Point Nine is a household name in European VC. It’s one of the continent’s top-performing seed investors, and one of its most active; it’s backed 167 companies to date (including 13 unicorns and several of Europe’s greatest success stories, like Revolut and Delivery Hero) and raised six funds.
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