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September 20, 2021

Consumer-focused VC firm Heartcore raises $250m in new funds

The backer of Tink, Taster, GetYourGuide, TravelPerk and Natural Cycles has raised a $200m early-stage fund and a $50m ‘opportunities’ fund.


Amy Lewin

5 min read

The Heartcore team

It’s not a bad time to be a consumer-focused VC firm in Europe. 

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Yacine Ghalim, partner at Heartcore
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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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