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April 23, 2024

Swiss solo GP Edoardo Ermotti closes $30m fund to back B2B SaaS startups

Ermotti joins a growing crowd of solo GPs in Europe


Edoardo Ermotti, founder of 14Peaks Capital

Europe’s crowd of solo GPs has been gradually growing over the years — and angel investor Edoardo Ermotti is one of the latest to join the pack.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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