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July 21, 2025

Female founders VC Auxxo announces first close of second fund

The firm invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups with at least one female cofounder


Auxxo partners: Gesa Miczaika (left) and Bettine Schmitz

Auxxo, a German VC firm investing solely in female-founded startups, is today announcing a first close of its second fund.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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