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Dutch startups raised €3.1 billion in the first nine months of 2026
Dutch startups and scale-ups attracted about €3.1 billion in published investment in the first nine months of 2026.
That was 24.8% more than the roughly €2.47 billion recorded in all of 2025.
Q3 brought in about €799 million, down 38.4% from Q2, when unusually large funding rounds helped lift investment to about €1.3 billion.
Two rounds of around €200 million, for General Intuition and Euclyd, were among the main drivers in Q3.
A small number of large deals still shape the overall total, while the typical funding round was about €3 million.
Early-stage activity was mixed: pre-seed deals rose from six in Q2 to 11, but seed deals fell from 23 to 20.
Pre-seed and seed investment remains behind 2025's pace, leaving the pipeline of new startups a concern even as later-stage funding grows.
Dutch startups and scale-ups received about €3.1 billion in published investments in the first nine months of 2026.
That was 24.8% more than the approximately €2.47 billion raised during all of 2025.
About €799 million was invested in the third quarter, 77% more than in the same quarter of 2025.
Third-quarter investment fell 38.4% from about €1.3 billion in the second quarter.
Two rounds of around €200 million, for General Intuition and Euclyd, were major contributors to the third-quarter total.
- Who
- Dutch startups and scale-ups received the investments.
- What
- They raised about €3.1 billion in published investments during the first nine months of 2026.
- When
- The period covered was the first three quarters of 2026. The report was published on 16 October 2026.
- Where
- The Netherlands.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Dutch startups and scale-ups received about €1.3 billion in investment.
They received about €799 million, including major rounds for General Intuition and Euclyd.
Published investment reached about €3.1 billion, exceeding the total for all of 2025.
Emerce reported the figures from the latest Quarterly Startup Report.
- Investment in first nine months of 2026
- About €3.1 billion
- Investment in all of 2025
- About €2.47 billion
- Third-quarter investment
- About €799 million
- General Intuition round
- $220 million
- Euclyd round
- €200 million