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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5 Fonds mit First oder Final Close seit 1. Jan. 2025, insgesamt 2,6 Mrd. €, Median 525 Mio. €.
Im vollständigen Tracker öffnen- 67,5
Takes over established businesses; plans to acquire about 25 healthy SMEs.
- WAD Capital
- Health & Bio, Climate & Energy, Business Services
- Benelux, northern France and western Germany
- September 2026
- 100,0
Builds profitable European consumer businesses through active ownership, international expansion, selective acquisitions and structured sustainability improvements.
- Vendis Capital
- Consumer, Food & Agri, Mobility
- Benelux; France; DACH; Nordics
- Februar 2026
- 1.250,0
Makes majority buyouts of lower mid-market companies in Core Europe, partnering with families, founders and entrepreneurs across healthcare, services, consumer and niche industrials.
- Apheon Management S.A.
- Health & Bio, Consumer, Industrials, Business Services
- Benelux; France; Germany; Italy; Spain
- Fonds 6
- Januar 2026
- 700,0
Established B2B SaaS and mission-critical enterprise software.
- Fortino Capital
- B2B Software
- Benelux and DACH
- Fonds 3
- Dezember 2025
- 525,0
Consumer businesses.
- Vendis Capital
- Consumer
- Netherlands; France; DACH; Belgium; Nordics
- Fonds 4
- März 2025
Alle 5 Fonds auf dieser Seite
- WAD Capital first fund (formal name not found)WAD Capital · €67.5m reported · source published September 2026
- Vendis TransitionVendis Capital · €100m reported · source published February 2026
- Apheon MidCap Buyout VI SCSpApheon Management S.A. · €1.3bn reported · source published January 2026
- Fortino PE IIIFortino Capital · €700m reported · source published December 2025
- Vendis IVVendis Capital · €525m reported · source published March 2025
