Top Tech Startups in Europe in 2026

We’re giving the power of digital advertising to the people. Our job is to ensure that anyone has the tools they need to make their voice heard online. We’re a team of technologists, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs driven by purpose and committed to the free exercise of our human agency.

Our mission is to make the law accessible to everyone. The legal industry is built on technology and processes that haven’t been updated in hundreds of years - that's why we've reinvented the entire model from the ground up with our own bespoke AI operating system at the core. Lawhive is a regulated law firm with an AI-native platform built to amplify expertise and revolutionise the way people practice law, leading to exceptional outcomes for clients and lawyers. Lawhive Labs is how we bring this vision to life. It's our frontier lab that combines top engineering, design, AI and legal talent from around the world, joining forces to build the future of law. We’re backed by top-tier investors, including Google Ventures, Balderton Capital and TQ Ventures, and in December 2024, we secured $40M Series A funding round to facilitate international expansion and to grow our team, representing one of the five largest Series A rounds in Europe for 2024. We’re headquartered in London and in 2025 successfully launched in the US…and we’re just getting started.

At Chattermill we use cutting-edge AI technology to give leading companies the key to improving their customer experience. We work with many of the most exciting companies in the world (Uber, HelloFresh, Skyscanner, and Deliveroo to name a handful!) and are passionate about helping them put their customers’ at the heart of their decision making. Our data-driven platform integrates with systems to capture customer feedback across multiple touchpoints. We use natural language processing and sentiment analysis to put insights at our clients' fingertips, allowing them to understand their customers like never before. We propel companies by increasing customer advocacy, retention, and most importantly delight. In four short years, we’ve grown from two co-founders to a team of 50 (and counting) bright and diverse individuals. We have big plans as we continue to scale - come and join us!

Established in 2018, we are a London-based company started by deep learning veterans with huge ambitions. V7's goal is to develop a single platform to develop the sense of sight for any visual task, from microscopy identification, to manufacturing, or robotic picking. We believe neural networks and learnt approaches will replace hand-coded software as we know it. Our goal is to power the intelligence of 1 billion devices by 2030.

Kyra is a creator first company. We help the world's best creators work with the world's best brands, powered by our proprietary data platform Kyra IQ.

Northflank is a cutting-edge cloud platform enabling the next generation of developers to build and ship highly-scalable full-stack applications faster than ever before. We are a venture-backed company that has raised over $7.5 million.

CarbonChain was born in 2019 with a mission to tackle climate change by decarbonising global supply chains. Our products offer quantitative and actionable insights to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chains of the world’s most polluting industries — oil & gas, mining, metals, minerals and agriculture — responsible for 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Our leadership team has deep expertise in commodities, supply chain management and data science, having worked for Amazon, Rio Tinto, Boston Consulting Group, UBS and more. CarbonChain is a proud member of ResponsibleSteel and is supported by the UK government’s innovation arm, InnovateUK, the NatWest accelerator and the London Business School Incubator. We graduated from Y Combinator as part of the Summer 2020 batch.

Pie Systems has created a fully digital end-to-end VAT refund solution (tax free shopping) for tourists and stores. For tourists, our platform streamlines VAT claims, eliminates airport queuing, and recovers higher refunds. For stores, our platform eliminates the tedious manual creation of refund claim forms, and empowers them with data analytics and refund process transparency. We are working to disrupt this stagnant $70B+ global industry dominated by two 20+ year old analog incumbents. Join a small and globally distributed team as we bring this industry into the modern age.

Speechmatics are global experts in deep learning and speech recognition, providing technology that understands every voice. We have built the most accurate and inclusive speech-to-text engine available, which is now working with an amazing mix of global companies. We are VC backed, in the final stages of growth fundraising. Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world, focused on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first; we’ll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive. We support people to work wherever they work best and also understand the importance of coming together to collaborate, socialise and build relationships. This is only the beginning; we’re looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey…

DocPro is the leading online provider of legal solutions to businesses and individuals. DocPro’s mission is to make legal solutions affordable and accessible to everyone. Currently, DocPro operates 3 AI legaltech platforms ( DocPro.com doclegal.ai ask.legal ) by combining legal documentation services with cutting edge technology. DocPro is the winner of the GoGlobal LegalTech Award 2021 and the Legal Elite Best Legal Documents Platform 2022. DocPro is known specifically for its document generation tool that helps users quickly and efficiently create automated documents and contracts. Users can choose from over 2,500 templates through DocPro’s advance search function, complete a questionnaire to customise the template, and a legal document is generated automatically. DocPro helps to simplify contracting and free up time and resources from documents generation, so that users can focus on strategic decisions to improve their businesses. DocPro has been selected by Cyberport as part of its incubation program and is currently building a global lawyer matching platform under Hire.Legal. We have also set up a social enterprise (NGO) (AWEsumCare.com) to help elderly with creating advance care planning documents – will, advance directive and enduring power of attorney through technology. This initiative will be supported by HKEX Impact.