Transportation funding in H2 2021

European Transportation startup funding raised during H2 2021.

In H2 2021, 169 European Transportation companies raised a combined €5.5B across 173 funding rounds, up 108.9% versus H2 2020. Germany led by capital raised, and VNV Global was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.

Total funding

€5.5B

+108.9% vs H2 2020

Funding rounds

173

+38.4% vs H2 2020

Companies

169

Top country

Germany

Rank among sectors

7.0% of sector funding

Debt financing

€466M

8.5% of total

Top-10 round share

59.7%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Top countries

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2021

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Gorillas	Series C	Oct 2021	€858M
Bolt	Series D+	Aug 2021	€600M
finn	Debt	Dec 2021	€461M
Avia Solutions Group	Other	Sep 2021

View all 173 Transportation deals in H2 2021 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2021, by deal count

← All 2021 Transportation funding

Exits & M&A

29 Acquisition · 4 Merger · 2 IPO

35 exits · €9.1B disclosed.

Wolt	Acquisition	Nov 2021	€7.0B
Hillebrand	Acquisition	Aug 2021	€1.5B
Bipi	Acquisition	Jul 2021	€100M
SMH Fleet Solutions	Acquisition	Sep 2021	€82M
ViriCiti	Acquisition	Aug 2021	€75M
MotorK	IPO	Nov 2021	€74M