# Venture capital
The latest news and analysis from Europe’s venture capital industry, including angel investing, impact investing, LPs, VCs and funding roundups.
- Exclusive: Serg Bell’s Constructor Capital closes $110m first-time deeptech fund
Exclusive: Serg Bell’s Constructor Capital closes $110m first-time deeptech fund
- Succession planning is a ‘critical’ topic for LPs — and they’re asking more questions
Succession planning is a ‘critical’ topic for LPs — and they’re asking more questions
- 'There’s growing interest': Deutsche Börse exec hopeful of 2026 IPO pipeline
'There’s growing interest': Deutsche Börse exec hopeful of 2026 IPO pipeline
- The 26 startups to watch in 2026 — plus cities, sectors and investors on the upPodcast
January 29, 2026
The 26 startups to watch in 2026 — plus cities, sectors and investors on the up
- EIF eyeing ‘more ambitious’ defence investing programme as it doubles down on military techNews
January 29, 2026
EIF eyeing ‘more ambitious’ defence investing programme as it doubles down on military tech
- Daphni closes €260m early-stage fund for science-first deeptech startupsNews
January 29, 2026
Daphni closes €260m early-stage fund for science-first deeptech startups
- Nik Storonsky’s QuantumLight targets $500m for second fund
Nik Storonsky’s QuantumLight targets $500m for second fund
- Nvidia in talks to back Yann LeCun’s new AI startup in bumper funding round
Nvidia in talks to back Yann LeCun’s new AI startup in bumper funding round
- Endeavor CEO Linda Rottenberg: ‘Talent is everywhere. Opportunity and capital are not’Podcast
January 22, 2026
Endeavor CEO Linda Rottenberg: ‘Talent is everywhere. Opportunity and capital are not’
- From Oura to Wolt: Inside the VC backing Finland’s biggest unicorns
From Oura to Wolt: Inside the VC backing Finland’s biggest unicorns
- Operator-led VC firm Plural targeting up to €1bn for new fund
Operator-led VC firm Plural targeting up to €1bn for new fund
- European defence founders and VCs weigh in on Trump’s Greenland threats: ‘A serious distraction’
European defence founders and VCs weigh in on Trump’s Greenland threats: ‘A serious distraction’
- Solo GP Andreas Klinger raises €15m for European robotics, automation and AI
Solo GP Andreas Klinger raises €15m for European robotics, automation and AI
- Exclusive: Ananda Impact Ventures closes €73m for new deeptech fund
Exclusive: Ananda Impact Ventures closes €73m for new deeptech fund
- German growth investor DTCP raises €300m for new defence fund — which it hopes will be Europe’s largestNews
January 16, 2026
German growth investor DTCP raises €300m for new defence fund — which it hopes will be Europe’s largest
- Peec AI brought the SF mindset to Berlin. Can it fend off its rivals?
Peec AI brought the SF mindset to Berlin. Can it fend off its rivals?
- Angel investors most likely to behave inappropriately towards founders, new survey findsData
January 14, 2026
Angel investors most likely to behave inappropriately towards founders, new survey finds
- Nick Clegg: ‘Europe is competing with one arm tied behind its back’
Nick Clegg: ‘Europe is competing with one arm tied behind its back’