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March 22, 2021

Silicon Valley-inspired Aldea Ventures completes €60m first close

The fund will use a hybrid model, backing micro VCs and growth stage startups


Tim Smith

4 min read

Seed investment in Europe is due for a shake up, according to Aldea Ventures’ managing partner Carlos Trenchs. 

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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