TableMedia-European-Deep-Tech-Report-2026.md

# European Deep Tech Report 2026 — Executive Summary This report defines Deep Tech and provides a comprehensive, data-driven overview of the European Deep Tech ecosystem in 2025–2026: market opportunity, funding landscape ($690bn enterprise value; $20.3bn VC in 2025), leading countries and hubs (UK, France, Germany; Paris, London, Munich), segment deep dives (Novel AI, Future of Compute, Robotics, CompBio & Chemistry, Energy, Space, Defence), origins and spinouts, founder resources, challenges (growth-stage funding gap, fragmentation, researcher-to-founder funnel, risk appetite) and policy/recommendation actions to close funding gaps, harmonize regulation, and scale industrial capabilities.