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December 10, 2025

Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinouts

U2V’s founders will remain partners at Earlybird, where they will manage existing portfolio companies

Three partners from German investor Earlybird are launching a new VC firm dedicated to deeptech university spinouts.

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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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