp | 156 |
| BGF | 147 |
| Seedrs | 147 |
| Innovate UK | 144 |
| Balderton Capital | 132 |
| LocalGlobe | 129 |
| MMC Ventures | 126 |
| AI | ▲ +253.2% |
| Cloud | ▲ +184.0% |
| Semiconductors | ▲ +93.9% |
| Cleantech | ▲ +57.1% |
| Software | ▲ +49.8% |
| Healthtech | ▲ +35.0% |
| Isomorphic Labs | Series B | May 2026 | €1.8B |
| Propel Finance | Other | Jul 2025 | €1.7B |
| Nscale | Series C | Mar 2026 | €1.7B |
| SumUp | Debt | May 2024 | €1.4B |
| Nscale | Debt | Feb 2026 | €1.2B |
| Cinch | Growth/Late | May 2021 | €1.2B |
| London | €144B | 7,776 | |
| Cambridge | €15B | 447 | |
| Reading | €6.7B | 59 | |
| Oxford | €3.2B | 189 | |
| Bristol | €2.0B | 171 | |
| Manchester | €1.9B | 242 | |
| Edinburgh | €1.8B | 266 | |
| Leicestershire | €1.1B | 6 |
