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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71 Fonds mit First oder Final Close seit 1. Jan. 2025, insgesamt 16,3 Mrd. €, Median 90,2 Mio. €.
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Early-stage industrial and energy technologies that make industrial and energy systems more resilient, efficient and sustainable.
- AP Ventures
- Industrial Tech, Climate & Energy
- Europe and North America
- USD
- Fonds 3
- Oktober 2026
- USD 300m (predecessor fund: USD 316m per AltAssets)
- 725,0
Concentrated growth portfolio in marketplaces, financial services and software
- Sprints Capital
- Fintech, B2B Software, Consumer
- Europe
- Fonds 5
- Oktober 2026
- 60,0
Capital-efficient B2B software plus pre-seed deeptech via Nauta Labs
- Nauta Capital
- B2B Software, Deep Tech
- Europe
- Fonds 6
- Oktober 2026
- 106,2
Third fund of MuleSoft founder Ross Mason, focused on AI infrastructure
- Dig Ventures
- AI, B2B Software
- Pan-European
- USD
- Fonds 3
- Oktober 2026
- USD 120m
- 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
- 11,7
Early-stage electrification companies at seed and Series A, in energy storage, grid technology and advanced materials.
- Energy Revolution Ventures
- Climate & Energy
- Global
- USD
- Fonds 2
- September 2026
- USD 13.5m first close, anchored entirely by Centrica (Fund Momentum 2026-09-23; ESG Today 2026-09-24 reports it as the Centrica commitment); fund target USD 50m (Fund I: USD 18m)
Pre-seed fund for European teams with deep technical founders
- Connect Ventures
- Generalist
- Pan-European
- USD
- Fonds 5
- September 2026
- USD 55m first close of USD 80m fund
- 146,5
Back highly technical founders at the earliest stage and help them build across markets, on the premise that major tech companies can emerge from anywhere.
- Crane Venture Partners
- B2B Software
- USD
- Fonds 3
- September 2026
- USD 169m (Crane Venture Partners III, pulse2 2026-09-17; platform total USD 484m across four funds not counted)
- 62,4
Early-stage fund for learning and future-of-work startups
- Brighteye Ventures
- AI, B2B Software, Health & Bio
- Pan-European
- USD
- Fonds 3
- September 2026
- USD 72m
- 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
- 81,5
Zielgröße des Fundraisings, kein bereits eingesammeltes Kapital.
Company creation and pre-seed for science-led startups in health, environment and deeptech.
- Zinc Capital Management
- Health & Bio, Climate & Energy, Deep Tech
- UK
- September 2026
Alle 71 Fonds auf dieser Seite
- AP Ventures Fund IIIAP Ventures · €269.5m reported · source published October 2026
- Sprints Fund VSprints Capital · €725m reported · source published October 2026
- Nauta Capital Fund VINauta Capital · €60m reported · source published October 2026
- DIG Ventures Fund IIIDig Ventures · €106.2m reported · source published October 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
- Energy Revolution Ventures Fund IIEnergy Revolution Ventures · €11.7m reported · source published September 2026
- Connect Ventures Fund VConnect Ventures · €48.2m reported · source published September 2026
- Crane Venture Partners IIICrane Venture Partners · €146.5m reported · source published September 2026
- Brighteye Ventures Fund IIIBrighteye Ventures · €62.4m reported · source published September 2026
- Molten Ventures Growth FundMolten Ventures · €203.7m reported · source published September 2026
- Zinc Science-for-Impact FundZinc Capital Management · €81.5m target · source published September 2026
- QuantumLight Fund IIQuantumLight · €431.9m reported · source published August 2026
- White Star Capital Fund IVWhite Star Capital · €217.8m reported · source published August 2026
- Index Ventures Growth fund (2024 vintage)Index Ventures · €1.9bn reported · source published July 2026
- Index Ventures Venture FundIndex Ventures · €786.6m reported · source published July 2026
- Index Ventures Seed FundIndex Ventures · €350m reported · source published July 2026
- Highland Europe Fund VIHighland Europe · €1.1bn reported · source published July 2026
- Ruya Ventures Fund IRuya Ventures · €43.7m reported · source published July 2026
- Tapestry VC Fund IIITapestry VC · €70.3m reported · source published July 2026
- Osney Capital Fund IOsney Capital · €69.6m reported · source published June 2026
- Seedcamp Select IISeedcamp · €87.3m reported · source published June 2026
- Seedcamp Fund VIISeedcamp · €192m reported · source published June 2026
- Creator Fund (first European fund)Creator Fund · €48.5m reported · source published June 2026
- Algebris ClimaTechAlgebris Investments · €70m reported · source published June 2026
- Transition Ventures Fund IITransition Ventures · €129.1m reported · source published May 2026
- Longwall Ventures 4Longwall Ventures · €99.5m reported · source published May 2026
- Mouro Capital Fund IIIMouro Capital · €344.2m reported · source published May 2026
- Lansdowne UK Innovation FundLansdowne Partners · €128.1m reported · source published May 2026
- SuperSeed Fund IIISuperSeed · €46m reported · source published April 2026
- Passion Capital Fund IVPassion Capital · €46.8m reported · source published April 2026
- Eka Ventures Fund IIEka Ventures · €91.9m reported · source published April 2026
- Cloudberry Ventures DeepTech FundCloudberry Ventures · €50m target · source published March 2026
- Air Street Capital Fund IIIAir Street Capital · €200.3m reported · source published March 2026
- Seraphim Early-Stage SpaceTech FundSeraphim Space · €86m reported · source published February 2026
- Redrice Ventures Fund IIRedrice Ventures · €51.7m reported · source published February 2026
- 2150 Fund II2150 · €210m reported · source published January 2026
- Epidarex Capital IVEpidarex Capital · €125m reported · source published January 2026
- 6 Degrees Capital Fund III6 Degrees Capital · €154m reported · source published December 2025
- Expedition Growth Capital IIIExpedition Growth Capital · €323.3m reported · source published December 2025
- Baobab Ventures Fund IBaobab Ventures · €12.9m reported · source published November 2025
- Onstage Fund I Onstage · €11.4m reported · source published November 2025
- Firgun Ventures Fund IFirgun Ventures · €60.6m reported · source published November 2025
- Medicxi Fund VMedicxi · €500m reported · source published November 2025
- Backed 3Backed VC · €86.1m reported · source published November 2025
- Aspirity Partners IAspirity Partners · €875m reported · source published November 2025
- Odyssey Ventures Fund IOdyssey Ventures · €64.7m reported · source published October 2025
- Venture HealthTech FundSpex Capital · €30m reported · source published October 2025
- Notion Capital Growth Opportunities IIINotion Capital · €114m reported · source published September 2025
- Concept Ventures Fund IIConcept Ventures · €75m reported · source published September 2025
- GG Ventures Fund IIGG Ventures (Goddess Gaia Ventures) · €25.6m reported · source published September 2025
- Clean Growth Fund IIClean Growth Fund · €56.8m reported · source published August 2025
- Cambridge Innovation Capital Fund IIICambridge Innovation Capital · €289m target · source published August 2025
- Evantic Capital debut fundEvantic Capital · €303.9m reported · source published July 2025
- Araya Ventures debut fundAraya Ventures · €22.3m reported · source published July 2025
- MML Partnership Capital VIIIMML Capital Partners · €1.0bn reported · source published July 2025
- Celero Ventures debut fundCelero Ventures · €21.2m target · 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
- Creator Ventures Fund IICreator Ventures · €40m reported · source published May 2025
- QuantumLight Fund IQuantumLight · €222.4m reported · source published May 2025
- Meridian Health Ventures fundMeridian Health Ventures (formerly KHP Ventures) · €35.6m reported · source published May 2025
- Verb Ventures Fund IIVerb Ventures · €25m reported · source published April 2025
- Volution second dedicated fundVolution; SBI Investment (co-GP) · €87.8m target · source published April 2025
- Outlier Grove Fund IOutlier Grove · €9m reported · source published April 2025
- DIG Ventures Fund IIDig Ventures · €90.2m reported · source published April 2025
- THENA Capital UK Medtech Fund ITHENA Capital · €52.1m reported · source published March 2025
- Climate Impact Fund 2Elbow Beach · €75m reported · source published March 2025
- Cambridge Innovation Capital Opportunity FundCambridge Innovation Capital · €42.3m reported commitments · source published February 2025
- Angular Ventures IIIAngular Ventures · €121m reported · source published February 2025
- Defiant inaugural fundDefiant · €29m reported · source published January 2025
