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Top 100 European Startups 2026

The most-funded private companies across Europe, from Berlin and Stockholm to Paris and Amsterdam.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $98.6B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised · Latest company record update Oct 4, 2026

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

76
Bitpanda

Trade in minutes from only €1. Your No.1 European broker for stocks, crypto, indices, ETFs and pr...

Vienna, Austria501–1000Crypto & Web3, Fintech
Series CTotal funding$530.0MJun 2023
77
Upvest

Europe's leading investment infrastructure provider offering a plug-and-play Investment API and c...

Berlin, Germany201–500Financial Services, Fintech
Venture RoundTotal funding$529.6MApr 2026
78
Omio

Europe's first online service to aggregate all major travel modes, with connections all the way d...

Berlin, Germany201–500Marketplace, Mobility
Venture RoundTotal funding$529.1MJul 2026
79
Nearfield Instruments

Nearfield Instruments is a semiconductor metrology equipment company that develops process contro...

Rotterdam, Netherlands51–200Deep Tech, Semiconductors
Series DTotal funding$527.6MJun 2026
80
Fever

Fever provides energy companies an operating system to connect distributed assets, run portfolios...

Madrid, Spain1001–5000Energy, Entertainment
Series FTotal funding$515.3MJun 2025
81
Volocopter

Volocopter pioneers safe, quiet, and sustainable all-electric aircraft solutions for urban air mo...

Berlin, Germany201–500Aerospace, Transportation
Series ETotal funding$514.5MMar 2022
82
PayFit

PayFit combines payroll, HR software, human expertise, and AI to help small and medium-sized busi...

Paris, France501–1000Fintech, HR Tech
Series ETotal funding$496.5MJan 2022
83
Remote

Remote provides global employment infrastructure, helping companies hire, manage, and pay interna...

Amsterdam, Netherlands1001–5000Financial Services, Fintech
Series CTotal funding$496.0MApr 2022
84
Scalable Capital

Digital investment platform offering brokerage, wealth management, and a retail investor exchange...

Munich, Germany501–1000Fintech, Wealth Management
Series G+Total funding$495.0MJun 2025
85
Verda

Verda is a Europe-based full-stack AI cloud offering GPU instances, instant clusters, and serverl...

Helsinki, FinlandCloud, Infrastructure
Venture RoundTotal funding$491.0MSep 2026
86
Devo, Inc.

Devo is a cloud-native security data platform delivering real-time SIEM, SOAR, and UEBA for secur...

Madrid, Spain201–500Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Series FTotal funding$481.0MJun 2022
87
Epidemic Sound

Epidemic Sound provides licensed music and sound effects with AI-powered tools that help creators...

Stockholm, Sweden501–1000Media, Music
Growth EquityTotal funding$475.0MMar 2021
88
DNA Script

DNA Script develops the SYNTAX platform for enzymatic DNA synthesis, enabling labs to print high-...

Paris, France51–200Biotech, Synthetic Biology
Series CTotal funding$466.5MJan 2022
89
Exotec

Exotec designs and deploys warehouse automation systems that combine robotics, software, and oper...

Lille, France1001–5000Robotics, Supply Chain
Series DTotal funding$457.7MJan 2022
90
SonarSource

Sonar provides code quality and security tools that analyze developer, AI-generated, and third-pa...

Geneva, Switzerland501–1000Developer Tools
Series BTotal funding$457.0MApr 2022
91
Mambu

Mambu is a SaaS cloud banking platform that enables financial institutions and fintechs to rapidl...

Amsterdam, Netherlands501–1000Fintech, Banking
Series ETotal funding$444.9MDec 2021
92
Pennylane

Pennylane unifies accounting, spending, payments, and financial management for businesses and the...

Paris, France201–500Fintech, SaaS
Series ETotal funding$442.4MJan 2026
93
VOI Technology

Swedish e-scooter sharing startup operating across European cities.

Stockholm, Sweden1001–5000Mobility, Transportation
Series ETotal funding$435.0MMar 2024
94
Pleo

European business spending and expense management platform providing smart company cards, automat...

Copenhagen, Denmark501–1000Fintech, HR Tech
Extension RoundTotal funding$434.3MDec 2021
95
Ignis

Partnership with Ignis Energia to develop primarily green hydrogen and clean fuels projects for i...

Madrid, SpainClimate Tech
Corporate RoundTotal funding$432.0MJun 2024
96
Aiven

Open source cloud data platform providing managed services for databases and streaming technologi...

Helsinki, Finland501–1000Cloud, Data & Analytics
Series DTotal funding$429.0MMay 2022
97
Ankorstore

European B2B wholesale marketplace connecting independent brands with neighborhood retailers, hel...

Paris, France201–500E-Commerce, Marketplace
Series CTotal funding$426.2MJan 2022
98
TON

TON is a decentralized layer-one blockchain built by Telegram and the open-source community for m...

Zug, SwitzerlandCrypto & Web3
Venture RoundTotal funding$418.0MMar 2025
99
n8n

n8n is a workflow automation platform that combines AI capabilities and business-process automati...

Berlin, Germany201–500Workflow Automation, Developer Tools
Venture RoundTotal funding$417.5MMay 2026
100
Shift

Shift Technology is an AI platform for insurers combining generative, agentic, and predictive AI ...

Paris, France201–500Artificial Intelligence, Insurtech
Series CTotal funding$407.8MMar 2025