Onstage, the company behind one of Europe’s top startup demo days, has announced a first close of £10m for a new fund in the hopes of building the region’s answer to Y Combinator.
Onstage launches ‘Y Combinator for Europe’ with £10m fund
Demo Day organiser aims to make 80 investments over next three years
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