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November 9, 2023

French VC Serena raises new €100m fund to back the ‘invisible’ technologies behind apps

The Paris-based VC is targeting companies building the software needed to create popular consumer apps

Paris-based VC Serena, an early backer of French unicorn and data management platform Dataiku, has closed a new €100m early-stage fund to back startups developing the “invisible” tools, platforms and infrastructure needed to create the apps we use every day.

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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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