May 2026

Monthly report · 2026-05-01 – 2026-06-01 · vs Apr 2026

Monthly

Summary

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In May 2026, disclosed funding reached €10B across 262 rounds, up +106.4% versus Apr 2026.

Deal count moved -10.6% versus Apr 2026, with 768 named investors participating.

UK led by capital with €7.9B (75.4% of disclosed total).

Cloud was the most-funded sector at €3.0B (28.6%).

The ten largest rounds accounted for 69.5% of disclosed capital, led by Pure Data Centres (Pure DC)'s €2.3B.

40 exits were recorded this month worth a combined €547M.

Disclosed funding

€10B

▲ +106.4%

€10,486,779,626

Funding rounds

262

▼ -10.6%

Companies funded

262

▼ -9.7%

Named investors

768

▼ -10.5%

Exits

▲ +14.3%

Leading country

€7.9B

75.4% of total

Leading sector

Cloud

€3.0B

28.6% of total

Provenance: 88% of 262 rounds disclosed an amount · 95% of priced rounds are high-confidence · EUR totals reconcile to ECB at-date within -0.03%

Methodology →

Investments

Funding within May 2026

by day

Biggest deals

top 10 by amount

Concentration

top 10 deals

69.5%

of disclosed capital came from the ten largest rounds.

Top 10 total

€7.3B

Period total

€10B

Countries

Top countries

total euro raised

Capital by country

share of disclosed total

Geographic distribution

European countries shown · click a country

Industries

Top sectors

total euro raised

Capital by sector

share of disclosed total

Stages

Funding by stage

total euro raised by round type

Exits

Exit activity

exits recorded

€547M

combined disclosed value

Exits breakdown

by type

Investors

Most active investors

named, by deal count in period

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