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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11 Fonds mit First oder Final Close seit 1. Jan. 2025, insgesamt 3,1 Mrd. €, Median 68,5 Mio. €.
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Find talented founders that traditional VC networks overlook, including women and founders with immigrant backgrounds, in companies addressing environmental or social challenges.
- BackingMinds
- Climate & Energy, AI
- Nordics
- Fonds 3
- Oktober 2026
Early-stage Nordic deeptech with industrial investors as LPs and partners
- Turbine Capital
- Deep Tech, Industrial Tech, Defence & Security, Climate & Energy
- Nordics
- SEK
- Fonds 1
- Oktober 2026
- SEK 608m
- 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
- 80,0
Impact fund for market-first European startups
- Norrsken Launcher
- Generalist
- Pan-European
- Fonds 2
- Juni 2026
- 20,7
Inception and pre-seed in AI, deeptech and B2B software.
- AI, Deep Tech, B2B Software
- Nordics
- SEK
- November 2025
- SEK 227m (first and final close, oversubscribed)
- 1.375,0
Scales Nordic B2B software businesses through operational support, networks, and add-on acquisitions.
- Monterro
- B2B Software
- Nordic region
- Fonds 5
- September 2025
- 350,0
Scale Nordic B2B software businesses with hands-on operational support.
- Monterro
- B2B Software
- Nordic region
- Fonds 2
- September 2025
- 48,0
Gemeldete Zusagen umfassen eventuell nur offengelegte Investorenzusagen, nicht die gesamten Zusagen oder die finale Fondsgröße.
Early-stage academic and corporate spinouts in life sciences and therapeutics.
- HealthCap
- Health & Bio
- Nordics
- Fonds 9
- August 2025
- 49,5
Early-stage gaming startups
- Behold Ventures
- Consumer
- Nordics, Europe
- SEK
- Fonds 1
- Juli 2025
- SEK 550m
- 63,0
Early-stage climate tech, decarbonisation, electrification and energy efficiency.
- Course Corrected VC
- Climate & Energy
- Nordics
- SEK
- Fonds 2
- Februar 2025
- more than SEK 720m (over EUR 63m per BeBeez); target SEK 1bn
- 73,9
Nordic tech and life science companies at startup and growth stages
- Fahraeus Startup & Growth (FSG)
- Deep Tech, Health & Bio
- Nordics
- SEK
- Fonds 2
- Januar 2025
- SEK 848m
Alle 11 Fonds auf dieser Seite
- BackingMinds Invest IIIBackingMinds · €50m reported · source published October 2026
- Turbine Capital Fund ITurbine Capital · €54.4m reported · source published October 2026
- Scaleup Europe FundEQT · €1.0bn reported · source published August 2026
- Norrsken Launcher Fund IINorrsken Launcher · €80m reported · source published June 2026
- Inception FundInception Fund · €20.7m reported · source published November 2025
- Monterro M5Monterro · €1.4bn reported · source published September 2025
- Monterro G2Monterro · €350m reported · source published September 2025
- HealthCap IXHealthCap · €48m reported commitments · source published August 2025
- Behold Ventures Fund IBehold Ventures · €49.5m reported · source published July 2025
- Course Corrected VC Fund IICourse Corrected VC · €63m reported · source published February 2025
- FSG Fund IIFahraeus Startup & Growth (FSG) · €73.9m reported · source published January 2025
