When Sifted last checked in with Point Nine Capital, the Berlin-based VC firm had just raised its fifth fund — at the rather eccentric amount of €99,999,999.99.
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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.