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July 8, 2020

Nauta Capital closes €120m fund to invest in B2B startups

This B2B specialist fund is bullish about tech during the pandemic


Tim Smith

3 min read

Nauta Capital is today launching its fifth fund with an initial closing of €120m. The Barcelona-founded, London-headquartered venture capital firm invests in seed and Series A stage business-to-business (B2B) companies, primarily in the UK, Spain and Germany.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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