Jefferies conference spotlights Europe’s disruptive tech funding

Jefferies has announced themes and attendance details for its European Disruptive Tech Conference, to be held on October 13 and 14 in London.

• The conference will feature 55 presenting companies and more than 200 investors, with leadership teams from sectors including AI, quantum, defense, space, robotics, healthcare and energy.
• The article also highlights broader market context: European startups raised $42 billion in H1 2026, the EU ReArm Europe plan will mobilize €800 billion, and European quantum startups raised €1.5 billion in 2025; Oxford Quantum Circuits closed a €260 million round in June.
• The piece is an analysis/commentary article based on an interview with Jérôme Delahaye of Jefferies, rather than a standalone company announcement about a single transaction.