European deep tech closed 2025 on a defence and sovereignty note, with semiconductor and autonomous driving companies attracting the final funding of the year.
2026 kicked off with steady deal flow. Biotech and medtech dominated the headlines with several significant rounds, while infrastructure and materials recycling companies also secured meaningful funding to advance commercialization efforts.
Policy & ecosystem
- HFSP opens 2027 grants for frontier life science research [Science|Business]
Semiconductors
- French chipmaker NanoXplore raises €20M to expand into defence and strengthen Europe’s electronic sovereignty [EU-Startups]
Biotech & medtech
- French MedTech FineHeart raises €83M in private capital and EU grants to fight advanced heart failure [EU-Startups]
- ShanX Medtech secures €24M to combat antimicrobial resistance [EU-Startups]
- Qualinx raises €20M in funding [Startup Rise]
- ViCentra lands $13M, pushing Kaleido insulin pump funding to $98M [Tech Funding News]
- Sigrid raises $5M to accelerate U.S. growth and expand non-systemic metabolic health platform [Arctic Startup]
- U.Porto spin-off Cell4Food secures €1.5M to advance cell-based seafood innovation [Portugal Startup News]
- Robeauté is turning microrobotics into a surgical platform for the brain [Tech.eu]
Climate, energy & industrial tech
- Belgian-American startup Aidoptation secures €20M to scale autonomous driving from racetrack to mobility and defence [EU-Startups]
- Nordic Salt Cycle secures €3.5M to advance molten salt recycling process [Arctic Startup]
- Vitrealab closes €9.4M Series A to develop light engines for AR glasses [EU-Startups]
