Europe’s most
exciting startups

All companies

London, UK

32Co

Revolutionising access to specialised healthcare services by connecting general clinicians with a network of specialists.

  • Seed, 2023
London, UK

Adludio

Sensory mobile ads for agencies and brands.

  • Seed in 2013
Istanbul, Turkey

Agave Games

Mobile puzzle game developer & publisher building unique experiences for audiences worldwide.

  • Seed in 2022
Paris, France

Aircall

Aircall provides an integrated, easy to use, cloud-based phone solution

  • Series A in 2016
Paris, France

Andjaro

Manage temporary personnel transfers between sites.

  • Series A in 2018
  • Acquired by Silae in 2023
Berlin, Germany

Anytype

A privacy first, peer-to-peer web builder

  • Seed 2023
London, UK

Appear Here

Rent shops, markets and pop up-shops in cities around the world.

  • Series A in 2014
Munich, Germany

arive

Delivers high-end consumer products on-demand

  • Seed in 2021
London, UK

Attio

The data-driven CRM 
for modern teams

  • Seed in 2021
Munich, Germany

Avi Medical

Elevating the patient experience by combining technology with a human touch.

  • Series B in 2022
London, UK

Axitech

Automated crash detection & intelligent accident management for connected cars

  • Series A in 2010
London, UK

Beauty Pie

The first luxury beauty product buyers’ club.

  • Series A in 2020
London, UK

Bebo

Social networking site.

  • Series A in 2006
  • Acquired by AOL in 2008
London, UK

Betfair

The world’s largest online betting exchange.

  • Series B in 2000
  • IPO in 2010
Cambridge, UK

Better Origin

Fixing the broken food chain by helping farmers grow insects locally and sustainably.

  • Series A in 2022
Cork, Ireland

Big Fish Games

Casual gaming company.

  • 2008
  • Acquired by Churchill Downs in 2014
London, UK

Bookatable

Online restaurant reservation service.

  • Series A in 2008
  • Acquired by Michelin in 2016
Paris, France

Brigad

The leading European marketplace connecting skilled self-employed talents to hospitality and healthcare establishments for short-term jobs.

  • Series B in 2023
London, UK

Carwow

Platform for buying new cars from franchise dealers.

  • Series A in 2014
Berlin, Germany

Checkly

Monitoring and observability platform for real time insights to reduce API and website downtimes.

  • Series B in 2024
London, UK

Circle

Healthcare company, offering treatment centres across the UK.

  • 2008
London, UK

Citymapper

Public transit app and mapping service operating in cities all over the globe.

  • Series A in 2013
  • Acquired by Via in 2023
London, UK

Cleo

An intelligent assistant for your money.

  • Series A in 2018
San Francisco, USA

Cloud9

Cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) now integrated into AWS.

  • Series B in 2014
  • Acquired by Amazon in 2016
Berlin, Germany

Clue

Science-backed leader in femtech and most trusted brand in menstrual and reproductive health

  • Series C in 2021
Madrid, Spain

Cobee

Employee benefits management platform

  • Series A in 2021
  • Acquired in 2024
Warwickshire, UK

Codemasters

Award-winning games developer.

  • Series A in 2005
  • Acquired by Reliance Big Entertainment in 2010
London, UK

ComplyAdvantage

Next generation AML screening and monitoring technology to build the world’s only AI-driven risk database.

  • Series A in 2016
Berlin, Germany

Contentful

API-first content management infrastructure to create, manage and distribute content to any platform or device.

  • Seed in 2012
Tel Aviv, Israel

Coro

All-in-one cutting-edge cyber security that protects your entire business

  • Series C in 2022
London, UK

Credit Benchmark

Financial data analytics company offering information on credit risk views of the world’s leading financial institutions.

  • Series B in 2015
Exeter, UK

Crowdcube

The leading crowdfunding platform

  • Series A in 2014
Helsinki, Finland

Curious AI Company

Builds easy to use tools for intelligent automation.

  • Series B in 2015
  • Exited
Cambridge, UK

Darktrace

World-leading cyber AI responds to threats in seconds.

  • Secondary in 2018
  • IPO on London Stock Exchange in 2021
Berlin, Germany

Deepset

Helping users scale their data more quickly, easily and at scale.

  • Series A 2023
Seattle, USA

Defined.ai

The leading data provider for Artificial Intelligence

  • Secondary in 2020
London, UK

Delli

Delli is a community-focused platform that brings together food lovers and makers.

  • Seed in 2022
Munich, Germany

Demodesk

Intelligent meeting platform for online sales.

  • Series A in 2020
London, UK

Depop

Peer-to-peer social shopping platform and app that allows creative entrepreneurs to build a social shopping network.

  • Seed in 2012
  • Acquired by Etsy in 2021
Stockholm, Sweden

Detectify

Automated vulnerability platform service to help developers and security teams keep up with threats.

  • Series A in 2019
London, UK

Digital Surgery

Learn, prepare and test on surgical procedures, anytime, anywhere.

  • Series A in 2013
  • Acquired by Medtronic in 2020
London, UK

Dinghy

Flexible insurance for freelancers.

  • Seed in 2018
  • Exited in 2017
Cambridge, UK

Leader in high-performance video compression technology.

  • Series A in 2004
  • Acquired by Synaptics Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNA) in 2020
Istanbul, Turkey

Dream Games

Market-leading, high-quality games for the casual puzzle game industry

  • Seed in 2019
Berlin, Germany

Dubsmash

Add audio recordings or soundbites from movies, shows, and music to personal videos.

  • Series B in 2016
  • Acquired by Reddit in 2020
Carlsbad, USA

Ezoic

Intelligent platform for publishers.

  • Initial investment in 2011
Berlin, Germany

Finoa

The leading European digital asset custody and financial services platform for institutional investors and corporations

  • Series A in 2021
Boston, USA

Flywire

Delivers high-value payments, fast and friction-free.

  • Secondary in 2020
  • IPO on NASDAQ in 2021
Copenhagen, Denmark

Forecast

AI-native Project & Resource Management platform

  • Series A in 2021
Berlin, Germany

Frontier Car Group

Automotive marketplaces in emerging markets.

  • Series A in 2016
  • Investment by OLX Group in 2019 to become majority shareholder
Stockholm, Sweden

Funnel

Gives businesses the complete picture of their advertising — all costs and results — in one place, all the time.

  • Series A in 2017
Stockholm, Sweden

Furhat Robotics

Social robots that communicate with us, as we do with one another.

  • Series A in 2017
London, UK

Fuse Energy

Delivering clean, cheap electricity to consumers to help solve climate change.

  • Seed in 2022
Hong Kong, PRC

GCL

Integrated energy group that specializes in clean and new energy. GCL is the world’s leading photovoltaic material manufacturer.

  • Series A in 2007
  • Acquired in 2009
Paris, France

GitGuardian

A developers-first solution scanning GitHub activity in real-time.

  • Series A in 2019
London, UK

GoCardless

The easiest way for businesses to collect recurring payments.

  • Series B in 2014
Bristol, UK

Graphcore

Graphcore has built a new type of processor for machine intelligence to accelerate machine learning and AI applications for a world of intelligent machines.

  • Secondary in 2020
London, UK

Grasp

On a mission to increase the rate at which humans learn

  • Seed 2023
Cambridge, UK

Healx

Accelerating treatments for rare diseases.

  • Series A in 2018
London, UK

Hiya

Provides caller profile products and services designed to make the phone experience better.

  • Series A in 2017
San Diego, USA

Housecall Pro

A full-service tool that enables small business service professionals to run their entire business, workflow and operations.

  • Secondary in 2020
London, UK

HouseTrip

Online holiday rental marketplace.

  • Series B in 2011
  • Acquired by Tripadvisor in 2016
San Francisco, USA

Hubilo

Virtual and hybrid event platform built for engagement and event excellence

  • Series A in 2021
  • Exited in 2024
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hubs

The world’s largest network of 3D manufacturing services.

  • Series A in 2014
  • Acquired by Protolabs in 2021
Madrid, Spain

Huspy

Holistic real estate platform that makes home buying simple.

  • Series A in 2024
Bristol, UK

Icera

Icera developed a high-performance soft modem technology for mobile broadband phone and data devices.

  • Series A in 2003
  • Acquired by Nvidia in 2011
Berlin, Germany

Infarm

Urban farming services company that develops farming tech for grocery stores, restaurants, and local distribution centres.

  • Series A in 2018
Stockholm, Sweden

Instabridge

Free wifi internet on smartphones.

  • Series A in 2015
  • Exited
New York, USA

JOKR

Instant delivery platform

  • Series A in 2021
London, UK

Jolt

Affordable, flexible business courses for professionals looking to switch or further their careers.

  • Series A in 2020
  • Acquired by Silae in 2022
New York City, USA

Jumbo Privacy

Leading consumer privacy and security app

  • Series A in 2019
  • Acquired by Coalition in 2023
Munich, Germany

Kaia Health

Clinically validated digital therapeutics

  • Series A in 2018
London, UK

Kbox Global

Utilising commercial kitchen capacity to prepare multiple delivery brands.

  • Pre-Series A in 2020
Paris, France

Kili Technology

The leading data-centric AI training platform

  • Series A in 2021
Stockholm, Sweden

Kobalt

The music services company of tomorrow, built on transparency and technology.

  • Initial investment in 2008
  • Acquired by Francisco Partners in 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark

Labster

Dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally.

  • Series A in 2017
Stockholm, Sweden

Lassie

The worlds first preventative pet insurance ecosystem.

  • Series B 2023
Berlin, Germany

Latana

AI-powered brand tracking

  • Series A in 2016
London, UK

Lendable

Personalised loans with personalised rates and instant decisions.

  • Secondary in 2019
Boston, USA

LevelUp

The leader in mobile diner engagement and payment solutions for restaurants.

  • Series C in 2010
  • Acquired by Grubhub in 2018
Berlin, Germany

Levity

The no-code AI automation platform for freight email operations.

  • Seed in 2022
Stockholm, Sweden

Lifesum

Healthy living. Simplified.

  • Secondary in 2018
London, UK

Lovecrafts

A global community for makers.

  • Series A in 2014
London, UK

LoveFilm

Movie subscription service.

  • Series A in 2003
  • Acquired by Amazon in 2011
London, UK

Luno

Luno makes it safe and easy for people and businesses to store, buy, use, and learn about bitcoin.

  • Series B in 2017
  • Acquired by Digital Currency Group in 2020
London, UK

Lyst

Lyst lets you search thousands of global online fashion stores at once.

  • Series B in 2013
London, UK

Magic Pony Technology

Machine-learning for visual processing on web and mobile.

  • Series A in 2015
  • Acquired by Twitter in 2016
Manchester, UK

Matillion

Complete data integration and transformation solution purpose-built for the cloud.

  • Secondary in 2021
California, USA

MBA Polymers

MBA Polymers produces post-consumer recycled plastics from end-of-life durable goods.

  • 2007
Berlin, Germany

McMakler

Property buying and selling platform

  • Secondary in 2019
London, UK

Memrise

Language learning platform to make learning languages fun

  • Series A in 2010
Mexico City, Mexico

Merama

Helping leading brands in Latin America to supercharge growth.

  • Series A in 2021
Salt Lake City, USA

MiiM

The power of computer vision and AI to help understand and optimise experiences as people in the physical world.

  • Series B in 2012
California, USA

Mog

MOG, a next-generation music media company, offers on-demand streaming music services through multi-platform access to a library of songs.

  • 2010
  • Acquired by Beats Electrics in 2014.
Guildford, UK

Mojiworks

Creating the leading games company for messaging platforms, to connect the world through play.

  • Series A in 2017
Uppsala, Sweden

MySQL

Open-source relational database management system.

  • Series A in 2001
  • Acquired by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) in 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands

MyTomorrows

Platform that enables its users to obtain healthcare services in the form of diagnostic tests and drugs.

  • Seed in 2014
London, UK

NASN

NASN (North American Sports Network) broadcasting platform for sports games.

  • Series A in 2005
  • Acquired by ESPN in 2006
Oxford, UK

Naturalmotion

Creator and publisher of social mobile games.

  • Series B in 2006
  • Acquired by Zynga in 2014
London, UK

Nested

The estate agent that guarantees your move.

  • Series A in 2018
New York, USA

Newbay

Media and information resources to readers, advertisers, and business partners.

  • Series A in 2003
  • Acquired by Future in 2018
California, USA

Nlyte Software

Leader in data centre infrastructure management (DCIM)

  • Acquired by Carrier Global Corporation in 2021
Paris, France

Numeral

Unlocking business innovation through payment automation

  • Seed in 2021
London, UK

Nutmeg

An online investment service specialising in investments, ISAs, and pensions.

  • Series C in 2014
  • Acquired by JPMorgan in 2021
San Francisco, USA

Odyssey Therapeutics

Creating next generation precision medicines for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases.

  • Acquired Rahko in 2022
Berlin, Germany

Omio

Search and book trains, coaches and flights to anywhere in the UK, the U.S., Canada and Europe.

  • Secondary in 2020
London, UK

Oncimmune

Leaders in early cancer detection for improved cancer outcomes. (AIM on the London Stock Exchange in 2016.)

  • 2007
Copenhagen, Denmark

Opbeat

APM for JavaScript, focused on monitoring applications made in Javascript

  • Series A in 2013
  • Acquired by Elastic in 2017
Dublin, Ireland

Openet

Software used by telecommunications service providers to commercialize and analyze activity on their network.

  • Series A 1999
  • Acquired by Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX) in 2020
Munich, Germany

Ory

Open source identity platform

  • Seed in 2020
Cambridge, UK

Patients Know Best

Patients Know Best (PKB) created the worlds first patient-controlled medical records system.

  • Series A in 2015
  • Exited in 2021
Redwood City, USA

Pay With My Bank

Online and mobile payment alternative to cards and checks.

Paris, France

Payflows

The one-stop SaaS platform for finance teams.

  • Series A in 2024
Copenhangen, Denmark

Peakon

A platform for measuring and improving employee engagement.

  • Series B in 2018
  • Acquired by Workday in 2021
Paris, France

PhotoRoom

The go-to editing app for elevating online imagery

  • Series A in 2022
Paris, France

PlayPlay

Video creation tool that enables comms, marketing and social media teams to produce high-quality videos in minutes

  • Series A in 2020
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Premialab

Powerful insights driving investor returns

  • Investment in 2021
London, UK

Primer

Primer consolidates your payments stack with a unified API, and supercharges your checkout with data-driven insights.

  • Seed in 2020
London, UK

Prodigy Finance

Borderless postgraduate student loans to allow international students to attend top higher education institutions worldwide.

  • Series B in 2014
London, UK

Pusher

Real-time APIs that power communication and collaboration apps all over the world.

  • Series A in 2018
  • Acquired by MessageBird 2020
London, UK

Qargo

A modern transport management system, streamlining workflow needs for logistics companies.

  • Series A in 2024
London, UK

Qubit

Tools that let marketers understand their online visitors to drive conversions in real-time.

  • Series A in 2012
  • Acquired by Coveo in 2021
London, UK

Rahko

Unlocking discovery with quantum machine learning for chemical simulation

  • Seed in 2019
  • Acquired by Odyssey Therapeutics in 2022
Warsaw, Poland

Ramp

Allow users to buy crypto without leaving your dApp or wallet

  • Series B in 2022
Stockholm, Sweden

Rebtel

Solves communications, work and banking problems for migrant communities.

  • 2006
  • Exited in Dec 2020
Gothenburg, Sweden

Recorded Future

Threat intelligence powered by machine learning.

  • Series C in 2012
  • Acquired by Insight Partners in 2019
London, UK

Rentify

Platform that helps individuals market and manage their properties.

  • Series A in 2012
Paris, France

Request Finance

The all-in-one finance solution built for Web3 champions

  • Seed in 2022
London, UK

Revolut

The digital banking alternative.

  • Seed in 2015
London, UK

riff

Voice-chat tool to make working from home feel more like being in the office

  • Seed in 2020
London, UK

ROLI

ROLI is extending the joy of music creation to everyone.

  • Series A in 2014
  • Exited in 2023
London, UK

SAVA

Building preventative, personalised, precision health monitoring at scale.

  • Seed in 2024
Munich, Germany

Scalable Capital

A leading European digital investment platform.

  • Series E in 2024
Barcelona, Spain

Scytl

Secure electronic voting and electoral modernization solutions for the public and private sectors.

  • Series B in 2010
Copenhagen, Denmark

Simple Feast

Delicious, 100% organic and sustainable meals delivered to your home each week.

  • Series A in 2018
  • Exited in 2023
Paris, France

Sketchfab

Platform to publish, share, and discover 3D content online and in VR.

  • Series A in 2013
  • Acquired by Epic Games in 2021
London, UK

smol

A revolution in laundry; powerful & eco-friendly detergent, dishwashing tablets, and fabric conditioner. Delivered through your front door.

  • Series A in 2018
Lausanne, Switzerland

Sophia Genetics

Democratising data-driven medicine.

  • Series B in 2017
  • IPO on NASDAQ in 2021
Stockholm, Sweden

Soundtrack Your Brand

Helps businesses build brand through music and sound.

  • Series C in 2016
Paris, France

Sunrise

Mobile calendar app and platform.

  • Series A in 2014
  • Acquired by Microsoft in 2015
Stockholm, Sweden

Supernormal

A generative AI-powered note-taking platform

  • Seed in 2023
Paris, France

Sweep

A power tool for measuring your carbon emissions

  • Series A in 2021
London, UK

Sylvera

A leading carbon data provider.

  • Series B 2023
Paris, France

Talend

Cloud apps to help enterprises collect, govern, transform, and share data.

  • Series D in 2009
  • IPO on NASDAQ in 2016
Paris, France

Tempow

Creators of new audio experiences to change the way you listen to music.

  • Series A in 2018
  • Acquired by Google in 2021
London, UK

Tessian

Machine intelligence to prevent human failure and data loss on email

  • Series A in 2018
  • Acquired by Proofpoint in 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands

TestGorilla

Pre-employment screening tests that identify the best candidates, making hiring decisions faster, easier, and bias-free.

  • Series A in 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark

The Org

Explore org charts for all the world’s public and private companies

  • Series A in 2020
Cambridge, UK

The Tab

Media company covering youth and student culture and entertainment.

  • Series A in 2015
  • Acquired by Digitalbox in 2020
Cheshire, UK

THG (The Hut Group)

The global leader in health, beauty, fitness and lifestyle.

  • Series A in 2010
  • IPO on London Stock Exchange in 2020
London, UK

Thread

Style simplified.

  • Series A in 2014
  • Exited in 2023
Førde, Norway

Tibber

Using digital technology to make electricity consumption smarter

  • Series B in 2020
Stockholm, Sweden

Tictail

A global community to discover the world’s greatest independent brands.

  • Seed in 2011
  • Acquired by Shopify in 2018
Madrid, Spain

Tinybird

The real-time data platform for data and engineering teams.

  • Series B in 2024
Paris, France

Toucan Toco

Platform to deliver data and insights for the non-technical decision-maker.

  • Series A in 2019
Helsinki, Finland

Trademark Now

Intelligent web-based trademark management platform.

  • Series B in 2014
  • Acquired by Corsearch in 2020
Lyon, France

Traefik Labs

Cloud-native networking that just works.

  • Series A in 2020
Berlin, Germany

trawa

Renewable commercial and industrial energy supplier.

  • Seed in 2024
London, UK

TreasurySpring

A financial technology company that is unlocking multi-trillion dollar wholesale money markey.s

  • Series B 2023
Stockholm, Sweden

Truecaller

Caller ID and spam blocking app. Making communication safe and efficient.

  • Secondary in 2019
  • IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm in 2021 
Cambridge, UK

Uncommon

Leveraging RNA technology and induced pluripotent stem cells to better create real meat.

  • Series A 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands

VanMoof

High tech and feature-rich e-bikes

  • Series A in 2020
  • Acquired by Lavoie in 2023
Paris, France

Vestiaire Collective

The global marketplace for luxury, pre-owned fashion products.

  • Series B in 2011
Berlin, Germany

Violet

Privacy preserving, reusable on-chain compliance.

  • Seed in 2023
Paris, France

Virtuo

Virtuo is on a mission to provide the best car hire experience that makes owning a car completely redundant

  • Series A in 2017
Düsseldorf, Germany

Vivenu

API-first events platform for venues and event owners

  • Series A in 2020
Copenhagen, Denmark

Vivino

The world’s largest online wine marketplace.

  • Series C in 2013
Stockholm, Sweden

VOI

Electric scooter and bike sharing across Europe

  • Series A in 2018
London, UK

Wagestream

Fair financial services that give, not take.

  • Series A in 2019
London, UK

Wayve

Full driving software system for autonomous vehicles.

  • Series A in 2019
Berlin, Germany

Wooga

High-quality, story-driven, casual games.

  • Series A in 2009
  • Acquired by Playtika in 2018
Boston, USA

Workable

Complete candidate sourcing solution for enterprises

  • Series B in 2015
Dublin, Ireland

Workhuman

SaaS platform that powers recognition and rewards programs.

  • Series A in 2002
  • Acquired by Taggia Investments in 2018
San Fransisco, USA

Writer

Full-stack generative AI platform.

  • Series B, 2023
Baoding, PRC

Yingli Solar

The world’s largest solar panel manufacturer and a global solar energy industry leader.

  • 2006
Zurich, Switzerland

Yokoy

The all-in-one spend management platform

  • Series A in 2021
Milan, Italy

Yoox Group

Global Internet retailing partner for leading fashion and luxury brands. Merged with Net-a-Porter in 2015.

  • 2000
  • IPO in 2009
London, UK

Zego

Work insurance made flexible, simple and better.

  • Series A in 2017
London, UK

ZOE

Understand how your body responds to food so you can take back control of your health & weight

  • Series B in 2021
London, UK

Zopa

Peer-to-peer loans.

  • Series A in 2004
  • Exited in 2020

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