Scaleup capital drives a fifth straight quarter of growth, as Paris and Munich outstrip London

European tech notched the highest quarterly total for funding on record in Q3, the third quarter in a row the figure has been broken

Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia

The chip giant's latest European shopping spree saw it tour London, Stockholm, Paris and Berlin

Italian startups are growing up: bigger early-stage rounds and more late-stage money, data shows

Bigger seeds, a rebound in growth rounds and a record year for late-stage equity point to a maturing pipeline

The breakout European startups tripling revenue every year

Six of the seven are new to the Sifted 250, three come from Central and Eastern Europe and most run with teams of fewer than 50 people

The most capital-efficient startups in Europe

These nine startups made more revenue in a year than capital raised since they were founded

Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI

The Berlin-based company achieved a 365% two-year CAGR revenue growth, and plans to help robots think and remember.

The companies that shot up Sifted’s DACH & CEE leaderboard

Despite their size, Berlin-based unicorns N8n and Parloa are among the biggest climbers 

DACH & CEE: the data behind the region's fastest-growing startups

Beyond revenue growth, Sifted dissects the efficiency of this year's 100 fastest-growing DACH & CEE startups

Nordics leaderboard: the data behind the region’s fastest-growing startups

Beyond revenue growth, Sifted dissects the efficiency of this year's 100 fastest-growing Nordics startups

Europe’s 30 most active public funds in H1 2026

The EIC leads public funding efforts, but country-specific funds are increasingly active

Europe’s 50 most active equity investors in H1 2026

Go big and go abroad: Europe’s startups are expanding internationally as early as seed

Every European unicorn exit of 2026 so far

Seven billion-dollar startups have already found a buyer or hit the public markets in 2026 — matching Europe’s previous annual record

AI, dual use and spacetech: the new stars of debt funding

European rounds are getting bigger, but fewer companies are closing them

Every median value for every round has increased for each of the past three comparable years, but dealcount's down for many rounds.

The sovereign capital, global chipmakers and serial investors behind Europe’s new unicorns 

Out of more than 300 investors, only 25 have invested in two or more new unicorn.

One unicorn a week: Europe's new model for billion-dollar startups

Europe is minting unicorns again: younger, faster to $1bn and clustered around AI-native bets

European deeptech investment hits annual record in just six months

European deeptech startups and scaleups have enjoyed a funding bonanza

Records broken as eight European startups raised $1bn+ rounds in 2026

$1bn+ rounds support scaling for Europe’s key AI companies

Series D funding rises 308% in first half of 2026

From Wayve to ElevenLabs, Europe's biggest scaleups are raising bigger rounds as AI reshapes the continent's funding landscape

Want to announce your funding round? Avoid Tuesdays at all cost

Analysis of 14k+ European funding announcements shows startups crowd into the middle of the week — making Tuesday the hardest day to stand out

100+ companies the €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund could back

We've been asking investors which companies they think the fund will back

European legaltech mapped: 60+ startups evolving how legal work gets done

From London to Paris, Sifted’s market map of Europe’s legaltech landscape categorises 60+ startups building across legal OS, contract lifecycle management, litigation, patents and legal support for individuals

25 European YC startups due to raise a Series A

Some of Europe’s most successful startups leveraged the investor’s first cheque to reach funding milestones quicker