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Robotics for wind turbine maintenance.
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HQ: Riga, Latvia
Top Deep Tech Startups in Europe
This list has 138 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 30 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: London (43), Paris (18), and Berlin (12). Largest teams: Aerones, Focal Systems, and Encord. Latest round: HyLight raised €13M (Oct 12, 2026).
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What they do:
Building the Operating System for B&M Retail using Deep Learning
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Encord
Hiring
What they do:
The data layer for physical AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
CircuitHub
Hiring
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On-Demand Electronics Manufacturing
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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$25.5M · Equity · May 2026
What they do:
Unleash the potential of genomic medicine using AI
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Funding:
€23.2M · Series B · Oct 2026
HyLight
Hiring
What they do:
Unmanned airships for inspecting our critical assets
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€13M · Oct 2026
What they do:
First electric business aircraft designed for hydrogen propulsion
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HQ: Toulouse, France
Enode
Hiring
What they do:
Energy Orchestration Platform
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Inventory management SaaS for Retail & Consumer brands
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Try-at-home service for fine spirits
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Duffel
Hiring
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The complete toolkit to sell travel.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
SOUNDBOKS
Hiring
What they do:
We're creating the loudest battery-driven speaker on the market
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HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
What they do:
Unlocking the next generation of mRNA medicines
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HQ: Oxford, United Kingdom
What they do:
We make cancer care at home possible.
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HQ: Galway, Ireland
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Juicy marbles makes thick juicy and marbled plant based steaks.
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What they do:
Location intelligence platform
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HQ: Kraków, Poland
What they do:
Robots that automate the everyday tasks of microbiologists.
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HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
REVER
Hiring
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Changing the way people buy by giving superpowers to shoppers
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Carbon markets platform and solutions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Mytos
Hiring
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Robotic human cell manufacturing
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Adaptyv
Hiring
What they do:
We're building fully automated labs for protein engineering
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HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland
Brickanta
Hiring
What they do:
Agentic AI for Society Builders
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What they do:
Delivering RNA therapies.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Software to prevent downtime in a solar plant
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HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland
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Decarbonizing the fashion industry
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HeyCharge
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Low-cost, high-scale EV charging platform for apartments (and more).
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The marketplace for wood manufacturing
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HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Multicolor lasers for ultrafast data transmission
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HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland
CarbonChain
Hiring
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We help companies automate the accounting of their carbon emissions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
We make carbon negative roads
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Cerrion
Hiring
What they do:
Video AI to automatically detect and respond to production line…
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
Meticulous
Hiring
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Automated e2e screenshot testing without writing or maintaining tests
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
The global mobile network for business.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Decarbonized heat and power cheaper than fossil fuels
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Carbon capture equipment for ships
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Brickwise
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AI property manager for landlords and estate agents
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 138 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
30 of them are hiring right now, including Encord, CircuitHub, and HyLight.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Aerones (250 employees), Focal Systems (170 employees), and Encord (150 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: HyLight — €13M (Oct 2026), WhiteLab Genomics — €23.2M Series B (Oct 2026), and CircuitHub — $25.5M Equity (May 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are London (43), Paris (18), and Berlin (12).