b2venture closes €150M Fund V at hard cap to support the next generation of European tech leaders

b2venturehas closed its Fund V at €150 million, reaching the hard cap and marking thefirm’s largest early-stage fund to date. The fund is supported by a mix oflong-standing and new limited partners, i…

ZOHO.VC completes first closing at 70% of target fund

ZOHO.VC, the venturecapital arm of ZOLLHOF – Tech Incubator, has completed the first closing of itsinaugural fund, securing 70 per cent of its target volume ten months ahead ofthe final closing. The f…

Footprint Firm closes €76M Article 9 deeptech Fund for the green transition

The Footprint Firm has completed the final closing of Footprint Fund I, an Article 9 €76 million venture fund. The fund focuses on early-stage deeptech companies in the green transition in Northern Eu…

Metavallon VC launches €5m “Brain Gain” fund to reverse Greece’s tech talent exodus

This week, Metavallon VC launched a new €5 million Pre-Seed brain gain fund. It aims to invest early in deep-tech startups founded outside Greece or in Greek university spin-outs, provided they commi…

Vi Partners marks 25 years with first close of €161M new venture fund

Vi Partners this week announced the first close of its latest venture capital fund, targeting €161 million (CHF 150 million). It coincides with Vi Partners’ 25th anniversary, marking a quarter-century…

Ananda Impact Ventures secures €73M first close for fifth Core Impact Fund

Ananda Impact Ventures has completed a €73million first close of its fifth Core Impact Fund, exceeding its €50 milliontarget and representing the largest first close in the firm’s 16-year history.The …

Vanagon Ventures closes €20M Fund I to back deeptech startups

Vanagon Ventures, a German deeptech venture capital firm, has reached the final closeof its €20 million Fund I. The fund is backed by Allocator One, alongsideadditional limited partners including fami…

PROTOTYPE Capital launches Fund III and hits 5.6x returns by backing "crazy ideas"
PROTOTYPE Capital launches Fund III and hits 5.6x returns by backing "crazy ideas"

It’s not often I meet an early-stage investor who tells me that they are looking for “weird and crazy ideas.” But Andreas Klinger, founder of PROTOTYPE, is not just any investor. He is deeply embedd…

DTCP expands into defence with €20M-per-deal Fund for security and dual-use startups

Global investment management platform DTCP today announced the launch of “Project Liberty”, its eighth fund and its first dedicated exclusively to defence, security, and resilience technologies. The…

HTGF: Where public mandate meets venture discipline

While many venture capital funds are optimised for speed, scale, and short fund lifecycles, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was built to address a structural gap in Germany’s innovation ecosystem. HTGF …