Apr 2026
Monthly report · 2026-04-01 – 2026-05-01 · vs Mar 2026
Monthly
Summary
auto-generatedIn Apr 2026, disclosed funding reached €5.1B across 293 rounds, down -31.9% versus Mar 2026.
Deal count moved -0.3% versus Mar 2026, with 858 named investors participating.
UK led by capital with €1.9B (37.2% of disclosed total).
Cleantech was the most-funded sector at €1.3B (25.1%).
The ten largest rounds accounted for 60.1% of disclosed capital, led by Stegra (H2 Green Steel)'s €1.2B.
35 exits were recorded this month worth a combined €4.4B.
Disclosed funding
€5.1B
▼ -31.9%€5,080,469,853
Funding rounds
293
▼ -0.3%Companies funded
290
▼ -1.0%Named investors
858
▼ -0.8%Exits
35
▼ -32.7%Provenance: 87% of 293 rounds disclosed an amount · 97% of priced rounds are high-confidence · EUR totals reconcile to ECB at-date within -0.13%
Methodology →Investments
Funding within Apr 2026
by dayBiggest deals
top 10 by amount- 1Stegra (H2 Green Steel)Other · Sweden · Apr 2026€1.2B
- 2Ineffable IntelligenceSeed · UK · Apr 2026€940M
- 3CamGraPhicOther · UK · Apr 2026€211M
- 4Aura AeroDebt · France · Apr 2026€170M
- 5Aura AeroGrant · France · Apr 2026€120M
- 6XoopleSeries B · Spain · Apr 2026€111M
- 7Verda (formerly DataCrunch)Other · Finland · Apr 2026€100M
- 8SereactSeries B · Germany · Apr 2026€94M
- 9CloudsmithSeries C · UK · Apr 2026€61M
- 10Raspberry PiOther · UK · Apr 2026€58M
Concentration
top 10 deals60.1%
of disclosed capital came from the ten largest rounds.
Top 10 total
€3.1B
Period total
€5.1B
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
35
exits recorded
€4.4B
combined disclosed value