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June 11, 2024

Vsquared closes second fund of €214m to cash in on Europe’s deeptech boom

Vsquared has already made eight investments with the new fund, including lithium-ion battery recycling startup Cylib and embedded chips startup Synthara

Munich-based Vsquared Ventures has closed its second fund — a €214m vehicle — to invest in early-stage, deeptech startups.

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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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