This year, in partnership with Accel, Eurazeo, HV Capital, Northzone, and Partech, VivaTech is launching a selection of Europe’s top 100 rising startups. Similar to the Top 100 Next Unicorn’s initiative, this list highlights the 100 most promising European startups across different business sectors.
These startups will be invited to VivaTech, where they will have the opportunity to join an exclusive accelerator program. This will give them access to media exposure, meetings with investors, and a private event with our VC partners.
With 22 different sectors represented amongst them, these startups have the potential to be industry-transforming and to demonstrate rapid growth. This year’s selection represents 13 different countries, with the top three being Germany, France, and the UK. The most popular sector was AI (Agents, Middlewares & Toolings, Models).
AI Tops the List
With over 15 startups, artificial intelligence was by far the most popular sector of activity in this year’s list. Startups such as Synthesia, Cognigy, Loveable Labs, and other stars of Europe’s AI ecosystem, are involved across the industry in the form of foundational models, intelligent agents, middlewares & toolings, and more.
These startups reflect a broader movement across Europe to develop artificial intelligence that is not only more independent and locally driven, but also more practical in its applications and readily available to companies of all sizes. This shift signals a growing focus on making AI both strategically sovereign and genuinely useful to businesses in real-world contexts.