Software funding grows 69.6% to €2.6B despite fewer deals
90 days to 2026-08-20
Software recorded €2.6B across 141 deals in the 90 days to 20 August 2026, up 69.6% from €1.53B across 163 deals in the prior 90-day window, even as deal count fell by 22. That places Software fourth among the twelve sectors tracked in this window, behind Cloud's €3.15B, AI's €3.02B, and Robotics' €2.77B, and it is the highest deal count of any sector shown in the recent window. Software's recent total is also larger than Fintech's €2.47B and Healthtech's €1.42B in the same period. Among sectors with meaningful prior-period volume, Software's 69.6% increase is one of the larger gains, outpacing Fintech's rise from €2.04B to €2.47B, an increase of 20.9%. With deals falling from 163 to 141 while capital rose, funding was concentrated into fewer, larger rounds relative to the prior period.
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