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December 30, 2024

What’s in store for deeptech in 2025? Experts weigh in

Sifted asked VCs to share their predictions for the deeptech sector in 2025 — and once more, it’s all about AI


Estelle Godard, vice president, Promus Ventures

It’s been a tough year for deeptech, featuring the fall of some of Europe’s biggest names in the sector — from Swedish gigafactory Northvolt to France’s insect farming scaleup Ÿnsect and German flying taxi company Lilium.

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Estelle Godard, vice president, Promus Ventures
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Harald Nieder, general partner at Redalpine
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A photo of Francesco Ricciuti, VC associate at Runa Capital
Francesco Ricciuti, VC associate at Runa Capital
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Ekaterina Almasque, general partner at OpenOcean
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Francesco Perticarari, general partner at Silicon Roundabout Ventures 
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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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