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December 17, 2025

Danish deeptech spinout fund PSV Hafnium closes first €60m fund

PSV Hafnium is looking for deeptech companies coming out of Nordic technical universities

Mimi Billing

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PSV Hafnium, the Technical University of Denmark’s spinout fund, has closed its first fund at €60m to back Nordic deeptechs with their origins in research.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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