Space sector funding falls 41% despite fewer deals

Space sector funding in the 90 days to 15 September 2026 fell to €793M from €1.35B in the prior 90-day window, a 41% decline, while deal count dropped to 12 from 17, five fewer transactions. That places Space among the smaller sectors tracked in this period, well below AI's €6.2B and Cloud's €3.42B, and below Robotics at €1.47B and Cybersecurity at €1.10B over the same recent window. Space's 12 deals also make it one of the lowest-volume sectors in the set, alongside Cloud's 5 and Semiconductors' 14. The average round size in Space narrowed from roughly €79.2M per deal previously to about €66.1M in the recent window, consistent with both fewer and smaller transactions rather than a handful of very large deals disappearing. By contrast, Defence funding rose to €1.03B from €104M and Cybersecurity climbed to €1.10B from €252M in the same 90-day comparison, underscoring that Space's decline sits apart from the broader upward moves seen in several adjacent sectors during this period.

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