Q3 2025 · Europe

Europe Startups to Watch — Q3 2025 Engineering Signals

31 Europe-based startups across 11 sectors, ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration. huggingface (AI & Machine Learning) leads with 248 commits over 14 days (-5% change). Dominant regional signal pattern: Framework migration.

Sector activity in Europe

EdTech

6 startups

Healthcare

5 startups

Web3

4 startups

AI & Machine Learning

3 startups

Cybersecurity

3 startups

Supply Chain

3 startups

E-commerce Infrastructure

2 startups

Social & Community

2 startups

Enterprise SaaS

1 startup

Data Infrastructure

1 startup

AgTech

1 startup

Ranked startups — Europe, Q3 2025

#	Company	Stage	Geo	Commits (14d)	Change	Contributors	Contrib. Growth	New Repos	Signal
1	huggingface The AI community building the future. View signal profile →	Growth	EU	248	-5%	100	+0%	3	Infrastructure buildout
2	photoprism AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. We are on a mission to protect your freedom and privacy. View signal profile →	Growth	EU	45	+2%	100	+19%	0	Framework migration
3	inception-project View signal profile →	Growth	EU	39	+15%	60	+3%	1	Framework migration
4	greenbone Open Source Vulnerability Management View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	93	-35%	46	+9%	1	Framework migration
5	tenzir Open source data pipelines for security teams View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	203	+24%	47	+0%	0	Framework migration
6	wireapp Wire open source secure messenger View signal profile →	Growth	EU	89	+68%	92	+0%	3	Infrastructure buildout
7	insightsengineering Roche/Genentech - Insights Engineering View signal profile →	Seed	EU	45	-2%	15	+0%	0	Framework migration
8	pharmaverse View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	2	+999%	44	+0%	0	Deploy frequency spike
9	HCW-home Simple & Secure remote consultations View signal profile →	Pre-seed	EU	92	-11%	4	+0%	0	Framework migration
10	theislab Theis Lab at Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Munich View signal profile →	Pre-seed	EU	3	+0%	7	+50%	1	Engineering hiring burst
11	hpi-studyu View signal profile →	Seed	EU	140	+1456%	18	+215%	0	Engineering hiring burst
12	hpi-schul-cloud View signal profile →	Growth	EU	6	-54%	100	+29%	0	Framework migration
13	jplag Detecting Source Code Plagiarism and Software Collusion since 1996. Developed and maintained at Karlsruhe Institute of T View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	30	+58%	46	+0%	0	Framework migration
14	OpenOLAT Open Source Learning Management System written in Java View signal profile →	Seed	EU	118	-21%	16	+0%	0	Framework migration
15	scribe-org Open-source language solutions View signal profile →	Growth	EU	1	-91%	62	+70%	0	Engineering hiring burst
16	PapillonApp Papillon est un client libre, open-source et développé par une communauté d’élèves pour l’ensemble de vos services de vi View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	336	+5%	29	+0%	0	Framework migration
17	particify Particify creates software for interactive lectures, presentations, events and more... View signal profile →	Seed	EU	15	+114%	16	+0%	0	Framework migration
18	Adyen View signal profile →	Seed	EU	51	+34%	13	+13%	0	Framework migration
19	vanilophp Truly Laravel E-commerce Framework View signal profile →	Seed	EU	2	+999%	12	+67%	0	Engineering hiring burst
20	pluginsGLPI Official GLPI Project Plugins organization View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	6	-14%	34	+0%	0	Framework migration
21	Part-DB Open Source Electronic Parts Database using PHP and MySQL View signal profile →	Growth	EU	73	+52%	51	+14%	1	Framework migration
22	medulla-tech Endpoint management solution View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	69	-20%	25	+0%	0	Framework migration
23	kleros A decentralized arbitration protocol for disputes in the onchain economy. View signal profile →	Seed	EU	1	-80%	16	+25%	0	Framework migration
24	safe-global Collection of production code maintained by Safe Labs View signal profile →	Seed	EU	2	-71%	9	+0%	1	Framework migration
25	axone-protocol The orchestration layer for decentralized AI. Axone is a layer-1 designed for collaborative AI training, governance and View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	11	+83%	34	+177%	0	Engineering hiring burst
26	dfinity The Internet Computer aims to reinvent the internet as a computer to host secure software and a new breed of open intern View signal profile →	Growth	EU	188	-10%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
27	atrocore AtroCore develops, implements and supports AtroCore and AtroPIM. View signal profile →	Seed	EU	61	-49%	18	+0%	0	Framework migration
28	starlake-ai View signal profile →	Series A/B	EU	43	+5%	29	+0%	0	Framework migration
29	betagouv Communauté des incubateurs de Services Publics Numériques View signal profile →	Growth	EU	10	+100%	100	+32%	1	Framework migration
30	cryptpad Collaborative office suite that is end-to-end encrypted and open-source View signal profile →	Growth	EU	2	+999%	67	+0%	0	Deploy frequency spike
31	goalgorilla View signal profile →	Growth	EU	17	+55%	73	+0%	0	Framework migration

Sorted by commit velocity change (14-day window). Geography from GitHub org profiles. Last updated Q3 2025.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many startups are tracked in Europe in Q3 2025?

31 Europe-based startups are tracked across 11 sectors in Q3 2025. huggingface (AI & Machine Learning) leads with 248 commits over a rolling 14-day window (-5% change). Average 14-day commit velocity across the region is 66 commits.

Which sectors have the most startup activity in Europe?

In Q3 2025, the top sectors by active startup count in Europe are EdTech (6), Healthcare (5), Web3 (4), AI & Machine Learning (3), Cybersecurity (3). The dominant engineering signal pattern across the region is "Framework migration".

How is startup geography determined?

Geography is derived from each startup's GitHub organization profile location field, supplemented by a curated enrichment database of known startup headquarters. Regions use broad classifications (Europe, etc.) rather than city-level granularity to provide meaningful sample sizes.