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May 9, 2025

Exclusive: Adams Street raises €270m for debut European VC fund

The large US fund of funds aims to back up to 20 European GPs over the next decade

Anne Sraders

4 min read

US investor Adams Street Partners, one of the world’s largest fund of funds, has raised more than €270m for its debut European venture fund.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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