Stage · Funding
Seed funding in Europe, 2026
Capital tracked€2,208,290,757
Rounds200
Startups457
Stories21
Capital tracked
€2.2B
Disclosed rounds
200
Biggest round
€891.4M
Startups tracked
457
Seed, in numbers
200 rounds on record · 194 with a disclosed amount
Capital by sector
Capital by sector. Donut chart, 6 slices. AI €1.2B (65%), Climate €98.3M (5%), Deep tech €69.7M (4%), Health €48.8M (3%), Autonomous Systems €42.4M (2%), Other (26) €386.4M (21%).
- AI€1.2B65%
- Climate€98.3M5%
- Deep tech€69.7M4%
- Health€48.8M3%
- Autonomous Systems€42.4M2%
- Other (26)€386.4M21%
Source: Sesamers round tracker
Share of rounds
Share of rounds by stage. Bar chart, 2 rows. Seed 100%, Bridge 0%.
Source: Sesamers round tracker
n = 200 rounds
Largest rounds tracked
Disclosed rounds only · EUR-converted at desk rates
| Company | Round | Sector | Lead | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Machine Intelligence France | Seed | AI | Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, Bezos Expeditions | €891.4M |
| Gradium France | Seed | AI | - | €87.5M |
| Uforce United Kingdom | Seed | Autonomous Systems | Lakestar | €42.4M |
| Aptadir Therapeutics Italy | Seed | Unclassified | 4BIO Capital | €40M |
| Vertical Compute Belgium | Seed | AI | Quantonation | €37M |
| Machenta United Kingdom | Seed | Unclassified | Creandum, Union Square Ventures | €35.8M |
What we have written
21 stories on Seed
04Nov Gallium Defense raises €7.1M seed for a cheaper drone-detection radar Paris-based Gallium Defense raised a €7.1M seed led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital to… News 30
Oct Fronted raises €1.7M seed to take AI payroll to 70 countries A 30-person Norwegian startup that bundles recruitment, employer of record and payroll raised NOK 18 million… News 28
Oct Querio raises $5M seed to put metrics back in the data team’s hands London's Querio launched with $5 million and BMW i Ventures as lead investor. Its metric definitions… News 28
Oct Lette raises $6.5M seed to run UK rentals with AI agents The Dublin company puts AI agents on top of Yardi and MRI to close leases and… News 27
Oct Machenta raises $40M seed to teach robots from one demonstration A London lab of eleven people raised $40 million before it has anything to sell. Machenta's… News
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Creandum
Seed–Series A
Led 6 of 7 rounds tracked in Seed. Creandum is a Stockholm-based venture capital firm founded in 2003 that backs…
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High-Tech Gründerfonds
Pre-seed–Seed
Led 1 of 5 rounds tracked in Seed. High-Tech Gründerfonds invests at pre-seed and seed in German startups and international…
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Armilar
Seed–Series A · Deep tech
Led 3 of 3 rounds tracked in Seed. Armilar Venture Partners is a European early-stage venture capital firm backing founders…
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