November 2025: The new priorities of European tech investing

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• AI is everywhere in 2025 but primarily as software systems; November marked a shift toward embodied systems and robotics

  80% confidence

• Capital flows towards technologies that grow when risk is managed, production is planned, and execution outweighs narrative

  80% confidence

• Scaling is increasingly possible without constant dilution, and venture is gradually absorbing capital-markets logic

  80% confidence

• The space industry is growing faster globally and European space is shifting toward an industry with its own financial architecture supporting repeatable deals

  80% confidence

• The misinformation defence category barely existed only two years ago

  80% confidence

• Reflex Aerospace's €50M Series A was the largest in European New Space

  80% confidence

• Keyzy has had more than €147M flow through its model over 18 months

  80% confidence

• November was a particularly useful snapshot of activity, marking a shift from chasing the next big theme to backing essential parts of the sector's infrastructure and disciplined scaling

  80% confidence

• Sovereignty has shifted from a theme to a production agenda

  80% confidence

Cited in these Via News reports

• AI Compliance Platforms Automate Regulatory Tracking Across Multiple Countries →
• European AI Compliance Platforms Raise €600M as Regulatory-First Model Challenges U.S. Approach →
• European AI Compliance Startups Attract Funding as Banks Build Regulatory Infrastructure →