European Hardware startup funding raised during H1 2016.
In H1 2016, 99 European Hardware companies raised a combined €381M across 102 funding rounds, up 64.7% versus H1 2015. Israel led by capital raised, and Bpifrance was the most active investor. Data as of 23 Aug 2026.
10 exits · €4.0B disclosed.
| Philips Lighting | IPO | Feb 2016 | €3.0B |
| Heptagon | Acquisition | Jun 2016 | €845M |
| Prox Dynamics | Acquisition | Jun 2016 | €122M |
| Kerlink | IPO | Feb 2016 | €10M |
| Plejd | IPO | Feb 2016 | €3.9M |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airobotics | Series B | Jun 2016 | €26M |
| EarlySense | Series D+ | Jun 2016 | €23M |
| HYT Watches | Series C | Feb 2016 | €21M |
| Veniam | Series B | Feb 2016 |
| €20M |
| eyeSight Mobile Technologies | Series C | May 2016 | €18M |
| Telensa | Growth/Late | Jan 2016 | €17M |
| LifeBEAM | Series A | Mar 2016 | €15M |
| Sevenhugs | Series A | Jun 2016 | €15M |
| Humavox | Growth/Late | Jun 2016 | €14M |
| Lumus | Series B | Jun 2016 | €14M |
| Drayson Technologies | Series B | May 2016 | €11M |
| Neura | Series A | Jan 2016 | €10M |
| Rombit | Seed | Mar 2016 | €10M |
| Dedrone | Series A | May 2016 | €9.1M |
| Biovotion | Series A | Jun 2016 | €9.0M |
