# Data
- European chips funding almost quadruples as investors back Nvidia’s inference challengers
European chips funding almost quadruples as investors back Nvidia’s inference challengers
- Europe’s chips startups mapped: 113 companies building the hardware behind AI
Europe’s chips startups mapped: 113 companies building the hardware behind AI
- Why Europe’s AI founders are opening accounting and law firms
Why Europe’s AI founders are opening accounting and law firms
- Photonics mapped: 74 European startups using light to power the AI era
Photonics mapped: 74 European startups using light to power the AI era
- Talent tops European AI startups’ concerns as funding pressures mount
Talent tops European AI startups’ concerns as funding pressures mount
- Bots bouncers: the startups deciding what AI agents can do
Bots bouncers: the startups deciding what AI agents can do
- Scaleup capital drives a fifth straight quarter of growth, as Paris and Munich outstrip London
Scaleup capital drives a fifth straight quarter of growth, as Paris and Munich outstrip London
- Italian startups are growing up: bigger early-stage rounds and more late-stage money, data shows
Italian startups are growing up: bigger early-stage rounds and more late-stage money, data shows
- Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money
Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money
- Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs are queueing up for growth-stage funding rounds
Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs are queueing up for growth-stage funding rounds
- The breakout European startups tripling revenue every year
The breakout European startups tripling revenue every year
- The top 10 investors backing Europe’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups
The top 10 investors backing Europe’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups
- 8 pre-seed rounds led by Tier 1 US investors in AI-native companies
8 pre-seed rounds led by Tier 1 US investors in AI-native companies
- AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer
AI safety startups mapped: 37 companies building Europe's trust layer
- The companies that shot up Sifted’s DACH & CEE leaderboard
The companies that shot up Sifted’s DACH & CEE leaderboard
- Just three deals make up almost half of all VC funding in Germany this year
Just three deals make up almost half of all VC funding in Germany this year
- The 10 robotics startups that raised the biggest rounds in H1 2026
The 10 robotics startups that raised the biggest rounds in H1 2026
- Record number of CVCs making repeat bets on European robotics
Record number of CVCs making repeat bets on European robotics
- The 144 new funds this year and what they reveal about Europe's investment market
The 144 new funds this year and what they reveal about Europe's investment market