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April 21, 2023

Bootstrap Europe closes third venture debt fund of €130m to back sustainability businesses

Venture debt is increasingly being used by startups wanting to grow during the downturn


2022 was a bumper year for venture debt in Europe, with cash-hungry startups gobbling up a record €30.5bn in debt financing, double that of the previous year, according to GP Bullhound. 

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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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