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Builders , a Rotterdam-based venture studio led by Michael van Lier, Sharon Klaver, Darko Marković, Julia Bramer, and others, has raised  €4.5 million from a group of leading entrepreneurs, exit-founders, and family offices, including Wouter Holtslag, Eric Carbijn, and Invent Capital. Builders, a venture studio focused on creating enterprise AI companies, partners with entrepreneurs from idea to launch, providing expertise in concept validation, hiring, funding, and growth. A

Sequoia Capital , the Apple of the Venture Capital World, has announced  its latest venture fund and sixth dedicated seed fund. The firm reflects on a legacy of early partnerships that have grown into iconic companies such as Apple, Nvidia, Stripe, and Wiz, relationships that continue to fuel its belief in the transformative power of early-stage innovation. As Sequoia sees it, founders today stand at the edge of a generational opportunity. Artificial intelligence is reshaping

Rebalance , a Gurugram-based accelerator to build an ecosystem that helps women and diverse people build wealth and pay it forward, led by Aishwarya Malhi and Vikas Kumar, has announced  its 9th cohort of 10 women-led startups. Since 2019, Rebalance has backed 30 startups across sectors, including climate, deep tech, healthcare, fintech, D2C, and biotech. With 85% of its portfolio led by women founders and 60% of its angel community made up of women investors, a first in Indi

Maia Ventures , a Milan-based early-stage VC backing the next generation of entrepreneurs in agrifoodtech, led by David Bassani, Andrea Galassi, Alice De Porcellinis, and Giancarlo Addario, has launched  €55 million to back 20–25 companies, with initial tickets ranging from €0.5 million to €1.5 million. The fund has already made 6 investments, including Foreverland, Exolab Italia, Biorsaf, Lembas, Cappellini Veg Lab, and GenoGra. Limited partners include institutional investo

Industry Ventures , a leading venture capital platform that invests across all stages of the venture capital lifecycle, led by Hans Swildens, Justin Burden, Roland Reynolds, and others, has entered  into an agreement to be acquired by Goldman Sachs . Industry Ventures manages $7 billion in assets under supervision and has completed over 1,000 secondary and primary investments since its founding in 2000. The firm reports a strong realized performance, with a net IRR of 18% and

Forward.One , investing in early-stage European startups, led by Riemer Smink, Paul Pruijmboom, Arjan Göbel, Beau-Anne Chilla, Robin van...

Sugar Free Capital , a new venture fund based in NYC, led by Sheena Jindal(Founder and Managing Partner) and Stephanie Beyda, has raised...

Lauxera Capital , a Paris-based growth-stage investment firm led by partners, Pierre Moustial, Samuel Levy, Alex Slack, Victor Decrion,...

Wave Function Ventures , a Deep-Tech venture fund founded by Jamie Gull, has raised  $15.1 million for its first fund. Gull has made nine...

Concept Ventures , the largest dedicated pre-seed fund in Europe, led by Reece Chowdhry, Oliver Kicks, and Jeff Chowdhry, has announced...

Notion Capital , Europe’s leading venture investor in business software and fintech, led by Stephen Chandler, Jos White, Chris Tottman,...

Boost VC , a pre-seed deep-tech venture fund led by Adam Draper, Maddie Callander , Gus Domel, PhD , Emily Yu , Danielle Sosnick , Derek...

Peak XV's Surge , a seed platform for company builders, led by Shailendra J Singh, Rajan Anandan, Aaditya Sood, Ajey Gore, and others,...

DFF Ventures , an early-stage venture capital fund from Amsterdam, investing all over EMEA, led by Laurens Groenendijk,   Patrick...

Archetype , an early-stage venture fund focused on accelerating the programmable future, led by Ash Egan, Dmitriy Berenzon, Danny...

Big Pi Ventures , a multi-stage technology investment platform, led by Nick Kalliagkopoulos, Panos Metsis, Marco Veremis, Alex...

Ventech , a pan-European multi-sector early-stage venture capital firm, led by Alain Caffi, Jean Bourcereau, Stephan Wirries, Audrey...

Outlast , a Venture Fund built by investors and operators from the Baltics and Nordics, led by Kristaps Prusis, Egita  Polanska, Marija...

Vireo Ventures , a Berlin-based VC fund, led by Felix Krause , Matthias Engel , Mischa Wetzel , Sven Heiligtag , Thomas Labryga , Lou...

Morphosis Capital Partners BV , a growth capital fund, led by Andrei Gemeneanu, Simona Gemeneanu, Dragos Petre, Gabriela Dumitru, and...