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Funding leaderboards
All-time league tables, reproduced from the data. Rankings are funding-based (capital raised and deal activity) — not revenue or headcount.
Most active investors
by dealsMost-funded companies
all-time disclosed| # | Name | Raised | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northvolt | €14B | 18 |
| 2 | Stegra (H2 Green Steel) | €7.7B | 8 |
| 3 | Delivery Hero | €7.3B | 17 |
| 4 | Nscale | €5.0B | 6 |
| 5 | Arm | €4.7B | 1 |
| 6 | Enpal | €4.6B | 14 |
| 7 | Automotive Cells Company (ACC) | €4.4B | 1 |
| 8 | Klarna | €3.8B | 21 |
| 9 | DAZN | €3.8B | 1 |
| 10 | Mistral AI | €3.5B | 7 |
| 11 | Auxmoney | €3.5B | 13 |
| 12 | SumUp | €3.5B | 12 |
| 13 | Polestar | €3.5B | 5 |
| 14 | Visma | €3.0B | 3 |
| 15 | CityFibre | €3.0B | 2 |
Biggest rounds
single rounds| # | Name | Amount | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ArmUK | €4.7B | 2023 |
| 2 | NorthvoltSweden | €4.6B | 2024 |
| 3 | Stegra (H2 Green Steel)Sweden | €4.5B | 2024 |
| 4 | Automotive Cells Company (ACC)France | €4.4B | 2024 |
| 5 | DAZNUK | €3.8B | 2022 |
| 6 | VismaNorway | €3.0B | 2023 |
| 7 | InPostPoland | €2.8B | |
| 8 | CityFibreUK | €2.7B | 2025 |
| 9 | PhilipsNetherlands | €2.6B | 2023 |
| 10 | ImecBelgium | €2.5B | 2024 |
| 11 | Pure Data Centres (Pure DC)UK | €2.3B | 2026 |
| 12 | Delivery HeroGermany | €2.3B | 2020 |
| 13 | NorthvoltSweden | €2.3B | 2021 |
| 14 | VerkorFrance | €2.0B | 2023 |
| 15 | AllegroPoland | €2.0B | 2020 |
Biggest exits
disclosed value| # | Name | Value | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IHS Markit2020-11-29 | €37B | S&P Global |
| 2 | Arm2020-09-14 | €34B | NVIDIA |
| 3 | ARM Group2015-12-31 | €29B | SoftBank |
| 4 | Spotify2017-09-30 | €27B | |
| 5 | Virgin Media2020-11-19 | €20B | Liberty Global |
| 6 | Orange Espana2022-07-26 | €19B | MásMóvil |
| 7 | SFR2011-12-31 | €17B | Altice |
| 8 | Alcatel-Lucent2015-07-31 | €16B | Nokia |
| 9 | EE (Everything Everywhere)2013-10-31 | €15B | BT Group |
| 10 | Numericable2012-01-31 | €15B | SFR |
| 11 | Mobileye2016-08-31 | €13B | Intel Corporation |
| 12 | WorldPay2016-12-31 | €9.5B | Vantiv |
| 13 | Supercell2015-10-31 | €9.3B | Tencent |
| 14 | E-Plus Gruppe2013-06-30 | €8.6B | Telefonica |
| 15 | Drillisch2016-12-31 | €8.5B | United Internet |
Top sectors
by capital| # | Name | Raised | Deals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fintech | €128B | 6,540 |
| 2 | Software | €112B | 11,603 |
| 3 | Healthtech | €67B | 5,628 |
| 4 | Transportation | €58B | 2,759 |
| 5 | E-commerce | €46B | 2,136 |
| 6 | Cleantech | €46B | 2,067 |
| 7 | Energy | €41B | 1,756 |
| 8 | AI | €23B | 1,323 |
| 9 | Foodtech | €23B | 1,617 |
| 10 | Cybersecurity | €23B | 1,854 |
| 11 | Media | €20B | 2,579 |
| 12 | Marketing | €20B | 2,978 |
| 13 | Telecom | €19B | 740 |
| 14 | Cloud | €15B | 331 |
| 15 | Semiconductors | €14B | 557 |
Top countries
by capitalMost acquisitive acquirers
≥2 disclosed exits| # | Name | Exits | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accenture | 73 | €215M |
| 2 | Visma | 34 | €187M |
| 3 | Apple | 22 | €821M |
| 4 | Main Capital Partners | 22 | — |
| 5 | 19 | €2.9B | |
| 6 | Delivery Hero | 17 | €5.1B |
| 7 | Klarna | 17 | €1.1B |
| 8 | Axel Springer | 16 | €1.7B |
| 9 | Microsoft | 14 | €11B |
| 10 | Cisco | 14 | €2.4B |
| 11 | IBM | 13 | €2.1B |
| 12 | Spotify | 13 | €398M |
| 13 | Just Eat | 12 | €7.2B |
| 14 | eBay | 12 | €4.4B |
| 15 | SAP | 12 | €2.3B |
Funding-momentum risers
not revenue| # | Name | Heat | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isomorphic LabsUK | 100 | €2.3B |
| 2 | Neura RoboticsGermany | 100 | €1.4B |
| 3 | Oxford Quantum CircuitsUK | 100 | €438M |
| 4 | LovableSweden | 99 | €476M |
| 5 | KandouSwitzerland | 99 | €467M |
| 6 | XoopleSpain | 99 | €248M |
| 7 | FractileUK | 99 | €227M |
| 8 | QuantWareNetherlands | 99 | €191M |
| 9 | QuoblyFrance | 99 | €134M |
| 10 | RIFTNetherlands | 99 | €127M |
| 11 | Solar FoodsFinland | 99 | €106M |
| 12 | THEKERSpain | 99 | €95M |
| 13 | VIKTORNetherlands | 99 | €70M |
| 14 | EndraSweden | 99 | €63M |
| 15 | eleQtronGermany | 99 | €63M |
Rankings cover all tracked years and use disclosed euro amounts (ECB-normalized at each round's date). The risers table ranks by funding momentum (recency, round size and follow-on signal), not revenue. See the methodology.