European chip startups have raised €3.25bn in equity so far in 2026, according to Sifted data, almost four times the €827m they raised in the whole of 2025 and by far the largest amount in Sifted’s records.
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November 12, 2026
European chips funding almost quadruples as investors back Nvidia’s inference challengers
European chip startups have raised almost four times the amount of equity compared to last year, with three-quarters going to AI processors to fix the memory problem
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Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn
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