Nvidia Doubles European AI Startup Investments in 2025
Nvidia accelerated its European tech investments in 2025, participating in 14 funding rounds—double its 2024 activity. The chipmaker backed French AI lab Mistral’s €1.7B Series C, UK data center firm Nscale, and German automation specialist N8n among others. These deals represented 16% of Nvidia’s global startup investments last year.
The company’s 2026 pipeline opened with a $200M Series E in British AI startup Synthesia. This follows zero European investments in 2020-2021, signaling strategic prioritization of Europe’s AI ecosystem. Mistral’s €11.7B valuation post-Series C underscores the region’s growing prominence in generative AI development.