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June 5, 2024

Creandum gets US university backing - will Europe follow suit?

While pension funds being deployed into VC is common in places like the Nordics — it's rare to see endowments backing firms

Mimi Billing

2 min read

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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