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Aug 31, 2025
Here are our Deep Tech statistics for 2026, covering funding trends, market size, AI, biotech, quantum computing, robotics, venture capital, and more.
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Our 2026 deep tech statistics report provides a clear look at how capital, research spending, and innovation are distributed across these new technologies.
As we explain in Konvoy’s latest guide, deep tech companies differ from traditional enterprise software or consumer internet startups.
They take longer to develop, need more funding, and rely on ongoing teamwork between venture capital, public funding, universities, and corporate R&D.
This report brings together data from venture capital monitors, market research firms, public policy documents, and R&D spending reports to give a clear picture of the deep tech industry in 2026.
Let's take a look at the findings.
In this analysis, you’ll find market size, venture capital investment, regional trends, and sector insights in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, and robotics.
1. The global deep tech market is expected to reach USD 173.7 billion in 2026, up from USD 154.3 billion in 2025. This highlights deep tech as a major commercial sector that spans many science and engineering industries.
Source: Grand View Research
2. The deep tech market could grow to USD 501.2 billion by 2033.
Source: Grand View Research
3. The deep tech market is expected to grow at a 16.3% annual rate from 2026 to 2033. North America is projected to have the largest share, with 35.2% in 2025.
This growth shows that fields such as AI, life sciences, advanced materials, robotics, and quantum technologies are all expanding at the same time.
Source: Grand View Research
4. More venture capital is now going to science-driven innovation, not just traditional software. In 2025, deep tech made up a record 32% of all European venture capital, up from 15% in 2015. About half of U.S. VC funding now goes to deep tech.
Source: Dealroom, The European Deep Tech Report 2026; Drumbeat Capital, The 2026 Deep Tech Report
5. The United Kingdom led Europe in deep tech venture capital, with USD 5.2 billion invested in 2025. UK deep tech companies also raised a record USD 11.3 billion in the first eight months of 2026.
Source: Dealroom, The European Deep Tech Report 2026; Tracxn, via Intelligent CIO
6. U.S. venture capital invested USD 412.7 billion in the first half of 2026, which is already more than the total for all of 2025. AI, the biggest deep tech category, made up 86% of that amount (USD 355.9 billion).
Source: PitchBook–NVCA Venture Monitor, Q2 2026
7. In the first half of 2026, it took a median of 6.4 months to close a U.S. venture fund, down from 15.1 months in 2025.
Source: PitchBook–NVCA Venture Monitor, Q2 2026
8. Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and Founders Fund together raised USD 34.8 billion in the first half of 2026, making up 48.1% of all U.S. VC fundraising. In total, 405 funds raised USD 72.4 billion.
This concentration of capital matters because large funds often back late-stage deep tech deals.
Source: PitchBook–NVCA Venture Monitor, Q2 2026
9. StartUs Insights tracks 57,669 deep tech startups worldwide, based on a database of over 1 million companies. The industry is growing at about 22% per year.
Source: StartUs Insights
10. U.S. deep tech funding rose 92% to USD 144 billion in 2025, which is about seven times the total in Europe. More than half of this funding went to AI model makers.
Source: Dealroom, The European Deep Tech Report 2026
11. Europe's VC-backed deep tech companies are worth a combined USD 690 billion and include 125 unicorns.
Source: Dealroom, The European Deep Tech Report 2026
12. Artificial intelligence is the biggest deep tech segment, making up 34.2% of total market revenue in 2025.
AI is expected to stay in the lead through 2026, as it remains the main choice for cloud use and business adoption.
Source: Grand View Research
13. In 2025, AI made up 85% of deep tech funding in the U.S., compared to 50% in Europe.
Source: Dealroom, The European Deep Tech Report 2026
14. In France, deep tech made up 58% of all venture capital in 2025 (USD 4.7 billion, up 55%). AI-related deep tech alone was 33% of total French VC.
Mistral AI's EUR 1.7 billion Series C accounted for 24% of all French VC that year.
Source: Dealroom, French Deep Tech Report 2026
15. The market for AI in drug discovery is expected to grow from USD 4.0 billion in 2026 to USD 43.9 billion by 2035.
For venture capital firms like Konvoy, these numbers show how big the market for AI in drug research could become.
Source: Global Market Insights
16. AI in drug discovery is expected to grow by about 30.5% each year from 2026 to 2035. Major pharmaceutical companies are already making big deals, like Eli Lilly's March 2026 agreement with Insilico Medicine, which could be worth up to USD 2.75 billion.
Source: Global Market Insights; Pharmaceutical Technology
17. Governments have announced about USD 55 billion in national quantum investments so far, including USD 11.4 billion in new commitments in 2025.
Source: McKinsey Quantum Technology Monitor 2026
18. Investment in quantum startups reached USD 12.6 billion in 2025, which is 6.3 times more than in 2024. Private investors made up 97% of this total, up from 67% the previous year.
Source: McKinsey & Company
19. IBM plans to deliver its large-scale, fault-tolerant "Quantum Starling" system by 2029. This system is designed to run 100 million quantum operations on 200 logical qubits. In 2026, IBM aims to show the first examples of quantum advantage and demonstrate its Kookaburra module.
Source: IBM Quantum Roadmap; Constellation Research
20. In 2025, global venture capital deals in quantum computing reached a record USD 3.9 billion across 127 deals. The fourth quarter alone brought in USD 1.5 billion, making it the strongest quarter ever for quantum startups.
Source: PitchBook, Q2 2026 Bit by Qubit
21. The quantum industry needs more skilled workers. In 2025, there were 8,261 new quantum-related job openings, up 11%. Pure-play quantum companies employed 16,482 people.
Source: QED-C, 2026 State of the Global Quantum Industry Report
22. In 2025, the pharmaceutical industry invested about EUR 60.0 billion in R&D in Europe, up from EUR 56.3 billion in 2024.
Source: EFPIA, The Pharmaceutical Industry in Figures 2026
23. The global biotechnology industry is valued at about USD 857.1 billion in 2026.
Source: IBISWorld
24. Global biotech revenue grew at a 5.4% annual rate from 2021 to 2026, showing steady and consistent growth.
Source: IBISWorld
25. In 2025, biotechnology and healthcare attracted a record EUR 51.9 billion in European private capital, making up about 20% of the EUR 260.9 billion invested across all sectors.
Source: Invest Europe, via Tech.eu
26. Biopharma companies signed USD 240 billion in M&A deals in 2025, up 81%. They started 2026 with a record USD 2.1 trillion in available dealmaking "firepower."
Source: EY Firepower Report 2026
27. In 2026, there are about 16,458 biotech businesses worldwide, which is a 15.1% increase from 2025.
Source: IBISWorld
28. Over 600,000 industrial robots (603,307 units) were installed worldwide in 2025, up 11% from 2024. The total number of robots in operation reached a record 5 million.
Source: IFR World Robotics 2026; Inside Deep Tech
29. China made up 59% of all new robot installations in 2025 (354,000 units, up 20%), and Asia as a whole accounted for 76%. The U.S. installed about 38,500 units, passing Japan to become the second-largest market.
Source: IFR World Robotics 2026; Inside Deep Tech
30. The global robotics market was valued at about USD 90.2 billion in 2024.
Source: GlobalData
31. Industry forecasts predict the robotics market will grow at a 15% annual rate to reach USD 205.5 billion by 2030. The IFR expects industrial robot installations to rise 9% to 655,000 units in 2026 and reach 806,000 by 2029.
Source: GlobalData; IFR World Robotics 2026
32. South Korea has the highest robot density, with 1,220 industrial robots for every 10,000 manufacturing workers. The global average is 132.
Source: IFR
33. By 2030, technology and other trends are expected to create 170 million jobs and displace 92 million, resulting in a net gain of 78 million jobs worldwide.
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
Deep Tech Statistics for 2026 shows that this sector is a key part of global venture capital, public funding, and corporate R&D.
Artificial intelligence leads in both investment and business use. Biotechnology still needs the most funding, and robotics continues to grow.
On the other hand, Quantum computing depends on public funding because it takes longer to reach the market.
Still, trends could shift in 2027.
As we saw with the release of ChatGPT in 2023, the future often moves faster than we expect.
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