Who is the most active European investor?

Techstars is the most active investor in funding rounds into European companies tracked by Indexed, with 459 documented rounds (279 as lead) across 430 companies, as of September 2026.

Which firms are the most active European investors right now?

The most active investors in funding rounds into European companies are Techstars, Y Combinator, Antler, Index Ventures, European Innovation Council Fund — ranked by documented round participation as of September 2026.

How is "most active" measured?

Investors are ranked by the number of distinct documented funding rounds into European companies they participated in — every round sourced from a verifiable public record and confidence-checked. "Led" counts rounds where the investor was a lead. Ranking is by deal count, not capital deployed.

Data Report

Most Active Investors in European Startups 2026

Name: Most Active Investors in European Startups 2026
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Investors ranked by documented funding rounds into companies headquartered in Europe. A cut of the full venture league table.

Data as of September 2026 · Updated continuously · Figures in USD

Ranked Here

459

Top Firm Rounds

279

Top Firm Led

22,293+

Investors Tracked

The League Table

Ranked by documented funding rounds into European companies participated in and led.

InvestorRoundsLedCompanies

Techstars

Accelerator · United States

459279430 2

Y Combinator

VC · United States

323169266 3

Antler

Accelerator · United States

261154240 4

Index Ventures

VC · United States

224131137 5

European Innovation Council Fund

Government · Belgium

212121169 6

Plug and Play

Accelerator · United States

20651192 7

Accel

VC · United States

20599113 8

Balderton Capital

VC · United Kingdom

184108115 9

Partech

VC · France

16881114 10

Bpifrance

Investor · France

14841123 11

Seedcamp

VC · United Kingdom

14230103 12

Speedinvest

VC · Austria

1386394 13

General Catalyst

VC · United States

13772101 14

Insight Partners

VC · United States

1349190 15

LocalGlobe

VC · United Kingdom

1295495 16

FJ Labs

VC · United States

12929110 17

Creandum

VC · Sweden

1285070 18

Eurazeo

VC · France

12764104 19

Northzone

VC · United Kingdom

1276077 20

octopus investments

VC · United Kingdom

1266789 21

EQT Ventures

VC · Sweden

1258081 22

HV Capital

VC · Germany

1234873 23

Kima Ventures

VC · France

12222115 24

Sofinnova Partners

VC · France

1157174 25

Earlybird Venture Capital

VC · Germany

1096272 26

High-Tech Grunderfonds

VC · Germany

1064279 27

Lakestar

VC · Switzerland

1054973 28

Elaia

VC · France

995770 29

Atomico

VC · United Kingdom

965365 30

Sequoia Capital

VC · United States

945664 31

Notion Capital

VC · United Kingdom

933764 32

Project A Ventures

VC · Germany

894356 33

Corporate VC · United States

884158 34

MMC Ventures

VC · United Kingdom

884152 35

Target Partners

VC · Germany

873656 36

Cherry Ventures

VC · Germany

872564 37

Point Nine Capital

VC · Germany

803052 38

500 Global

VC · United States

762266 39

Lightspeed Venture Partners

VC · United States

734850 40

DN Capital

VC · United Kingdom

682442 41

General Atlantic

Growth · United States

674953 42

SoftBank

VC · United Kingdom

664550 43

Andreessen Horowitz

VC · United States

664451 44

UVC Partners

VC · Germany

663544 45

SOSV

Accelerator · United States

663055 46

Headline

VC · United States

642645 47

Global Founders Capital

VC · Germany

631344 48

468 Capital

VC · Germany

612748 49

Highland Europe

VC · United Kingdom

603443 50

Acton Capital

VC · Germany

583445

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Methodology

Figures are aggregated from Indexed's live database of 100,049+ private companies and 22,293+ investors. Every funding round is sourced from a verifiable public record; duplicates are merged and only rounds meeting a confidence threshold are counted. Amounts are whole USD; undisclosed rounds are excluded from dollar totals but counted where noted. "Documented" means announced with a citable source — true market totals are higher. Data as of September 2026 and updated continuously. Free to cite with attribution to Indexed.