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#DisruptiveTech 🟣 Billion dollar brains boost European tech - Tech VC Atomico announced two new funds totalling $1.24 billion to support Europe’s most game-changing founders. This represents a more than 50 percent increase from its previous $820 million fund, Atomico V. Atomico was founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström in 2006 with a founder-focused approach to helping European entrepreneurs succeed. The new funds include a specialised team for each stage of maturity. The $754 million Atomico Growth VI partners with entrepreneurs from Series B to pre-IPO. It sits alongside a $485 million early-stage fund, Atomico Venture VI, which continues the firm’s commitment to working with founders earlier in their journey, predominantly at Series A, alongside occasional Seed opportunities. The new funds come as the $3 trillion European technology ecosystem begins to rival its global counterparts. Europe now captures close to 30 per cent of global early stage funding and is creating more new companies than any other region. #vc #investors #seedfunding #startups #techincubators #IPO #Europe

Netherlands based LUMO Labs recently launched the LUMO Rise Fund to support 30 to 35 impact-driven start-ups. 💸 €100 million fund, with initial commitments raised from financial institutions, family offices and High Net Worth Individuals, from the Netherlands and other European countries. Several more public and private parties are expected to allocate capital over the next twelve months. 💡 Start-ups focused on the development and application of emerging digital technologies for a greener and stronger society. 🌍 #Europe, namely #Netherlands #Belgium #Germany #Scandinavia #Baltics #Spain and #Portugal. 📈 Lumo Labs has backed exciting start-ups including Roboat, Beyond Weather, AirHub, Enatom, Whispp, HULO.ai, CityLegends, among others. 💭 “Emerging digital technologies, such as #deeptech Artificial Intelligence, allow people to manage complexity with unprecedented speed and scale. This holds the key to structural solutions and sustainable alternatives to widespread degenerative habits and unsustainable systems.” - Andy Lurling, Founding Partner LUMO Labs 🗞️ Lumo Labs https://lnkd.in/erZp4jKz 👏 For the #AudaciousInvestors unleashing innovation and empowering tomorrow🚀 Sven I Andy I Sabine I Dagmar I Thomas I Federico I Meron I Pim I Bastiaan I Walter I Team LUMO Labs … #venturecapital #vc #funds #startups #entrepreneurs #funding #tech #ai #entrepreneurship #technology #innovation #venture #fund #Netherlands

Today, PitchBook released an insightful article on the resilience of Israeli's startup ecosystem and the state of VC investing in Israel throughout 2024. This piece corroborates our belief that, despite this past year's numerous challenges, now is a great time to be investing in high quality seed and pre-seed startups in Israel. Two Lanterns continues to be committed to supporting Israeli tech innovation. 🇮🇱 #StartupNation #Israel #IsraeliTech #IsraeliInnovation

Experts believe that now is the golden opportunity for investing in Israel. Why? Despite the challenges, Israeli tech continues to power on; Creating companies, raising funding, and completing multi-million M&A deals. According to the 2023 annual report by Startup Nation Central, there are 7272 tech companies in Israel and 353 active investors. 2023 was a tough year for Israeli startups, but despite the challenges the Israeli tech ecosystem remained robust. Read more about what Eze Vidra, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures, has to say about this. 👉 https://okt.to/NXkDrh

Experts believe that now is the golden opportunity for investing in Israel. Why? Despite the challenges, Israeli tech continues to power on; Creating companies, raising funding, and completing multi-million M&A deals. According to the 2023 annual report by Startup Nation Central, there are 7272 tech companies in Israel and 353 active investors. 2023 was a tough year for Israeli startups, but despite the challenges the Israeli tech ecosystem remained robust. Read more about what Eze Vidra, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures, has to say about this. 👉 https://okt.to/rQX4lb

Great article that echoes a lot of my thinking and confirms our belief that this is an excellent time to be investing in pre-seed- and seed-stage startups in Israel. Worth a read.

Singapore's Leo Capital recently closed its first Nordic focused fund and expanded its operations to Finland. 💸 €25M, Europe Fund I with an anchor investment from Business Finland Venture Capital. 💡 Investing in 25 B2B start-ups from the #preseed stage, with investments of between $250K and $400K. The VC has invested in start-ups across various sectors including #fintech, #insuretech #gaming, #deeptech, #edtech, #marketplaces, #generativeAI, #legaltech, #web3, among others. 🌍 The #Nordic region 📈The VCs current portfolio includes 60 early-stage companies. They have been actively investing in Europe since 2021 and backed Apica and Atoa. 💭“We started seeing a lot more deal flow from Europe a couple of years ago. We realised that the India-Europe corridor is currently under-invested, and we saw an interesting opportunity to be first movers in this space." - Shwetank Verma cofounder and managing partner 🗞️ The Economic Times https://lnkd.in/ezVFpTfG 👏 For the #AudaciousInvestors unleashing innovation and empowering tomorrow🚀 Rajul I Shwetank I Ravi I Dinesh I Henry I Dana I Rashmi I Pavitar I Raeeza I Gopal I Madhusmita I Jitesh I Team Leo Capital … #venturecapital #vc #funds #startups #entrepreneurs #funding #tech #entrepreneurship #technology #innovation #finland #europe #Singapore

Forestay Capital, an emerging VC based out of Geneva, Switzerland, has been busy. Last week it closed its second fund, Forestay Capital II, at a hard cap of $220 million. The VC wasn’t well known in Europe until it started to lead rounds in enterprise startups a couple of years ago, notably scanning software startup Scandit — which has raised $273 million to date — out of Zurich. The Forestay II fund will invest across Europe and Israel, with a “sweet spot” of leading growth rounds of $10 million to $15 million, at the inflection point of a company, it said. #europeanstartups #startupisrael #venturefunds #venturecapitalists #techentrepreneurs #business #startups #aistartups #aifunding #enetrpriseai #saasstartups #startupfounders #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #businessexpansion #businessgrowth #startupchallenge #startupecosystem #startupnews #startupgrowth #startupsuccess #growthstagestartups #scaleups #startupjourney #startup #startupfunding #venturecapital #vc #investors #fundraising #seedinvestment #seedfunding #seedround #seedcapital #startupfinancing #fundraisingchallenge #investment #fundingstats #goingglobal #q22024 #techstartups #foundersjourney #venturefunding #latestagestartups #seed #techcrunchnews #artificialintelligence #ai #aitechnology #startupworld #globalinvestment #ipo #mergers #acquisitions #fundingrounds #vcinsights #unicorns #startupsuccess #vcfunding #innovations #techecosystem #newfund #venturenews #growthfunding #growthfund #growthstagefunding #growth #artificialintelligencetechnology #growthrounds #venture

The UK tech sector has secured nearly one-third of all European VC funding in the first half of 2024, marking a notable resurgence in investment 💰 London remains a hotbed of innovation, with investments soaring by 30% to £5.3 billion, surpassing major European cities like Paris and Stockholm. Additionally, Cambridge has seen an impressive 83% rise in VC funding, reaching £517 million, highlighting its growing significance in the tech landscape. 👇 Read more below 👇 #StartupsMagazine #Startups #Entrepreneur #UKTechSector #Funding #VC Dealroom.co

Investment firm Plural recently launched Plural Fund II to support European start-ups. 💸 Founder led venture capital fund $436 Million Plural Fund II. 💡’The fund’s largest sectors by investment are #AI, frontier technology, and #climateTech and energy. Plural has already made 27 investments in various sectors such as law-focused artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion power plant development and drug discovery platforms.’ 🌍 ‘Plural aims to make early-stage investments ranging from €1 million to €10 million into European startups.’ 📈 Plural recognizes that there is a scarcity of investors who have first-hand experience in growing tech companies in Europe. Plural’s founders include Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder of Wise), Sten Tamkivi (co-founder of Skype), Ian Hogarth (co-founder of Songkick) and Khaled Helioui (former CEO of Bigpoint GmbH). 💭 “Only 8% of venture capitalists in Europe are former founders, compared to 60% in the United States. As such, Plural believes that its founder-led approach will make a significant difference in supporting European entrepreneurs." - Taavet Hinrikus, Plural Partner 🗞️PYMNTS https://lnkd.in/eSZsKUsC 👏 For the #AudaciousInvestors unleashing innovation and empowering tomorrow🚀 Taavet Hinrikus I Carina N. I Khaled Helioui I Sten Tamkivi I Eliza Dabney I Tamsin Ashworth Reeves I Daniel Tarver I Team Plural … #venturecapital #vc #funds #startups #entrepreneurs #funding #tech #entrepreneurship #technology #innovation #europe