Merantix Capital launches €103M fund for early-stage European AI startups

Merantix Capital has announced thefinal close of its €103 million AI Fund, which will invest in early-stageAI-native companies across sectors including logistics, manufacturing, energy,finance, health…

Merantix Capital launches €103M fund for early-stage European AI startups

Merantix Capital has announced thefinal close of its €103 million AI Fund, which will invest in early-stageAI-native companies across sectors including logistics, manufacturing, energy,finance, health…

Cambridge Enterprise builds London launchpad for next generation of deeptech founders

A new Cambridge Enterprise Initiative called Leaps is launching today to embed Cambridge-based companies in complementary ecosystems, giving selected founders access to new markets, talent and investm…

Marvelous and Joachim Herz Foundation launch €20M deeptech fund to bridge Germany’s commercialisation gap

Germany conducts research at a world-class level. Yet many technologies fail to make the transition from the laboratory to the market, not because of their quality but because of a lack of capital.The…

Skybound launches with $38M to back early deeptech founders

Skybound Venture Capital hasannounced the launch of its founder-led venture capital fund focused ondeeptech startups, securing a $38 million oversubscribed first close anchoredby the European Investme…

Mouro Capital secures $400M first close for latest fund

Mouro Capital has announced the first closeof its third fund, securing $400 million from Banco Santander, the firm’slongstanding strategic partner. The latest fundraising brings Mouro Capital’stotal i…

BioInnovation Institute launches AI Lab with €7M from Danish Industry Foundation

BioInnovation Institute (BII) is launching AI Lab, a new innovation platform designed tosupport the commercialisation of artificial intelligence research andaccelerate the development of early-stage A…

Front Ventures raises €5M to back defence tech innovation in Ukraine

Stockholm-baseddefence-focused investment company Front Ventures has raised €5 million throughan oversubscribed rights issue of B-shares, with the raise subscribed to 278per cent. The company backs ea…

Earlybird closes €360M Fund VIII, doubling down on deeptech and long-term ownership

Earlybird VC has closed its eighth early-stage fund at €360 million, marking the largest raise in the firm’s history and reinforcing its fundraising momentum, which it has maintained through both bull…

KOMPAS VC closes €160M Fund II for industrial tech startups

KOMPAS VC, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on physical industries, hasannounced the €160 million final close of its second fund. The fund attractedsupport from existing backers such as VKR…