European funding attributed to this sector (companies tagged with it).
7,343 European Software companies have raised a combined €114B across 11,807 funding rounds. UK leads by capital raised, and Kima Ventures is the most active investor. Data as of 29 Sept 2026.
#2 sector by capital raised — 14.0% of European sector funding.
Software sector funding fell from €2.33B to €1.72B, a 26% decrease, with deal count declining from 149 to 132, a drop of 17 deals.
Software recorded 39 deals worth €521M over the trailing 30 days, the highest deal count of any sector in that window, ahead of AI's 24 deals and Fintech's 16 deals.
| 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 → |
