The Complete List of 217 European Unicorn Startups (2026)

Europe is home to 217 unicorn startups, which are private companies valued at $1 billion or more. The group includes startups from many different industries, with fintech being one of the strongest sectors.

Financial technology company Revolut is currently the most valuable European unicorn, with a valuation of $75 billion. The company has become one of Europe’s biggest startup success stories and continues to expand its financial services.

Europe’s startup scene also includes younger companies that have grown quickly. For example, Paris-based Mistral AI, founded in 2023, has reached a high valuation in just a few years as demand for artificial intelligence continues to grow.

The European unicorn ecosystem covers much more than fintech and AI. It also includes companies working in areas such as hardware, energy, healthcare, mobility, software, and more. Northvolt, a battery manufacturer, has raised around $13.8 billion, showing the scale of investment going into European technology and industrial startups.

10 Most Valuable European Unicorn Startups in 2026

Revolut

Revolut is a digital financial services company that started in London in 2015. It was founded by Nik Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko.

The company offers many financial services through its app. Users can send and receive money, make payments, use debit cards, exchange currencies, save money, and invest.

Revolut mainly aims to make everyday banking easier and more convenient through a mobile app. It is especially known for services related to international payments and currency exchange.

Checkout.com

Checkout.com is a global fintech company that helps businesses accept and manage online payments.

The company was founded in 2009 and provides payment technology that allows businesses to accept payments from customers through credit cards, debit cards, digital wallets, and other payment methods.

Checkout.com mainly works with businesses rather than individual consumers. Its technology helps companies process payments, manage transactions, reduce fraud, and operate across different countries and currencies.

FNZ

FNZ is a global financial technology company that provides software and services for the wealth management industry.

The company helps banks, financial advisers, and investment companies manage their customers’ investments and savings. Its technology brings different financial products and services together on one platform.

FNZ helps financial companies with tasks such as managing investments, pensions, savings, and customer accounts. This can make it easier for financial advisers and their clients to manage money.

Mistral AI

Mistral AI is a French artificial intelligence company that develops advanced AI models and tools. It was founded in 2023 by former researchers and engineers from companies such as Google DeepMind and Meta.

The company builds large language models that can understand and generate text, write code, answer questions, and perform other AI tasks. Mistral AI focuses on making its models efficient and accessible for businesses and developers.

Its AI models can be used for applications such as chatbots, content creation, coding assistants, data analysis, and business automation. The company also offers AI products and services that businesses can integrate into their own systems.

Helsing

Helsing is a European defense technology company that develops AI-powered systems for modern military operations. The company uses artificial intelligence, software, and advanced sensors to help defense forces understand situations and respond more quickly.

Its technology is designed for areas such as drones, electronic warfare, intelligence, and battlefield data. Helsing works with governments and defense organizations to develop systems that can support soldiers and improve decision-making.

The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Europe. Its focus is on building software and AI systems for defense rather than traditional military equipment.

Celonis

Celonis is a software company that helps businesses understand and improve how their work gets done. Its platform uses process mining to look at data from company systems and show where processes are slow, costly, or inefficient.

For example, a company can use Celonis to find out why customer orders are being delayed, where payments are getting stuck, or why employees spend too much time on certain tasks.

Celonis combines data analysis and AI to help businesses identify problems and improve their operations. Its technology is used by large companies across areas such as finance, supply chains, sales, and customer service.

The Access Group

The Access Group is a UK-based software company that provides business management tools. Its software helps companies handle everyday tasks such as accounting, payroll, HR, customer management, payments, and business operations.

The company offers different software products for industries including healthcare, education, hospitality, retail, and construction. Its tools are designed to help businesses save time, manage their work more efficiently, and keep important information in one place.

Northvolt 

Northvolt is a Swedish battery company that was founded to develop and manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

The company focuses on producing lithium-ion batteries and building a large-scale battery manufacturing industry in Europe. Its technology is aimed at supporting electric vehicles and renewable energy by providing batteries for storing and using electricity.

Northvolt has worked with major automotive and industrial companies and has invested heavily in battery factories and production technology. The company has also focused on using recycled materials in battery production to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing.

Oura

Oura is a health and wellness technology company best known for its Oura Ring, a small wearable ring that tracks different aspects of your daily health and activity.

The Oura Ring can monitor things such as sleep, heart rate, body temperature, activity, and recovery. The information is shown through the Oura app, which helps users understand their sleep patterns, daily activity, and overall recovery.

Oura is mainly focused on helping people build healthier daily habits by using data from a simple wearable device.

Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons is an Italian technology company that develops and operates digital products and apps. The company focuses on creating, improving, and growing consumer technology products used by millions of people.

It has developed and acquired apps and online services in areas such as video editing, productivity, entertainment, and digital media. Some of its well-known products include Splice, Remini, and Brightcove following its acquisitions.

Bending Spoons uses software, data, and technology to improve its products and make them easier for people to use. The company is also known for acquiring established digital businesses and investing in their long-term growth.

Remaining European Unicorn Startups

The ten most valuable European unicorns are only one part of the continent’s growing startup scene. Many other companies are also building new products and expanding into global markets.

Fintech and artificial intelligence are two of the busiest areas for European startups. Founders across the continent are creating new technologies, financial products, and software to solve everyday business and consumer problems.

European unicorns are at different stages of growth and work across many industries. Together, they show the wide range of businesses being built across the continent. The table below covers the other unicorn startups making an impact in Europe

#	Unicorn Startup	Main Industry	Year Founded	Amount Raised	Valuation
1	Bolt	Mobility	2013	$2.3B	$11B
2	N26	Fintech	2013	$1.7B	$9.23B
3	Octopus Energy Group	Environment	2015	$2.9B	$9B
4	Rapyd	Fintech	2016	$1.3B	$8.75B
5	SumUp	Fintech	2011	$4B	$8.5B
6	Personio	Education	2015	$724.3M	$8.5B
7	AutoStore	Mobility	1997	$2.8B	$8B
8	THG Ingenuity	Retail	2004	$1.6B	$8B
9	Blockchain.com	Crypto	2011	$600M	$7B
10	Constellation Automotive Group	Mobility	2019	£1B	$7B
11	Lovable	AI	2023	$552.5M	$6.6B
12	Mollie	Retail	2004	$928M	$6.5B
13	Doctolib	Healthcare	2013	$815M	$6.4B
14	Monzo	Fintech	2015	$1.8B	$6B
15	Mambu	Fintech	2011	€387M	$6B
16	RELEX Solutions	Enterprise	2005	$814.6M	$6B
17	Back Market	Hardware	2014	$1B	$6B
18	Contentsquare	Analytics	2012	$1.4B	$6B
19	Vinted	Retail	2008	$984.7M	$5.4B
20	Trade Republic	Crypto	2015	$1.3B	$5.36B
21	Odoo	SaaS	2005	$1.1B	$5.3B
22	Collibra	Analytics	2008	$596.5M	$5.25B
23	Pleo	Fintech	2015	$470.9M	$5B
24	Sonar	Security	2008	$457M	$5B
25	Zepz	Fintech	2010	$1.1B	$5B
26	Qonto	Fintech	2016	$709.5M	$5B
27	wefox	Fintech	2015	$1.7B	$5B
28	Wireless Logic	Cloud	2000	£38M	$5B
29	Lendable	Fintech	2014	$1.6B	$5B
30	Alan	Fintech	2016	$666M	$4.46B
31	Sorare	Crypto	2018	$739.2M	$4.3B
32	Bitpanda	Crypto	2014	$554M	$4.11B
33	Synthesia	AI	2017	$536.6M	$4B
34	BrowserStack	Infrastructure	2011	$250M	$4B
35	Celestia	Crypto	2019	$156.5M	$4B
36	Mirakl	Retail	2011	$1.1B	$4B
37	Qontigo	Fintech	2019	$720M	$4B
38	GoStudent	Education	2016	$781.3M	$3.5B
39	Improbable	Gaming	2012	$853.9M	$3.36B
40	Aiven	AI	2016	$420M	$3.21B
41	Nscale	AI	2024	$1.7B	$3B
42	n8n	AI	2019	$259.3M	$3B
43	OakNorth	Fintech	2015	$1B	$3B
44	Quantexa	Analytics	2016	$545M	$3B
45	Backbase	Fintech	2003	€120M	$3B
46	CMR Surgical	Healthcare	2014	$1.3B	$3B
47	Nord Security	Security	2012	$209M	$3B
48	Bird	Cloud	2011	$1.1B	$3B
49	VistaJet	Mobility	2004	$750M	$3B
50	Starling Bank	Fintech	2014	$1.1B	$3B
51	Contentful	Cloud	2013	$349.6M	$3B
52	Airtel Mobile Commerce BV	Infrastructure	2010	$550M	$3B
53	FlixBus	Retail	2011	$1.2B	$3B
54	TravelPerk	Travel	2015	$864.7M	$3B
55	ManoMano	Retail	2013	$705.5M	$3B
56	Thought Machine	Fintech	2014	$624.6M	$3B
57	ABB E-Mobility	Mobility	2010	CHF525M	$3B
58	BGL Group	Fintech	1991	£525M	$3B
59	Etraveli	Infrastructure	2000	—	$3B
60	ManyPets	Fintech	2012	$483M	$2.35B
61	Voodoo	Gaming	2013	$516.9M	$2.31B
62	NuCom Group	Enterprise	2018	$550M	$2.2B
63	Pennylane	Fintech	2020	€213.5M	$2.16B
64	GoCardless	Fintech	2011	$529.3M	$2.1B
65	Forto	Logistics	2016	$593.4M	$2.1B
66	PayFit	Enterprise	2015	$495.8M	$2.1B
67	Viva Wallet	Fintech	2010	$989.5M	$2.05B
68	Legora	AI	2023	$266M	$2B
69	Tide	Fintech	2015	$442.2M	$2B
70	Feedzai	Analytics	2009	$352.5M	$2B
71	DeepL	AI	2017	$400M	$2B
72	commercetools	Cloud	2006	$308.1M	$2B
73	Cognite	AI	2016	$338.2M	$2B
74	GetYourGuide	Retail	2009	$1.1B	$2B
75	Veriff	AI	2015	$192.3M	$2B
76	Copper	Crypto	2018	$281M	$2B
77	bunq	Fintech	2012	€366.9M	$2B
78	BrewDog	Food	2007	$279.4M	$2B
79	Neko Health	AI	2018	$325.1M	$2B
80	Vestiaire Collective	Retail	2009	$722.3M	$2B
81	Wayflyer	Analytics	2019	$1.9B	$2B
82	Framer	AI	2015	$161M	$2B
83	Multiverse	AI	2016	$419M	$2B
84	Scalable Capital	Fintech	2014	€481M	$2B
85	Gousto	Retail	2012	$675.7M	$2B
86	Exotec	Logistics	2015	$447.2M	$2B
87	Lunar	Fintech	2015	$513.7M	$2B
88	Enpal	Energy	2017	€4.2B	$2B
89	Zilch	Fintech	2018	$646M	$2B
90	Razor Group	Marketing	2020	$1.1B	$2B
91	MindMaze	Healthcare	2012	$340.7M	$2B
92	Marshmallow	Fintech	2017	$224.8M	$2B
93	Rimac Group	Mobility	2009	$875.8M	$2B
94	DFINITY	AI	2016	$121.4M	$2B
95	21.co	Crypto	2018	$35M	$2B
96	5ire	Crypto	2021	$121M	$2B
97	OCSiAl Group	Manufacturing	2009	$270M	$2B
98	TIER Mobility	Mobility	2018	$646.9M	$2B
99	Matillion	Analytics	2011	$290M	$2B
100	BlaBlaCar	Mobility	2006	$686.9M	$2B
101	Volocopter	Mobility	2011	$544.4M	$2B
102	Kry	Retail	2015	$729.4M	$2B
103	Ankorstore	Enterprise	2019	$365M	$2B
104	Autodoc	Mobility	2008	—	$2B
105	Planet Payment	Enterprise	1985	$25M	$2B
106	Spendesk	Enterprise	2016	$311.8M	$1.5B
107	Ledger	Crypto	2014	$577M	$1.47B
108	Job&Talent	Education	2009	$1.7B	$1.46B
109	Gymshark	Fashion	2012	£200M	$1.45B
110	Epidemic Sound	Media	2009	$508.9M	$1.4B
111	Deliverect	Retail	2018	$236.8M	$1.4B
112	Cabify	Infrastructure	2011	$600.6M	$1.4B
113	Paddle	Fintech	2012	$318.3M	$1.4B
114	Veepee	Retail	2001	—	$1.38B
115	TEKEVER	Mobility	2001	$630.7M	$1.33B
116	Motorway	Mobility	2017	$276.1M	$1.33B
117	Nothing	Retail	2020	$446.1M	$1.3B
118	OVO Energy	Energy	2009	£447M	$1.28B
119	Flipdish	AI	2015	$157.1M	$1.25B
120	inDrive	Media	2012	$537M	$1.23B
121	Mews	Enterprise	2012	$517.3M	$1.2B
122	Castore	Marketing	2016	£198.2M	$1.2B
123	Choco	Media	2018	$336.3M	$1.2B
124	EGYM	Sports	2011	$609.2M	$1.2B
125	Workhuman	Enterprise	1999	$131.5M	$1.2B
126	Tines	Security	2018	$271.2M	$1.13B
127	Staffbase	Enterprise	2014	$305.8M	$1.1B
128	Ivalua	Logistics	2000	$134.4M	$1.1B
129	Recover	Fashion	1947	$100M	$1.1B
130	Zego	InsurTech	2016	$281.7M	$1.1B
131	Sennder	Logistics	2015	$340M	$1.1B
132	Radius Payment Solutions	Fintech	1990	£150M	$1.07B
133	Moniepoint	Fintech	2015	$323.1M	$1B
134	Stability AI	AI	2019	$256M	$1B
135	Quantum Systems	Mobility	2015	$388.4M	$1B
136	IQM Quantum Computers	Hardware	2018	$569.1M	$1B
137	Wayve	AI	2017	$1.3B	$1B
138	Einride	Mobility	2016	$752.3M	$1B
139	EcoVadis	Data	2007	$735.8M	$1B
140	Sygnum	Fintech	2017	$188M	$1B
141	DataSnipper	Fintech	2017	$100M	$1B
142	Stegra	Energy	2020	$10.9B	$1B
143	Climeworks	Environment	2009	$946.1M	$1B
144	Parloa	AI	2017	$212M	$1B
145	Lighthouse	Analytics	2012	$470M	$1B
146	reMarkable	Hardware	2013	$104M	$1B
147	SheMed	Healthcare	2024	$50M	$1B
148	Isar Aerospace	Mobility	2018	$614.6M	$1B
149	HMD	Hardware	2016	$330M	$1B
150	Beamery	Enterprise	2014	$223M	$1B
151	Omio	Infrastructure	2013	$596M	$1B
152	Fuse Energy	Energy	2022	$100.7M	$1B
153	Infobip	Enterprise	2006	$1.3B	$1B
154	Factorial	Enterprise	2016	$419.9M	$1B
155	Teya	Fintech	2019	$1.1B	$1B
156	TransferMate	Enterprise	2012	$129.7M	$1B
157	LumApps	Media	2012	$102M	$1B
158	MUBI	Media	2007	$102.4M	$1B
159	1Komma5°	Mobility	2021	€652.5M	$1B
160	Flo Health	Media	2015	$275.8M	$1B
161	Grover	Hardware	2015	$2.3B	$1B
162	Minute Media	Marketing	2011	$260M	$1B
163	Dune Analytics	Analytics	2018	$79.4M	$1B
164	Cera	AI	2016	$556.7M	$1B
165	Agile Robots AG	AI	2018	$270.1M	$1B
166	MSquared	Media	2022	$150M	$1B
167	Zwift	Sports	2014	$619.5M	$1B
168	Payhawk	Fintech	2018	$239.1M	$1B
169	Tripledot Studios	Media	2017	$252M	$1B
170	OneFootball	Media	2008	$442M	$1B
171	Scandit	Media	2009	$273.1M	$1B
172	DocPlanner	Retail	2011	$140.5M	$1B
173	Taxfix	Fintech	2016	$330M	$1B
174	PPRO	Fintech	2006	$463.1M	$1B
175	LMAX Group	Fintech	2010	$300M	$1B
176	Fenergo	Enterprise	2009	$760.4M	$1B
177	Bitfury Group	Crypto	2011	$170M	$1B
178	Hotmart	Marketing	2011	R$735.3M	$1B
179	Arqiva	Media	2005	£459.3M	$1B
180	Satispay	Fintech	2013	$533.2M	$1B
181	Zama	Crypto	2020	$139.3M	$1B
182	Lydia	Media	2013	$259.6M	$1B
183	Shift Technology	AI	2013	$320M	$1B
184	Zopa	Fintech	2005	$1.2B	$1B
185	ZYBER 365	Crypto	2023	$100M	$1B
186	Bank of London	Fintech	2018	$184.9M	$1B
187	Dental Monitoring	AI	2014	$232.4M	$1B
188	Verkor	Hardware	2020	$3.8B	$1B
189	Raisin	Fintech	2012	$304.9M	$1B
190	Berlin Brands Group	Hardware	2005	$1B	$1B
191	Polarium	Hardware	2015	$322.7M	$1B
192	Numbrs	Media	1999	$108.7M	$1B
193	Instabox	Logistics	2015	$336.6M	$1B
194	Pigment	Analytics	2019	$396M	$1B
195	IAD France	Real Estate	2008	$300M	$1B
196	Huma	AI	2011	$322.6M	$1B
197	Amarenco	Energy	2013	$1.2B	$1B
198	Chrono24	Retail	2003	$180M	$1B
199	Meero	AI	2016	$324.2M	$1B
200	Tractable	AI	2014	$184.9M	$1B
201	Rohlik	Logistics	2014	$878.1M	$1B
202	Picnic	Retail	2015	$1.3B	$1B
203	Swile	Media	2018	$325.8M	$1B
204	Infarm	AgTech	2013	$604.5M	$1B
205	Gelato	Retail	2007	$269M	$1B
206	Jellysmack	Media	2016	$22M	$1B
207	Scalapay	Fintech	2019	$4B	$1B
208	SellerX	Marketing	2020	$829.9M	$1B
209	Fintech-IT Group	Retail	2017	—	$1B