Venture
Contrarian Ventures targets EUR 100m hard cap for new climate tech fund
Lithuanian VC aiming to attract funds-of-funds for second close planned for the next month
Kindred Capital heads for first close of third fund
Alongside fundraise, VC plans to make three more sector-agnostic investments from its second, EUR 100m fund
Cornerstone VC holds GBP 20m first close for debut fund
Investments will target UK tech-enabled businesses at pre-seed and seed stage led by diverse teams
AM Ventures holds EUR 100m final close for debut fund
Industrial additive and 3D printing VC expects to make two to three deals this year
VC Profile: Vektor Partners backs tech mobility transformation with new fund
VCтs debut fund has a EUR 175m hard-cap and aims to back startups with initial tickets of EUR 3m-EUR 5m
COI Partners launches DACH growth fund with EUR 120m target
GP's first institutional fund will invest on a 50:50 basis alongside the sponsor's own deal-by-deal vehicles
Scale Capital eyes EUR 70m-100m for new VC fund by year-end
Danish GP in talks with institutional investors after EUR 27m first close for Fund III in April
Superangel targets up to EUR 50m hard cap for second fund
Estonian VC firm seeks further institutional investors; SmartCap to make EUR 15m anchor commitment
Curiosity VC eyes EUR 75m fund close in 2023
Dutch investor has commitments from 55 LPs for fund launched last year
Earlybird holds Growth Opportunity V first close
Later-stage fund has a EUR 300m target and will mainly back existing Earlybird investments
Plural holds EUR 250m final close for debut early-stage fund
VC firm is led by technology founders Ian Hogarth, Khaled Heloui, Sten Tamkivi and Taavet Hinrikus
Acton Capital holds Fund VI first close, expands investment team
VC firm has hired Sophie Ahrens-Gruber in Munich and appointed Hannes Gruber as partner in Vancouver
Kiko Ventures launches GBP 375m cleantech investment platform
New evergreen VC investment platform is backed by London-listed investment firm IP Group
Phoenix Court Group raises USD 500m for four VC strategies
London-headquartered VC is raising for its LocalGlobe, Latitude, Solar and Basecamp funds
Project A holds USD 375m final close for Fund IV
Vehicle includes a component of up to USD 80m for the German firm’s PE co-investments
High-Tech Gründerfonds holds first close for fourth seed fund
German investor aims for second close later this year after receiving over EUR 400m in commitments
360 Capital holds EUR 45m first close on early stage tech fund
Square II will invest in pre-seed and seed rounds with a focus on French B2B software, consumer disruption, deeptech
Forbion exceeds Growth Opportunities II target with EUR 470m first close
Biopharma GP sees growing demand for private capital amid IPO lull; gears up for EUR 600m hard-cap by summer end
Revaia aims for EUR 400m - EUR 500m final close for Fund II by year-end
VC firmтs second fund is expected to be up to double the size of its EUR 250m debut vehicle
Synthesis Capital holds USD 300m final close for debut fund
Costa Yiannoulis and David Welch spoke to Unquote about the food technology and alternative protein VC's strategy
Raise heads for second close for debut impact VC fund
French sponsor seeks to attract state-backed LPs for new strategy targeting ESG-focused startups
Cathay Capital launches EUR 500m health fund
New vehicle will invest at the crossover of health care, life sciences and tech with EUR 5m-50m tickets
Apollo buys minority stake in life sciences investor Sofinnova
Deal gives the French VC firm EUR 1bn in commitments for future funds as well as access to broader LP base
Earlybird holds EUR 350m final close for Digital West VII
Fund is double the size of its predecessor to keep pace with the market, Earlybird's Hendrik Brandis said