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July 31, 2026

222 spinouts, €4.9bn raised: Europe’s top universities for spinout funding in H1 2026

Europe's university spinouts pulled in close to €4.9b in the first half of 2026 — with just a handful of blockbuster companies accounting for a disproportionate share of that total.

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