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September 22, 2025

Paris-based Ventech closes new €175m fund as founding partner retires

It is Ventech’s sixth fund since it launched in Paris in 1998

Paris-based VC Ventech, an early backer of digital music company Believe and secondhand marketplace unicorn Vestiaire Collective, has closed a €175m generalist fund to back European startups, mainly at Series A.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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