# Venture Capital

The latest news and analysis from Europe’s venture capital industry, including angel investing, impact investing, LPs, VCs and funding roundups.

Turning €4,000 into a unicorn: lessons from Klaxoon’s founder
Interview
August 13, 2020
Turning €4,000 into a unicorn: lessons from Klaxoon’s founder
Matthieu Beucher started Klaxoon after a stint at a car parts factory. Here’s about turning his idea into the next French billion-euro startup — despite financiers with cold feet.
Marie Mawad in Paris
La Famiglia raises €50m fund with all-star LP backing
News
August 12, 2020
La Famiglia raises €50m fund with all-star LP backing
The Berlin-based B2B-focused investor's backers include Pictet, Mittal, Swarovski, Niklas Zennström and Hanno Renner.
Amy Lewin
How not to pitch a deeptech investor
Opinion
August 6, 2020
How not to pitch a deeptech investor
Know your technology inside out — but please, don't only talk about that.
Marcel van der Heijden
Eight top female startup investors to know in Eastern Europe
Analysis
August 5, 2020
Eight top female startup investors to know in Eastern Europe
Leading female investors in the CEE region discuss the role of female founders, and what more can be done to improve the gender balance
Kit Gillet in Bucharest
Go to market — or die
Opinion
July 29, 2020
Go to market — or die
Think lack of funding is what kills most startups? Think again.
Lyubov Guk
Pioneers of the new world: Your winners
Analysis
July 29, 2020
Pioneers of the new world: Your winners
After a wave of nominations from our readers, we have selected over 80 European founders and companies shaping the post-pandemic world.
Connor Bilboe and Isabel Woodford
Dark clouds on the horizon for European Venture Capital
Opinion
July 22, 2020
Dark clouds on the horizon for European Venture Capital
The last few months have been great for European Venture Capital. But is that all about the change?
Nicolas Colin
AB Tasty raises a delicious $40m and doubles down on US expansion
News
July 22, 2020
AB Tasty raises a delicious $40m and doubles down on US expansion
The Paris marketing startup is raising money and accelerating its US push. Its founder moving to New York has been instrumental.
Marie Mawad in Paris
The secretive figure behind some of the world's biggest fintechs
Analysis
July 13, 2020
The secretive figure behind some of the world's biggest fintechs
Meet Hedosophia, the fintech venture fund you wish you knew, and its founder — Ian Osborne
Isabel Woodford
Nauta Capital closes €120m fund to invest in B2B startups
News
July 8, 2020
Nauta Capital closes €120m fund to invest in B2B startups
This B2B specialist fund is bullish about tech during the pandemic
Tim Smith
In data: The impact of Covid-19 on Europe's startups
Analysis
July 8, 2020
In data: The impact of Covid-19 on Europe's startups
European startups have turned to government-backed loans and freezing hiring to combat the effects of the coronavirus crisis, but it's not all bad news.
Kit Gillet in Bucharest
Impact investors to know in Europe
Analysis
July 3, 2020
Impact investors to know in Europe
Meet the impact investors, fund managers and support groups shaking up Europe’s impact space and paving the way for a sustainable future.
Connor Bilboe
The convertible loan note: What's to lose?
Opinion
July 2, 2020
The convertible loan note: What's to lose?
Startups are taking convertible loan notes like never before — but they have their downsides.
Karen McCormick
Sophia Bendz leaves Atomico to join Cherry Ventures as partner
News
July 1, 2020
Sophia Bendz leaves Atomico to join Cherry Ventures as partner
Seed-stage VC firm Cherry Ventures has snapped up one of Europe's most prominent female investors.
Amy Lewin
‘Codecademy for VCs’ launches
News
July 1, 2020
‘Codecademy for VCs’ launches
Merit, a new, free VC training programme launches today — and hopes to offer a scalable solution to the VC industry's diversity problem.
Amy Lewin
Portugal’s top women investors
Analysis
July 1, 2020
Portugal’s top women investors
Some of Portugal's leading lights in investment talk gender diversity
Tim Smith
Connect Ventures raises third seed stage fund of $80m
News
June 25, 2020
Connect Ventures raises third seed stage fund of $80m
The ‘product-first’ investor is losing a founding partner but gaining top institutional investors.
Amy Lewin
Future Fund releases first set of diversity data
News
June 23, 2020
Future Fund releases first set of diversity data
All female and all BAME senior management teams approved for funding are few and far between.
Amy Lewin
AImotive raises $20m to become Europe's 'largest VC-backed automated driving company'
News
June 22, 2020
AImotive raises $20m to become Europe's 'largest VC-backed automated driving company'
Hungarian startup has raised over $70m as it looks for affordable and software-driven solutions to making autonomous driving a reality.
Kit Gillet in Bucharest
Black businesses are in crisis
Opinion
June 19, 2020
Black businesses are in crisis
Governments need to encourage investors and banks to support black businesses.
Eric Collins
Hoxton Ventures closes its second fund of (almost) $100m
News
June 18, 2020
Hoxton Ventures closes its second fund of (almost) $100m
It has a tiny team, a trio of billion dollar companies and a must-read Twitter account.
Amy Lewin
VCs should pay themselves less
Opinion
June 17, 2020
VCs should pay themselves less
Why big fat salaries are a bad idea for VCs — according to a VC.
Oliver Holle
Welcome to the decade of purpose, says new Index Ventures partner
Interview
June 11, 2020
Welcome to the decade of purpose, says new Index Ventures partner
“The past decade was the decade of convenience. The coming decade will be the decade of purpose."
John Thornhill
Could Meero’s founder be the next Emmanuel Macron?
Interview
June 11, 2020
Could Meero’s founder be the next Emmanuel Macron?
Meero’s flamboyant founder Thomas Rebaud has been thinking a lot about employees, doing deals — and politics.
Marie Mawad in Paris

# Venture Capital

Turning €4,000 into a unicorn: lessons from Klaxoon’s founder

La Famiglia raises €50m fund with all-star LP backing

How not to pitch a deeptech investor

Eight top female startup investors to know in Eastern Europe

Go to market — or die

Pioneers of the new world: Your winners

Dark clouds on the horizon for European Venture Capital

AB Tasty raises a delicious $40m and doubles down on US expansion

The secretive figure behind some of the world's biggest fintechs

Nauta Capital closes €120m fund to invest in B2B startups

In data: The impact of Covid-19 on Europe's startups

Impact investors to know in Europe

The convertible loan note: What's to lose?

Sophia Bendz leaves Atomico to join Cherry Ventures as partner

‘Codecademy for VCs’ launches

Portugal’s top women investors

Connect Ventures raises third seed stage fund of $80m

Future Fund releases first set of diversity data

AImotive raises $20m to become Europe's 'largest VC-backed automated driving company'

Black businesses are in crisis

Hoxton Ventures closes its second fund of (almost) $100m

VCs should pay themselves less

Welcome to the decade of purpose, says new Index Ventures partner

Could Meero’s founder be the next Emmanuel Macron?