Bilbao, Spain-based VC firm All Iron Ventures is rebranding to Acurio Ventures, as it today announces that it’s closed its third fund, of €150m, to invest in European startups. LPs include “one of the largest and most prestigious US university endowments”, as well as insurance companies, pension plans, large corporates, 35 family offices and a “large group of technology entrepreneurs and executives.”
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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