Venture capital accelerated sharply across the UK and continental Europe in February 2026, with more than €270 million deployed into AI infrastructure, healthtech, fintech, logistics, climate tech and space startups within days. The funding wave reflects strong investor conviction around enterprise AI, sovereign technology and scalable medical innovation.
AI & Infrastructure Dominate Capital Flow
AI-native platforms and enterprise infrastructure absorbed the largest tickets.
FYLD secured $41M to scale its frontline AI platform.
SurrealDB raised $23M to expand its AI-ready multi-model database.
Plato closed $14.5M to grow enterprise AI capabilities.
Agaton landed $10M to scale AI-driven sales systems.
Investors are backing both AI agents and the data infrastructure stack that keeps enterprise models aligned.
Healthtech & Biotech Gain Momentum
From gene-therapy cost reduction to telehealth expansion:
Tozaro raised €6.9M to cut viral vector production costs.
Nul secured $1M to expand its digital alcohol-reduction programme.
Axmed received major foundation backing to scale affordable medical manufacturing.
Space, Climate & Sovereign Tech Scale
Strategic infrastructure plays attracted institutional capital:
SatVu raised £30M to expand its thermal-imaging satellite constellation.
HeyCharge secured €2.5M to scale EV charging innovation.
Hybridity raised €2M to advance AI-powered energy optimisation.
What the €270M+ Surge Signals
Enterprise AI remains the primary capital magnet across Europe.
Healthtech funding spans biotech, medtech and digital therapeutics.
Space, energy and sovereign infrastructure are now mainstream VC themes.
The February funding cycle shows that UK and European venture markets remain highly active — with AI as the connective layer across nearly every major deal category.
