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October 9, 2024

Ex-Speedinvest and Target Partners VCs make first close of new fund

The Munich-based fund will invest in 'boring' startups in AI infrastructure, developer tools and security

Anne Sraders

3 min read

Former partners from Speedinvest and Target Partners are today launching a new fund, Backtrace, to invest in early-stage software developer, security and AI infrastructure startups, founding partners Michael Münnix and Dominik Tobschall tell Sifted. The Munich-based fund has raised €10m for its first close out of a planned €30m, which it hopes to complete within the next year.  

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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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