Deeptech capital and deal count both decline
90 days to 2026-08-26
Deeptech funding fell from €1.244B to €821M in the 90 days to 26 August 2026, a decline of 34% compared with the prior 90-day window, while deal count dropped from 53 to 39, a fall of 26%. This places Deeptech among the weaker-performing sectors tracked in the period, both in capital raised and in deal activity, with 14 fewer rounds closed than in the previous window. By capital, Deeptech's €821M ranks below sectors such as AI (€3.076B), Robotics (€2.777B), Software (€2.584B), Fintech (€2.472B) and Healthtech (€1.418B) in the recent window, placing it tenth among the twelve sectors tracked. The decline contrasts with sectors such as Semiconductors, which rose from €570M to €853M, and Cybersecurity, which rose from €355M to €849M over the same comparison, underscoring that the pullback in Deeptech was not uniform across adjacent hardware- and research-intensive categories.
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