European Tech Venture Capital Investment Monitor
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May 2026
GTM
Venture capital investments in European technology startups, confirmed each month from financial press, startup media, investor announcements, and company blogs. Each record includes the funded company, country of incorporation, funding amount, round stage, lead and participating investors, and sector focus. Coverage spans the UK, Germany, France, the Nordics, and CEE across fintech, deeptech, climate tech, AI, and enterprise software. Rounds are classified by portfolio company location, not investor geography.
Venture capital investments in technology companies over $500 million in Europe in the past 30 days
European VC funds and family offices use it to monitor competitive deal activity and track emerging sectors. US investors expanding into European markets use it for deal flow intelligence. Startup founders use it to identify active investors in their sector and geography. Ecosystem researchers and government innovation agencies track regional investment trends through it.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:180px">Event</th><th style="min-width:200px">Investee Company</th><th style="min-width:200px">Investor Company</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Investment Date</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Investment Amount</th><th style="min-width:180px">Investment Currency</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:180px">Kembara raises 750 million euros from Mundi Ventures</td><td style="min-width:200px">Kembara, from the firm Mundi Ventures and directed by Javier Santiso, raises 750 million euros and specializes in climate, energy efficiency and AI</td><td style="min-width:200px">Mundi Ventures</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-22</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">750,000,000</td><td style="min-width:180px">EUR</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://elpais.com/noticias/capital-riesgo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">elpais.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:180px">Wayve secures over $1.5bn in funding and signs government deal</td><td style="min-width:200px">Wayve</td><td style="min-width:200px">Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-13</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:180px">USD</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://businesscloud.co.uk/news/wayve-signs-government-deal-after-1-5bn-funding" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">businesscloud.co.uk</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:180px">EQT to double investments in European tech</td><td style="min-width:200px">europäischer Technologiefirmen</td><td style="min-width:200px">Nordic financial investor EQT</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-29</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:180px">EUR</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.ariva.de/news/risikokapital-eqt-wettet-auf-aufholjagd-europaeischer-11985550" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ariva.de</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:180px">ElevenLabs secures $500M funding led by Sequoia</td><td style="min-width:200px">ElevenLabs</td><td style="min-width:200px">Sequoia</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-27</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:180px">USD</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.expansion.com/economia-digital/companias/2026/04/28/69ef7947468aeb27268b45a8.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">expansion.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:180px">Investments and Advancements in Fusion Technology</td><td style="min-width:200px">Proxima Fusion</td><td style="min-width:200px">federal government (1.2 billion euros) and the Free State of Bavaria (400 million euros)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-08</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:180px">EUR</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.it-boltwise.de/fusionstechnologie-investitionen-und-fortschritte.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">it-boltwise.de</a></td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Which European countries are covered?</h3><p>All EU member states plus the UK, Norway, and Switzerland. Coverage is weighted toward the UK, Germany, France, and the Nordics, reflecting deal volume.</p><h3>Are rounds led by non-European investors included?</h3><p>Yes. Rounds are classified by the portfolio company's location. US or Asian investors backing European startups are included.</p><h3>How does this differ from Dealroom or Crunchbase?</h3><p>CatchAll extracts events from news sources and announcements in near real-time; Dealroom and Crunchbase rely on a mix of self-reporting and manual curation. Each record includes a source link to the original announcement.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>