Axeleo says European cybersecurity funding rises to €459 million in Q3 2026

• Axeleo Capital’s Q3 2026 European cybersecurity index showed funding of EUR 459 million across 33 deals, up from about EUR 215 million.
• Year-to-date funding reached about EUR 975 million across about 98 deals, versus about EUR 705 million across 105 deals a year earlier.
• Exein’s EUR 252 million round represented 55% of quarterly capital; the top five rounds accounted for about 81%.
• Pre-seed and seed made up 70% of transactions, while Series B and later represented 6.1% of deals.
• Exit activity rose to nine deals from six, with European buyers taking six transactions; UK targets accounted for five.

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