Stage · Funding
Series C funding in Europe, 2026
Expansion capital: new markets, acquisitions, or the balance sheet a category leader needs.
Capital tracked€7,546,100,000
Rounds51
Startups79
Stories1
€7.5B
Capital tracked
51
Disclosed rounds
€1.2B
Biggest round
79
Startups tracked
Series C, in numbers
51 rounds on record · 49 with a disclosed amount
Capital by sector
Defence Tech 25%
AI 22%
Autonomous Driving 18%
Fintech 18%
Battery Tech 16%
Capital by year
Share of rounds
Source: Sesamers round tracker · full data desk →
Largest rounds tracked
Disclosed rounds only · EUR-converted at desk rates
| Company | Round | Sector | Lead | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEURA Robotics Germany | Series C | AI | - | €1.2B |
| Wayve United Kingdom | Series C | Autonomous Driving | SoftBank Vision Fund, NVIDIA, Microsoft | €979.7M |
| Verkor France | Series C | Battery Tech | Macquarie Asset Management, Meridiam | €850M |
| STARK Germany | Series C | Defence Tech | Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund | €500M |
| The Exploration Company Germany | Series C | Defence Tech | Bessemer Venture Partners, Atomico, Scaleup Europe Fund (managed by EQT) | €387M |
| OMass Therapeutics United Kingdom | Series C | Unclassified | Bain Capital Life Sciences, Forbion, Novo Holdings | €276.1M |
What we have written
1 story on Series C
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Startups in Series C
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Noxtua
Series C
Noxtua is a Berlin-based legal AI company providing jurisdiction-specific Legal AI Workspaces for research, analysis and document drafting…
Series C · €100,000,000
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Scan.com
Health · Series C
UK-based infrastructure platform connecting payers, providers and patients with imaging centers across the US.
Series C · €77,500,000
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Cognism
Martech · Series C
B2B sales intelligence platform selling compliant contact data to sales and marketing teams.
€10,606,328
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Who invests here
Funds with a verified round in this hub · most active first
BB
British Business Bank
Led 1 of 2 rounds tracked in Series C.
Ticket undisclosed
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Insight Partners
Growth–Series C · SaaS
Led 1 of 2 rounds tracked in Series C. Insight Partners is a New York software investor backing technology and internet…
Ticket undisclosed
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GV
Google Ventures
Series D+
2 rounds tracked in Series C. Backs innovative founders across seed, venture and growth stages in software, hardware,…
Ticket undisclosed
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