Key European WealthTech investment stats in H1 2026:
- European WealthTech deal increased 4% YoY
- UK companies retained their top spot in the European WealthTech market with 33% share of all deals in H1
- Festina Finance, a WealthTech operating cloud-based platforms for advisory, pension policy management and capital administration, secured a funding round of $28.8m, making it one of the biggest European WealthTech deals of the first half of the year
European WealthTech deal increased 4% YoY
European WealthTech companies completed 84 deals in H1 2026, up 4% from 81 transactions in H1 2025 and 11% from 76 in H2 2025.
Funding fell sharply across both comparisons, coming in at $528.7m for the period, down 53% from $1.1bn in H1 2025 and 49% from $1bn in H2 2025.
The contrast between modestly rising deal volumes and a steep decline in funding points to a significant compression in average deal sizes.
Average deal size fell to $6.3m in H1 2026, compared with $13.8m in H1 2025 and $13.7m in H2 2025, underscoring the extent to which smaller transactions dominated the period.
UK companies retained their top spot in the European WealthTech market attracting 33% share of all deals in H1
UK retained its position as the most active European WealthTech market in H1 2026, though its dominance softened compared with a year earlier.
It recorded 28 deals and a 33% share of total activity, down from 38 deals and a 47% share in H1 2025, a 26% decline in volume and a meaningful narrowing of its proportional standing.
Germany climbed from third place in H1 2025, where it recorded six deals and a 7% share, to second in H1 2026 with nine deals and an 11% share, a 50% rise in volume and a notable gain in its share of overall activity.
France slipped from second place in H1 2025, where it recorded 11 deals and a 14% share, to third in H1 2026 with eight deals and a 10% share, a 27% decline in volume that also saw its share of overall activity narrow.
The ranking remained unchanged in terms of which countries featured, but the shifts beneath the surface are considerable.
UK’s reduced share and France’s retreat, set against Germany’s rise, points to a rebalancing of European WealthTech deal flow across the region’s leading markets.
Festina Finance, a WealthTech operating cloud-based platforms for advisory, pension policy management and capital administration, secured a funding round of $28.8m, making it one of the biggest European WealthTech deals of the first half of the year
The investment was made by Birchway Capital, with existing shareholder Netcompany, the IT consulting and software provider, also increasing its stake from 20% to 22% following the transaction.
From a WealthTech perspective, Festina Finance occupies an increasingly important position in the digital pension and financial planning infrastructure stack, offering two distinct but complementary platforms: Festina Advisor, which equips financial planning businesses with advisory and planning tools, and Festina Life and Pensions, a cloud-native platform handling the full lifecycle of pension policy administration.
Netcompany’s deepened involvement also points to tighter product integration, with Festina Finance’s core pension capabilities being embedded into Netcompany’s AMPLIO Life and Pension platform and further collaboration delivered through Netcompany Banking Services via Festina Advisor.
Founded in 2007, the company has built a durable and scalable model across one of WealthTech’s most complex and regulated product categories.
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