Aug 2025
Monthly report · 2025-08-01 – 2025-09-01 · vs Jul 2025
Monthly
Summary
auto-generatedIn Aug 2025, disclosed funding reached €3.2B across 196 rounds, down -65.3% versus Jul 2025.
Deal count moved -45.9% versus Jul 2025, with 501 named investors participating.
UK led by capital with €908M (28.1% of disclosed total).
Software was the most-funded sector at €864M (26.8%).
The ten largest rounds accounted for 59.9% of disclosed capital, led by Bending Spoons's €500M.
66 exits were recorded this month worth a combined €2.1B.
Disclosed funding
€3.2B
▼ -65.3%€3,228,438,838
Funding rounds
196
▼ -45.9%Companies funded
196
▼ -45.6%Named investors
501
▼ -50.4%Exits
66
▼ -19.5%Provenance: 82% of 196 rounds disclosed an amount · 92% of priced rounds are high-confidence · EUR totals reconcile to ECB at-date within +0.04%
Methodology →Investments
Funding within Aug 2025
by dayBiggest deals
top 10 by amount- 1Bending SpoonsDebt · Italy · Aug 2025€500M
- 2Energy VaultGrowth/Late · Switzerland · Aug 2025€258M
- 3Pulse Clean EnergyDebt · UK · Aug 2025€252M
- 4OrtivityOther · Germany · Aug 2025€200M
- 5AiraOther · Sweden · Aug 2025€150M
- 6GreenvoltGrowth/Late · Portugal · Aug 2025€150M
- 7GoFibreOther · UK · Aug 2025€145M
- 8OculisDebt · Switzerland · Aug 2025€106M
- 9CuspAIOther · UK · Aug 2025€86M
- 10FramerSeries D+ · Netherlands · Aug 2025€86M
Concentration
top 10 deals59.9%
of disclosed capital came from the ten largest rounds.
Top 10 total
€1.9B
Period total
€3.2B
Countries
Top countries
total euro raisedCapital by country
share of disclosed totalGeographic distribution
European countries shown · click a countryIndustries
Top sectors
total euro raisedCapital by sector
share of disclosed totalStages
Funding by stage
total euro raised by round typeExits
Exit activity
66
exits recorded
€2.1B
combined disclosed value