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Cybersecurity funding grew from €252M to €1.1B, a 338% increase, while deal count fell from 23 to 19 in the same window, indicating a low-base swing concentrated in fewer rounds.
Defence sector funding increased from €104M to €1.03B, a 9.9x rise, with deal count up from 9 to 12, marking the sharpest relative increase among tracked sectors off a small prior base.
Healthtech funding declined from €2.68B to €1.6B, a 40% drop, while deal count fell from 92 to 74, an 18-deal decrease, showing funding falling faster than deal volume.
Software sector funding fell from €2.33B to €1.72B, a 26% decrease, with deal count declining from 149 to 132, a drop of 17 deals.
Space sector funding declined from €1.35B to €793M, a 41% decrease, while deal count fell from 17 to 12, a drop of 5 deals.
Space sector funding grew to €1.3B in the recent 90-day window from €405M in the prior period, a 3.1x increase, while deal count held at 14 in both periods.
Cloud sector funding declined to €3.1B in the recent 90-day window from €3.6B in the prior period, a 12.2% drop, even as deal count rose from 4 to 6.
Software recorded 156 deals in the recent 90-day window, more than any other sector in the data, while capital raised rose to €2.6B from €1.3B in the prior period, a 2.0x increase.
Fintech recorded €2.83B across 61 deals in the recent 90-day window, up from €1.26B across 78 deals in the prior period, a 124% increase in euro terms while deal count fell by 17.
Cleantech dropped to €824M across 32 deals in the recent 90-day window from €1.58B across 38 deals in the prior period, a decline of about 48% in euro terms alongside 6 fewer deals.
