Beyond AI: Six startup opportunities in Europe
Six sectors where European expertise, needs and regulatory changes are opening up new markets.
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FundStageHQClosedSize €m
- 600.0
Growth fund leading or co-leading Series B to D rounds in European technology companies
- Generalist
- Europe
- 22 Oct 2026
- Seaya
- EIF
- 18.0
Venture capital fund investing in early-stage AI and frontier technology companies with a Barcelona connection.
- AI, Deep Tech
- Barcelona-linked founders
- Emerging manager, Fund 1
- 22 Oct 2026
- Masia
- 20.0
Pre-seed fund for Southern European founders and diaspora
- Generalist
- Southern Europe
- Fund 2
- 19 Oct 2026
- Enzo Ventures
- 155.0
Support Spanish middle-market companies through growth, operational improvement, internationalisation, sector consolidation and shareholder reorganisation.
- Spain
- Emerging manager, Fund 3
- 15 Jul 2026
- Talde Gestión
- 210.0
Back early-identified technologies in longevity, European health manufacturing and supply chain, and clinically relevant AI.
- Health & Bio
- Europe
- Fund 5
- 18 Jun 2026
- Columbus Venture Partners
- 45.0
Pre-seed and seed investments across health, fintech/proptech and future-of-work, combining capital with hands-on operational support on talent, commercial introductions and follow-on funding.
- Generalist
- Emerging manager, Fund 1
- 18 May 2026
- Plus Partners
- SETT
Digital-health fund backing companies with a proven model and clear growth potential, using disruptive technologies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
- Health & Bio
- Spain
- Fund 3
- 11 May 2026
- CRB
- CDTI Innvierte
Pediatric health fund investing in research-based spinouts from academia and hospitals
- Health & Bio
- Europe
- Emerging manager
- 7 May 2026
- Ship2B Ventures
- EIF, CDTI Innvierte, ICF
- 150.0
Life-sciences fund investing mainly in Spain and Portugal across health and wellbeing, sustainable nutrition, and climate and environmental solutions.
- Health & Bio
- Iberia
- Emerging manager, Fund 1
- 16 Mar 2026
- Aleos
- CDTI Innvierte
- 70.0
Early-stage fund for European digital businesses
- AI, B2B Software
- Iberia
- Fund 3
- 11 Mar 2026
- Samaipata
- KfW, SETT
- 70.6
Identify, develop and build new biotech companies from excellent science, together with universities, research centres and scientist-entrepreneurs.
- Health & Bio
- Europe, with a strong focus on Spain
- Emerging manager
- 1 Mar 2026
- Ysios Capital
- CDTI Innvierte
- 750.0
Growth fund for European deep tech and climate scale-ups
- Deep Tech, Climate & Energy, Defence & Security
- Pan-European
- Fund 5
- 4 Feb 2026
- Mundi Ventures (Kembara)
- EIF
- 100.0
Fund backing Spanish and European founders at seed and Series A
- Generalist
- Iberia
- Fund 4
- 15 Dec 2025
- Kibo Ventures
- EIF, CDTI Innvierte
- 20.0
Frontier tech founders (AI, spacetech, cyber), helping European startups reach the US
- Deep Tech, AI, Defence & Security
- Europe, US
- Emerging manager
- 2 Dec 2025
- Draper B1
- FondICO Global, Instituto Valenciano de Finanzas
Impact fund for startups serving vulnerable groups, decarbonisation and ecosystem regeneration
- Health & Bio, Climate & Energy
- Spain, Europe
- Fund 2
- 18 Nov 2025
- Ship2B Ventures
- EIF
- 100.0
Growth-equity fund for 12 to 15 consumer scale-ups in beauty, wellness, nutrition and longevity.
- Consumer
- not found
- Emerging manager, Fund 2
- 24 Oct 2025
- Iris Ventures
- 33.6
Early-stage climate tech and decarbonisation: utility tech, agro and food tech, proptech, mobility, circular economy, data.
- Climate & Energy
- Southern Europe
- Emerging manager, Fund 1
- 10 Oct 2025
- The Climate Hub SGEIC (Sorigué, Antai)
- FondICO Global, ICF
Barcelona-based fund backing early-stage Iberian and European founders
- Generalist
- Iberia
- Fund 3
- 1 Oct 2025
- 4Founders Capital
- EIF, CDTI Innvierte
- 95.0
Fund for cybersecurity, applied AI and digital infrastructure startups
- Defence & Security, AI, Health & Bio
- Pan-European
- Fund 4
- 17 Mar 2025
- Adara Ventures
- 50.0
Female-led healthtech fund investing in clinical innovation, care infrastructure and health data.
- Health & Bio
- Europe, North America, Israel, Australia
- Fund 3
- 12 Feb 2025
- Nina Capital
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