Sectors/Software/2021/September

Software funding in September 2021

European Software startup funding raised during September 2021.

In September 2021, 225 European Software companies raised a combined €2.7B across 227 funding rounds, up 192.0% versus September 2020. France led by capital raised, and Atlantic Labs was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.

Total funding

€2.7B

+192.0% vs September 2020

Funding rounds

227

+202.7% vs September 2020

Companies

225

Top country

France

Rank among sectors

14.6% of sector funding

Debt financing

€100M

3.7% of total

Top-10 round share

57.4%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Top countries

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Exits & M&A

36 Acquisition · 3 Merger · 1 IPO

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in September 2021

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Mirakl	Series D+	Sep 2021	€473M
AlphaSense	Series C	Sep 2021	€154M
Storytel	Other	Sep 2021	€138M
Flyr Labs	Other	Sep 2021

View all 227 Software deals in September 2021 →

Top investors

most active in September 2021, by deal count

← All 2021 Software funding

Softline	IPO	Sep 2021	€345M
Reworks	Acquisition	Sep 2021	€337M
MessengerPeople	Acquisition	Sep 2021	€48M
Chatra	Acquisition	Sep 2021	€40M
Factum Information Technologies	Acquisition	Sep 2021	€25M
Scientia	Acquisition	Sep 2021	€14M