Sectors/AI/2026/H2

AI funding in H2 2026

European AI startup funding raised during H2 2026.

H2 2026 is in progress (through 2026-10-05): 88 European AI companies have raised €6.7B across 89 funding rounds so far. France leads by capital raised, and General Catalyst is the most active investor. Data as of 5 Oct 2026.

H2 2026 is in progress — these figures cover rounds through today and will grow as the period completes, so they are not compared to H2 2025.

Total funding

€6.7B

disclosed, € normalized

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

France

Rank among sectors

23.4% of sector funding

Debt financing

€424M

6.3% of total

Top-10 round share

92.9%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Top countries

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2026

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Mistral AI	Series D+	Sep 2026	€3.0B
Helsing	Series D+	Jul 2026	€1.6B
Wonderful	Series C	Sep 2026	€475M
Bird	Debt	Sep 2026

View all 89 AI deals in H2 2026 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2026, by deal count

General Catalyst4 deals
Index Ventures3 deals
KFund3 deals
a16z2 deals
4Founders Capital2 deals
BGF2 deals
Bpifrance2 deals
Entourage 2 deals
Eurazeo2 deals
Felix Capital2 deals

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