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March 12, 2025

Mistral, Klarna join 100+ founder initiative to supercharge next generation of young European startups

The collective of top European founders and VCs including Point Nine will back young European talent with a €10m fund

Anne Sraders

3 min read

A host of Europe’s top founders launched “Project Europe” on Wednesday, a new scheme designed to help build Europe’s next €100bn companies. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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