In the first half of 2026 Europe’s startups and scaleups secured €39bn in equity funding, the most they’ve raised since H1 2022, and 72.8% of the €53.6bn that was invested across the whole of 2025.
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July 17, 2026
The sectors with the most momentum heading into H2
Sifted dug into the data to discover the hottest sectors across Europe in the first half of 2026
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Jonathan Sinclair is head of research at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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