Beyond AI: Six startup opportunities in Europe
Six sectors where European expertise, needs and regulatory changes are opening up new markets.
Read on Substack- Matching funds
- 9
- Total
- €1.1bn
- Median
- €68m
- Threshold
- From €10m
Funds
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Pre-seed fund for Southern European founders and diaspora
- Sectors
- Generalist
- Invests in
- Southern Europe
- Track
- Emerging manager, fund 2
- Closed
- 19 Oct 2026
Pediatric health fund investing in research-based spinouts from academia and hospitals
- Sectors
- Health & Bio
- Invests in
- Europe
- First Close
- 7 May 2026
- Manager
- Ship2B Ventures
- Public LPs
- EIF, CDTI Innvierte
Early-stage fund for European digital businesses
- Sectors
- AI, B2B Software
- Invests in
- Iberia
- Track
- Fund 3
- First Close
- 11 Mar 2026
- Public LPs
- KfW, SETT
Growth fund for European deep tech and climate scale-ups
- Sectors
- Deep Tech, Climate & Energy, Defence & Security
- Invests in
- Pan-European
- Track
- Fund 5
- First Close
- 4 Feb 2026
- Manager
- Mundi Ventures (Kembara)
- Public LPs
- EIF
Fund backing Spanish and European founders at seed and Series A
- Sectors
- Generalist
- Invests in
- Iberia
- Track
- Fund 4
- First Close
- 15 Dec 2025
- Public LPs
- EIF, CDTI Innvierte
Frontier tech founders (AI, spacetech, cyber), helping European startups reach the US
- Sectors
- Deep Tech, AI, Defence & Security
- Invests in
- Europe | US
- Closed
- 2 Dec 2025
Impact fund for startups serving vulnerable groups, decarbonisation and ecosystem regeneration
- Sectors
- Health & Bio, Climate & Energy
- Invests in
- Spain | Europe
- Track
- Fund 2
- First Close
- 18 Nov 2025
- Manager
- Ship2B Ventures
- Public LPs
- EIF
Barcelona-based fund backing early-stage Iberian and European founders
- Sectors
- Generalist
- Invests in
- Iberia
- Track
- Fund 3
- Final Close
- 1 Oct 2025
- Public LPs
- EIF, CDTI Innvierte
Fund for cybersecurity, applied AI and digital infrastructure startups
- Sectors
- Defence & Security, AI, Health & Bio
- Invests in
- Pan-European
- Track
- Fund 4
- First Close
- 17 Mar 2025
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