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May 3, 2022

German venture network 10x Founders launches with €160m, backed by 200 entrepreneurs

The venture network will be scouting out the best pre-seed to Series A startups in Europe


10x Founders

200 German entrepreneurs have pooled their cash into a new €160m fund to splash on pre-seed to Series A startups in Europe.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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