Weekly funding pace cools versus prior week
European tech funding totalled €1.05B across 46 deals in the seven days to 24 July 2026, down from €2.73B across 53 deals in the prior seven-day window — a 61% drop in capital deployed against a smaller 13% decline in deal count. That pace also sits well below the broader 30-day window, where €8.94B was raised across 233 deals (down from €10.3B across 265 deals in the preceding 30 days), underscoring that the latest week was a soft patch rather than a sudden shift in deal flow.
Within the week, Cleantech led sector activity with €432M across just 4 deals, ahead of Fintech (€158M, 2 deals) and Robotics (€138M, 2 deals), while Software logged the most deals (14) for a comparatively modest €66M. Over the trailing 30 days, AI remained the largest sector by capital raised, at €1.89B across 27 deals, followed by Fintech at €1.42B. Germany led country rankings over 30 days with €3.67B across 45 deals, ahead of the UK's €2.73B across 61 deals, of which €1.37B was debt financing rather than equity investment.
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