# Data

The European startups racing to power the AI boom, mapped

From nuclear to geothermal to tidal power, Sifted maps the European startups developing new sources of electricity for the continent’s growing data centre buildout

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

13 early-stage deeptech startups Tier 1 VCs backed in H1 2026

Some of the continent’s most active investors backed companies tackling problems once considered too complicated

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

Mistral wanted to beat Anthropic. Now it’s becoming Palantir

Data exclusively seen by Sifted shows the company has made a rapid internal pivot

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

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.

Europe’s leading tech hubs by deal activity in H1 2026

Capital and specialisation are driving new (and smaller) European tech hubs

European biotech mapped: 90 startups reshaping medicine

From drug discovery to gene editing, these startups are transforming the future of medicine

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.

The 25 companies Europe’s startup insiders watched most closely in H1

Sifted Pro readership data reveals which European startups and scaleups investors, corporates and advisers were monitoring most actively in H1

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

H1’s biggest M&A deals

A look back at European exits so far this year

Europe’s proactive health startups, mapped

From full-body scans to biological age tests, startups are building for consumers who want more data, earlier warnings and personalised ways to take control of their health

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

Industrial tech mapped — 64 startups to watch in Europe

Factories, warehouses, materials: the companies powering Europe's industrial future

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

Frontier computing mapped: 70+ companies racing to power the AI era

The startups that could finally shift the continent from consumer to competitor

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

Inside European defence tech: 70+ companies mapped

Drones, robots, satellites: all the companies aiming to boost European security

European spacetech mapped: 70+ startups reaching for the stars

Your guide to Europe's sprawling space industry, featuring rockets, satellites, space taxis, AI and more

European quantum mapped: 50+ startups betting big on the revolutionary tech

Your guide to Europe's quantum landscape, featuring startups building hardware, software and early applications