FIRSTPICK closes €25M second fund to back Baltic founders before anyone else does
FIRSTPICK closes €25M second fund to back Baltic founders before anyone else does

When FIRSTPICK backed Emilė Radytė in 2021, her company Samphire Neuroscience was still building its first product and the risk, by the fund’s own assessment, was high. There was no revenue, no clear route to market, and a proposition, a neurotechnolog…

FIRSTPICK closes €25M second fund to back Baltic founders before anyone else does
FIRSTPICK closes €25M second fund to back Baltic founders before anyone else does

When FIRSTPICK backed Emilė Radytė in 2021, her company Samphire Neuroscience was still building its first product and the risk, by the fund’s own assessment, was high. There was no revenue, no clear route to market, and a proposition, a neurotechnolog…

GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups
GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups

Berlin- and Singapore-based venture platform GHARAGE Ventures has launched Fund I, a €40 million early-stage fund focused on technologies shaping the future of travel infrastructure and airport retail. The fund is anchored by Gebr. Heinemann, the Hambu…

GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups
GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups

Berlin- and Singapore-based venture platform GHARAGE Ventures has launched Fund I, a €40 million early-stage fund focused on technologies shaping the future of travel infrastructure and airport retail. The fund is anchored by Gebr. Heinemann, the Hambu…

LUMO Fund wins €6M from Spain’s SETT to support European impact startups
LUMO Fund wins €6M from Spain’s SETT to support European impact startups

Eindhoven-based LUMO Labs has secured a €6 million commitment from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), the public investment arm of the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service, into its LUMO Fund, a €100 m…

A new early-stage fund: Syndicate One raises €22M for Belgium’s startups
A new early-stage fund: Syndicate One raises €22M for Belgium’s startups

Brussels-based investor Syndicate One has hit a funding milestone with the €22 million first close of its second early-stage tech fund, underscoring a growing confidence in Belgium’s startup ecosystem. The new capital builds on the firm’s first fund, w…

VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech
VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech

A Paris-based venture firm that has quietly shaped the quantum technology scenery is now making a much louder statement about Europe’s role in the future of computing, materials science, and sensing. Quantonation Ventures has today announced the succes…

How the uninvestable is becoming investable
How the uninvestable is becoming investable

Venture capital has long avoided ‘hard’ sectors such as government, defence, energy, manufacturing, and hardware, viewing them as uninvestable because startups have limited scope to challenge incumbents. Instead, investors have prioritised fast-moving …

Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform
Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform

Paris-headquartered Naboo has raised a $70m in Series B as it accelerates its ambition to become the operating layer for how large companies plan, book, and control corporate events. The round is led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, the same investor th…

Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform
Naboo raises $70M to turn AI event planning into corporate procurement platform

Paris-headquartered Naboo has raised a $70m in Series B as it accelerates its ambition to become the operating layer for how large companies plan, book, and control corporate events. The round is led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, the same investor th…