European tech funding profile
8,367 startups in UK have raised a combined €209B across 12,036 funding rounds and recorded 1,522 exits. Software is the most active sector, and Octopus Ventures is the most active investor. Data as of 23 Sept 2026.
#1 in Europe by capital raised — 29.1% of all European startup funding.
The UK led 30-day country funding with €4.0B across 42 deals, but €2.7B of that — the bulk of it — came from just 2 debt deals, meaning equity-style investment in the country was substantially smaller…
UK-based FNZ closed a €389M round on 2 September 2026, ranking as the third-largest deal in Europe's 30-day window behind Nscale's €2.6B debt facility and Wonderful's €475M Series C.
| Fintech | €63B | |
| Software | €28B | |
| Healthtech | €20B | |
| Cloud | €13B | |
| Energy | €12B | |
| Transportation | €11B |
| Octopus Ventures | 263 |
| Index Ventures | 173 |
| Crowdcube | 169 |
| Seedcamp | 157 |
| Innovate UK | 149 |
| BGF | 147 |
| Seedrs | 147 |
| Balderton Capital | 134 |
| LocalGlobe | 131 |
| MMC Ventures | 126 |
| AI | ▲ +253.2% |
| Cloud | ▲ +184.0% |
| Semiconductors | ▲ +93.9% |
| Cleantech | ▲ +57.1% |
| Software | ▲ +49.8% |
| Healthtech | ▲ +35.0% |
| Pure Data Centres (Pure DC) | Debt | May 2026 | €2.3B |
| 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 |
| London | €145B | 7,829 | |
| Cambridge | €15B | 447 | |
| Reading | €9.3B | 60 | |
| Oxford | €3.2B | 190 | |
| Edinburgh | €2.2B | 268 | |
| Bristol | €2.0B | 171 | |
| Manchester | €1.9B | 242 | |
| Leicestershire | €1.1B | 6 |
