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January 28, 2026

Inside Relativity Collective's plan to connect Europe's next generation of founders

Black Forest Labs, DeepJudge and Hugging Face among startups endorsing cross-university scheme


Martin Coulter

4 min read

Judith Dada, general partner at Visionaries Club

Six of Europe’s top universities are teaming up to connect the next generation of founders across borders — hoping to supercharge the region’s startup ecosystem. 

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Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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