Europe's venture capital market is maturing rapidly, with growing LP appetite for deep tech, defense, fintech, and sovereign AI capabilities. Our European VC coverage tracks fund formation, mega-rounds, and the policy and capital dynamics shaping the continent's startup ecosystem.
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Wonderful announced a $550 million Series C on September 2, 2026. TechCrunch and the Wall Street Journal put the mark at $5 billion, 2.5× the March $2 billion Series B. Insight Partners led again. ARR was not disclosed. WSJ separately reported $170 million of employee-share purchases.
Valencia-based iPronics announced a $125 million Series B on September 2, 2026, co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with Nvidia joining. Total funding is now $177 million. Valuation was not disclosed. The product is a silicon-photonics optical circuit switch for AI clusters, not a GPU.
Italy's Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. IPO in June 2026. Shares began trading as NASDAQ: BSP on July 1 at a $29 IPO price. On September 10 it agreed to buy Miro at a $1.355 billion EV — see the dated memo.
Pitchdrive raised €60M in June 2026 to back Europe's AI-native founders at the earliest stages, joining a wave of new European deeptech funds.
Germany's NEURA Robotics raised up to $1.4B in June 2026 — the largest full-stack robotics round ever — led by Tether with Amazon, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and the EIB.
Creator Fund closed $56M in June 2026 to back Europe's scientific and technical founders at the earliest stages — capital aimed at deeptech at the source.
