Cleantech funding declines 52.5% to €752M
90 days to 2026-08-20
Cleantech recorded €752M across 29 deals in the 90 days to 20 August 2026, down 52.5% from €1.58B across 34 deals in the prior period. The deal count fell only 5, from 34 to 29, a decline of 14.7%, indicating the drop in capital was driven more by smaller round sizes than by fewer transactions closing.
Among the twelve sectors tracked in this window, Cleantech's €752M places it last by recent funding, behind Deeptech (€843M) and Space (€845M), and it posted the steepest percentage decline of any sector in the set. This contrasts with sectors such as Robotics, which rose from €186M to €2.77B, and Cybersecurity, which grew from €366M to €889M over the same comparison. Cleantech's prior-period total of €1.58B had ranked it above Deeptech, Space, Cybersecurity and Energy, so the fall to €752M represents a notable shift in its relative standing within this sector list.
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