European tech funding profile
8,314 startups in UK have raised a combined €204B across 11,942 funding rounds and recorded 1,517 exits. Software is the most active sector, and Octopus Ventures is the most active investor. Data as of 7 Aug 2026.
#1 in Europe by capital raised — 28.9% of all European startup funding.
UK-based lender iwoca secured a €292M debt round on 27 July 2026. This adds to a broader debt pattern in the UK's 30-day window, where debt financing across 4 deals totals €1.7B, well above Germany's …
UK-based companies raised €13.1B across 196 deals in the recent 90-day window, up from €7.6B across 210 deals in the prior period. This is a 72% increase in capital despite 14 fewer deals, and represe…
| 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 | 141 |
| 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 | 7,768 | |
| Cambridge | €15B | 446 | |
| Reading | €6.7B | 59 | |
| Oxford | €3.2B | 189 | |
| Bristol | €1.9B | 170 | |
| Manchester | €1.9B | 240 | |
| Edinburgh | €1.8B | 266 | |
| Leicestershire | €1.1B | 6 |
