Luca Bocchio joins Balderton as Partner after more than a decade in European VC

Balderton today announced the appointment of Luca Bocchio as Partner, where he will focus on early-stage investments. Bocchio joins the firm after more than a decade as an investor in the European tec…

Seed Capital closes €130M Fund V to expand across the Nordics

Copenhagen-based Seed Capital has closed its Fund V at €130 million. The firm, which has spent 20 years backing founders at seed through Series A, will invest in 15-17 companies with first checks of €…

Antler research reveals Europe’s unicorn boom is masking an early-stage funding crisis

Today a new report reveals that while a new generation of rocketship unicorns are breaking records for funding rounds and valuations in Europe, the early-stage funding pipeline is collapsing. Announc…

EIF backs Nordic Foodtech VC with €30M to scale Europe’s agrifood deeptech

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is committing up to €30 million to a Finnish venture capital fund that promotes early-stage agrifood technology companies. The EIF backing for the Finnish fund – cal…

Clean Growth Fund II hits £81.5M at second close towards £150M target

UK climate tech investor Clean Growth Fund has announced the second close of Fund II, bringing total commitments to£81.5 million as it works towards a £150 million target.The second close was anchored…

BioInnovation Institute allocates €7.8M to help six companies bring technologies to market

BioInnovation Institute (BII) has awarded €7.8 million inadditional funding to six companies developing technologies across healthcare,agriculture and sustainable energy.Each company will receive €1.3…

Revolut backer Molten Ventures hits £175M first close of growth fund

Thebacker of Revolut, which is reportedly vying to manage a £1bngovernment-backed fund focused on backing the UK’s most promising startups, hasannounced the £175m first close of a fund aimed at pluggi…

Claret Capital Partners exceeds target with €575M growth debt fund for European innovators

Claret Capital Partners hasclosed its fourth European Growth Capital Fund at €575 million, exceeding its€500 million target. Including affiliated discretionary mandates, the fund willmake growth debt …

British Business Bank commits up to £46M to Zinc’s new deeptech fund

The British Business Bank has agreed to commit up to £46 million to Zinc Capital Management’s second institutional fund, the Science-for-Impact Fund, helping to accelerate the creation and growth of i…

Uplift Ventures launches €100M fund to back European deeptech startups

Uplift Ventures today announces the launch of its inaugural €100 million venture capital fund, dedicated to backing Europe’s next generation of deeptech founders. The fund addresses one of the bigges…