Sectors/Software/2025/January

Software funding in January 2025

European Software startup funding raised during January 2025.

In January 2025, 73 European Software companies raised a combined €606M across 74 funding rounds, down 24.4% versus January 2024. UK led by capital raised, and eCapital was the most active investor. Data as of 23 Aug 2026.

Total funding

€606M

-24.4% vs January 2024

Funding rounds

+8.8% vs January 2024

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

9.1% of sector funding

Debt financing

€52M

8.6% of total

Top-10 round share

67.9%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Top countries

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Exits & M&A

21 Acquisition · 2 Merger

23 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in January 2025

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Xocean	Other	Jan 2025	€115M
Fundment	Other	Jan 2025	€53M
Nelly	Series B	Jan 2025	€50M
Vertice	Series C	Jan 2025

View all 74 Software deals in January 2025 →

Top investors

most active in January 2025, by deal count

eCapital2 deals
firstminute capital2 deals
Fuel Ventures2 deals
Index Ventures2 deals
KFund2 deals
Lakestar2 deals
Octopus Ventures2 deals
Vento2 deals
European investors1 deals
T3 Venture Capital Investment Fund (T3 GSYF)1 deals

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