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November 3, 2025

Europe breaks records across AI, defence and quantum in Q3

Dealmaking spiked in Q3, with seven new unicorns and two jumbo AI raises


Stargate UK was one of many project in data centre startup Nscale's pipeline. Credit: Nscale

Europe’s Q3 tally is in: equity funding reached its highest quarterly level since Q2 2024, with €13.7bn raised across just over 1,300 rounds, according to Sifted data.

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Federico Scolari

Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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Jonathan Sinclair

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