Sectors/Software/2020/January

Software funding in January 2020

European Software startup funding raised during January 2020.

In January 2020, 45 European Software companies raised a combined €566M across 45 funding rounds, up 120493.0% versus January 2019. France led by capital raised, and Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.

Total funding

€566M

+120493.0% vs January 2019

Funding rounds

+4400.0% vs January 2019

Companies

Top country

France

Rank among sectors

7.1% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

86.1%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Top countries

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Exits & M&A

14 Acquisition

14 exits · €4.8B disclosed.

Veeam Software

Acquisition

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in January 2020

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Acrelec	Other	Jan 2020	€202M
Tink	Other	Jan 2020	€90M
Front	Series C	Jan 2020	€53M
Productboard	Series B	Jan 2020

View all 45 Software deals in January 2020 →

Top investors

most active in January 2020, by deal count

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