Analysis

December 12, 2025

The EU wants you! …to manage €5bn

The European Innovation Council published its criteria in a callout for VC firms to manage the new deeptech fund

Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty

3 min read

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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