French investor Eurazeo has closed €650m of a new billion-euro growth fund, two years after four managing directors left the firm at once, delaying fundraising efforts by over a year.
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July 16, 2025
Eurazeo closes €650m of new billion-euro AI growth fund
The French investor went through significant leadership changes two years ago
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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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