Analysis

March 7, 2025

The US LPs backing European venture funds

A number of endowments, foundations and fund of funds are investing in European VC

Anne Sraders

4 min read

Although many of Europe’s most active limited partner (LP) investors are homegrown — like the public-private EU backer the European Investment Fund — several of the US’s largest LPs have spied opportunity across the Atlantic, actively investing in some of Europe’s best-known VC funds in recent years. 

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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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