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Dealroom: London overtakes Paris to reclaim its position as Europe's leading tech hub, and now ranks fourth globally; London startups raised $17.7B in 2025

London has reclaimed its position as Europe's leading technology centre, overtaking Paris thanks to increased investment …

Dealroom and NATO Innovation Fund: European defense, security, and resilience startup funding rose 55% YoY to a record $8.7B in 2025, with AI accounting for 44%

Dealroom and NATO Innovation Fund: European defense, security, and resilience startup funding rose 55% YoY to a record $8.7B in 2025, with AI accounting for 44%

Ahead of the big Munich Security Conference later this week, the analysts at Dealroom teamed up with the NATO Innovation Fund …

Dealroom: 76 European deep tech and life sciences companies spun out from universities reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025, or both

Anna Heim / TechCrunch :

Dealroom: 230+ European defense tech startups have launched since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, driven by interest in drones, as investors foresee a shake-out

Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times :

Dealroom: European VC deals are set to rise 3-4% YoY in 2025 to $57B, about the same as in 2023, driven by rising startup valuations in AI, fintech, and defense

Interest in AI and defence tech start-ups has boosted investor activity after a prolonged slowdown

Dealroom: UK-based startups raised £16.2B in 2024, the lowest amount since 2020, as several consider moving their headquarters to the US in search of capital

Financial Times :

NATO Innovation Fund and Dealroom: investments in EU defense tech and related startups rose 24% in 2024 to $5.2B, outpacing AI VC growth over the past two years

Financial Times :

Dealroom: US VCs provided 65% of VC money for European defense startups in 2024, up from 18% in 2023, for $458M total YTD, or 3x+ more than in any prior year

Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times : X: @elenlazarou and @pluralplatform X: Elena Lazarou / @elenlazarou : “The US provided more than 65 per cent of venture capital defence tech investment in Europe so...

Accel and Dealroom: out of 221 generative AI startups in Europe and Israel, 27% were created in London, 13% in Tel Aviv, 12% in Berlin, and 10% in Paris

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :