Germany, the UK and France host over half of Europe's identified early-stage tech raises
Asked:
“Which tech startups in Europe raised Seed or Series A funding in the past 3 years?”
A live-web scan found 1,010 deduplicated European technology startups with a publicly reported Seed or Series A round dated 2023-09-29 through 2026-09-29 — 604 Seed and 406 Series A, counting each startup's best-supported latest qualifying round. Country was identified for 850 of the 1,010; this is a web-scan snapshot, not a complete census, and recent 2026 coverage is much denser than earlier years.
Where the 850 located startups sit
Colour = number of startups with an identified single country. Hover a country for its Seed / Series A split. Four multi-country labels (5 startups, e.g. “France / Italy / UK”) are excluded from the map but appear in the chart and table.
Ranked by startups, split Seed vs Series A
■ Seed ■ Series A — top 20 locations shown; 37 location labels total are in the table below.
Germany leads with 181 startups (112 Seed, 69 Series A), many anchored in Berlin's ecosystem — startupgenome.com
The United Kingdom is the only large market where Series A reports (79) outnumber Seed (78) — tech.eu
France counts 130 startups, with Paris deals like Marble's €6.5M Series A typical of the mix — eu-startups.com
Beyond the big three, Spain (72) and the Netherlands (39) lead a long tail across 30+ locations, from Lithuania (12) to Montenegro (1) — inforcapital.com
All 1,010 startups
Startup
City
Country
Round
Amount (as stated)
Date
Sector
Source
Amounts are shown exactly as reported in each source's currency and format, and are not summed. Blank cells mean the source did not state the value.
Live-web scan of public funding coverage, 1,010 deduplicated European tech startups with a Seed or Series A round announced 2023-09-29 to 2026-09-29; one row per startup keeps its best-supported latest qualifying round. Evidence spans 384 source pages across 132 hosts; the most-used single page backs 34 rows. Country identified for 850 startups; blank locations, sectors, investors or amounts preserved as blank. Long sector/investor text truncated for space; amounts are not converted or totalled because currencies differ.