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June 29, 2023

UK early-stage founders get £100m boost with launch of new fund

Fuel Ventures will look to back 60 startups are pre-seed and seed over the next 12 months

London-based VC Fuel Ventures is today announcing the closing of a new £100m fund as it looks to up the ante on its pace of investment into UK startups. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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