# European tech companies raised over €2.7B across 55+ funding deals in one week

- Published: 2026-11-09 17:22 UTC
- Section: Industry & People › Start-ups
- Tags: European tech funding, weekly funding recap, Fal Series F, Return battery storage, EOS-X Space, Vaeridion, bit.bio Series D, Tech.eu Funding Explorer, European startup rounds
- URL: https://realtech.media/news/rt-e131ac255a4ea466bc94e7ac_european_tech_companies/

**Content, energy and fintech led the totals; by country Türkiye, the Netherlands and the UK were ahead. The largest rounds went to Fal and Return.**

![European tech companies raised over €2.7B across 55+ funding deals in one week](https://realtech.media/media/2026/11/53bbc2ee6c8c0785.webp)
*Tech.eu*

Last week Tech.eu tracked more than 55 tech funding deals worth over €2.7 billion across Europe, plus more than five exits, M&A transactions, rumours and related news [1]. By industry, content raised the most (€1.2 billion), followed by energy (€857.5 million) and fintech (€291.7 million) [1]. By country, Türkiye took first place (€1.2 billion), followed by the Netherlands (€900 million) and the UK (€242.4 million) [1].

## Largest rounds

Fal from Türkiye doubled its valuation to $16 billion after a $1.3 billion Series F [1]. The Dutch company Return secured €835 million in financing to expand battery storage capacity in Germany [1]. Spain's EOS-X Space raised $120 million at a $1.2 billion valuation ahead of its first commercial balloon flight [1]. In the UK, Hoxton Wealth received a $135 million minority investment from Aspirity Partners [1].

## Energy, hardware and science rounds

Germany's Vaeridion, an aerospace startup, raised €30 million for zero-emission regional flights [1]. The UK's FluoRok raised €26.64 million to scale fluorochemical production [1]. Another UK company, bit.bio, which programs human cells, closed a $25 million Series D [1].

In storage and power electronics, Sweden's Green Voltis raised €13.5 million to operate and trade battery storage, and Finland's Vensum Power raised €9 million to cut power losses in data centres, EV charging and energy storage [1]. Germany's Quint Computing raised €9.1 million to scale quantum computing technology [1]. Austria's Tumbleweed closed a record €6.9 million seed round to bring microgravity research to a wider range of users [1]. France's Seamoretech secured €1.1 million to turn desalination brine into freshwater [1].

Among acquisitions, Upwork is acquiring the Berlin-based HR startup WorkMotion, and the Conrad Electronic Group is acquiring the Berlin-based procurement startup Hivebuy [1]. Sweden's Nordtech Group acquired the SaaS company Leasify [1].

## Sources

1. [Tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/11/09/european-tech-weekly-recap-over-eur27b-invested-across-55-deals)

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