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August 8, 2025

16 university spinouts to watch, according to VCs

Investors from B2venture, Earlybird, First Momentum and AlbionVC share their picks

Tom Nugent

8 min read

Europe’s VCs are scouring the grounds of university campuses for the next big thing, convinced a fund returner could be lying in wait in a lab somewhere on the continent.

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Sabrina Stöckl, principal at B2venture.
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Natalia Ahmadian, an investor on the investment team at Earlybird.
<s>GF-Qaumxfpn — Zhdtcad</e>
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Ana Koller, head of research at First Momentum.
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Sebastian Hunte, investment director at AlbionVC.
<i>Cidcazvtbxpr Ybw — PE</c>
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<k>Loeusw — GM</h>
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Tom Nugent

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