European funding attributed to this sector (companies tagged with it).
7,292 European Software companies have raised a combined €113B across 11,728 funding rounds. UK leads by capital raised, and Kima Ventures is the most active investor. Data as of 14 Aug 2026.
#2 sector by capital raised — 14.2% of European sector funding.
Software recorded 156 deals in the recent 90-day window, more than any other sector in the data, while capital raised rose to €2.6B from €1.3B in the prior period, a 2.0x increase.
Software sector funding rose from €1.35B to €2.66B, a 97% increase, with deal count nearly flat at 165 versus 173 previously.
| Growth/Late |
| €900M |
| 2021-05-26 |
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| Grammarly | Ukraine | Other | €882M | 2025-05-30 | View → |
| Kpler | Belgium | Other | €861M | 2026-06-03 | View → |
| Celonis | Germany | Series D+ | €821M | 2021-06-03 | View → |
| Your.World | Netherlands | Other | €800M | 2025-02-24 | View → |
| AtlasEdge | UK | Debt | €725M | 2023-04-26 | View → |
| MessageBird | Netherlands | Series C | €663M | 2021-04-28 | View → |
| UiPath | Romania | Series D+ | €618M | 2021-02-01 | View → |
| Bending Spoons | Italy | Other | €615M | 2025-10-30 | View → |
| Celonis | Germany | Debt | €604M | 2022-08-23 | View → |
