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July 17, 2023

The most active LPs in Europe — that aren’t owned by a state or government

Europe's record VC investment in the last few years has been powered by LPs — the pension funds, family offices and funds-of-funds seeking big returns. Meet Europe's biggest


Molten Ventures's fund of funds team: Dave Neumann, Jonathan Sibilia and Mohadeseh Abdullahi (photo credit Paul Clarke).

During the frothy days of 2021 and 2022, European investors pumped $415.6bn into startups globally, according to Dealroom — more than the previous seven years combined. While figures have dipped in 2023, they’re still on track to be higher than any year before 2021.

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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