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56 Fonds mit First oder Final Close seit 1. Jan. 2025, insgesamt 29,8 Mrd. €, Median 302 Mio. €.
Im vollständigen Tracker öffnen- 600,0
Growth fund leading or co-leading Series B to D rounds in European technology companies
- Seaya
- Technology
- Europe
- Oktober 2026
- 725,0
Concentrated growth portfolio in marketplaces, financial services and software
- Sprints Capital
- Fintech, B2B Software, Consumer
- Europe
- Fonds 5
- Oktober 2026
- 105,0
Later-stage European technology companies, spin-out of two ex-Wendel Growth partners
- IronWave
- Technology, B2B Software, AI
- Europe
- Fonds 1
- Oktober 2026
- 30,0
Regional fund for innovative start-ups and SMEs based in Lazio, seed to late growth
- Vertis SGR
- Generalist
- Italy (Lazio)
- Fonds 8
- September 2026
- 116,3
Zielgröße des Fundraisings, kein bereits eingesammeltes Kapital.
Venture and growth capital for UK and European food-system innovators with demonstrated product-market fit; sustainable production, health and nutrition, circularity.
- Bramble Partners
- Food & Agri
- United Kingdom; Europe
- Fonds 1
- September 2026
- 87,2
Gemeldete Zusagen umfassen eventuell nur offengelegte Investorenzusagen, nicht die gesamten Zusagen oder die finale Fondsgröße.
Growth fund for UK-focused companies progressing through clinical development, plus commercial scale-up of non-therapeutic assets with initial market traction.
- Advent Life Sciences
- Health & Bio
- UK (überwiegend), Europa, USA
- September 2026
- 455,0
Growth fund for European defence and security technology
- DTCP
- Defence & Security
- Pan-European
- Fonds 1
- September 2026
- 4.400,0
Software, data and technology-enabled services; mix of majority and minority control positions.
- PSG Equity
- B2B Software, Technology
- Europe
- Fonds 3
- September 2026
- 203,7
Growth fund of listed VC Molten, cornerstoned by British Business Bank
- Molten Ventures
- Deep Tech, AI, Fintech
- UK, Europe
- GBP
- Fonds 1
- September 2026
- GBP 175m first close of GBP 350m target
Systematic growth-stage investing with proprietary AI model Aleph
- QuantumLight
- AI, Fintech, B2B Software, Health & Bio, Deep Tech
- Global
- USD
- Fonds 2
- August 2026
- USD 500m
- 1.000,0
Growth-stage fund managed by EQT to back privately owned European tech scaleups from Series B onwards in areas such as AI, quantum, dual-use, clean energy, space and biotech.
- EQT
- AI, Deep Tech, Climate & Energy, Health & Bio, Defence & Security
- EU und Horizon-Europe-Pillar-III-assoziierte Länder
- August 2026
- 1.922,8
Growth fund within Index Ventures' USD 2bn raise (USD 3.5bn investing capacity across seed, venture and growth).
- Index Ventures
- Technology
- Europe and US (Dealroom also mentions Israel)
- USD
- Juli 2026
- USD 2.2bn total after a USD 700m addition on 2026-07-31 (fund launched in 2024 with USD 1.5bn)
Alle 56 Fonds auf dieser Seite
- Seaya Growth Tech Fund ISeaya · €600m reported · source published October 2026
- Sprints Fund VSprints Capital · €725m reported · source published October 2026
- IronWave debut fundIronWave · €105m reported · source published October 2026
- Vertis Venture 8 LazioVertis SGR · €30m reported · source published September 2026
- Bramble Fund IBramble Partners · €116.3m target · source published September 2026
- Advent Life Sciences Growth FundAdvent Life Sciences · €87.2m reported commitments · source published September 2026
- DTCP Defense Fund IDTCP · €455m reported · source published September 2026
- PSG Europe IIIPSG Equity · €4.4bn reported · source published September 2026
- Molten Ventures Growth FundMolten Ventures · €203.7m reported · source published September 2026
- QuantumLight Fund IIQuantumLight · €431.9m reported · source published August 2026
- Scaleup Europe FundEQT · €1.0bn reported · source published August 2026
- Index Ventures Growth fund (2024 vintage)Index Ventures · €1.9bn reported · source published July 2026
- Highland Europe Fund VIHighland Europe · €1.1bn reported · source published July 2026
- Lakestar Resilience ILakestar · €262.4m reported · source published July 2026
- Talde Capital Crecimiento IIITalde Gestión · €155m reported · source published July 2026
- Seedcamp Select IISeedcamp · €87.3m reported · source published June 2026
- E2D (European Dual-Use and Defence Growth Fund)AVP; Earlybird (advisors, legal manager entity not found) · €500m target · source published June 2026
- Lauxera Growth IILauxera Capital Partners · €520m reported · source published May 2026
- Jeito IIJeito Capital · €1.0bn reported · source published April 2026
- INVENIO Partners Fund IIIInvenio Partners · €75m reported · source published March 2026
- Partech Impact FundPartech · €300m reported · source published March 2026
- UVC Partners Growth FundUVC Partners · €77m reported · source published March 2026
- Kembara Fund IMundi Ventures (Kembara) · €750m reported · source published February 2026
- Cofounder VC early growth fundCofounder VC · €11.4m reported · source published December 2025
- Expedition Growth Capital IIIExpedition Growth Capital · €323.3m reported · source published December 2025
- Jolt Capital VJolt Capital · €600m reported · source published November 2025
- Medicxi Fund VMedicxi · €500m reported · source published November 2025
- Aspirity Partners IAspirity Partners · €875m reported · source published November 2025
- Global Water Fund IIEmerald Technology Ventures · €100m reported · source published October 2025
- SevenGen Growth FundSevenGen Investment Partners · €65m reported · source published October 2025
- IRIS Fund IIIris Ventures · €100m reported · source published October 2025
- 55 North Fund I55 North · €134m reported · source published October 2025
- Notion Capital Growth Opportunities IIINotion Capital · €114m reported · source published September 2025
- Supernova Tech Scale IISupernova Invest · €300m target · source published September 2025
- Monterro M5Monterro · €1.4bn reported · source published September 2025
- Monterro G2Monterro · €350m reported · source published September 2025
- Big Pi Ventures growth fundBig Pi Ventures · €130m reported · source published September 2025
- Eurazeo Growth Fund IVEurazeo · €650m reported · source published September 2025
- Delphinus Venture Capital fundDelphinus Venture Capital · €80.4m reported · source published August 2025
- MML Ireland Fund IIIMML Growth Capital Partners Ireland · €235m reported · source published July 2025
- Evantic Capital debut fundEvantic Capital · €303.9m reported · source published July 2025
- MML Partnership Capital VIIIMML Capital Partners · €1.0bn reported · source published July 2025
- Omnes Real Tech 2Omnes Capital · €112m reported · source published July 2025
- GCP Fund VIGrowth Capital Partners · €478.6m reported · source published July 2025
- Bridgepoint Development Capital VBridgepoint · €2.8bn reported · source published July 2025
- Cathay Innovation Fund IIICathay Innovation · €880.6m reported · source published May 2025
- QuantumLight Fund IQuantumLight · €222.4m reported · source published May 2025
- AVP Growth Fund IAVP (Atlantic Vantage Point, formerly AXA Venture Partners) · €1.5bn target · source published April 2025
- ISAI Cap Venture IIISAI · €80m target · source published April 2025
- Revaia Growth IIRevaia · €250m reported · source published April 2025
- Adara Ventures AV4Adara Ventures · €95m reported commitments · source published March 2025
- Cambridge Innovation Capital Opportunity FundCambridge Innovation Capital · €42.3m reported commitments · source published February 2025
- Junction Growth Investors Fund IJunction Growth Investors · €115m reported · source published February 2025
- ISAI Expansion IIIISAI · €300m reported · source published February 2025
- Ardian Expansion Fund VIArdian · €3.2bn reported · source published January 2025
- Smartfin Capital IIISmartfin · €250m reported · source published January 2025
