# EQT

French bid to block UK from €5bn EU fund sparks backlash
Pro
Analysis
July 1, 2026
French bid to block UK from €5bn EU fund sparks backlash
Founders and investors divided over British involvement in Scaleup fund
Martin Coulter and Anne Sraders
Exclusive: France seeks to block UK role in €5bn EU Scaleup fund
Pro
Exclusive
June 29, 2026
Exclusive: France seeks to block UK role in €5bn EU Scaleup fund
Proposed geographical restrictions on investments set to upend months of negotiations
Martin Coulter and Freya Pratty
EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?
Pro
Profile
June 3, 2026
EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?
After winning the Scaleup Europe Fund mandate, EQT is positioned to help decide which startups become Europe’s next giants
Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders
100+ companies the €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund could back
Pro
List
May 22, 2026
100+ companies the €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund could back
We've been asking investors which companies they think the fund will back
Freya Pratty, Anne Sraders and Federico Scolari
Exclusive: EQT wants to back UK startups with EU’s €5bn superfund
Pro
Exclusive
May 22, 2026
Exclusive: EQT wants to back UK startups with EU’s €5bn superfund
The fund currently does not have the mandate to invest in the UK
Maya Dharampal-Hornby, Freya Pratty and John Thornhill
Inside EQT’s plan for the EU’s €5bn superfund: ‘We have over 100 companies in the pipeline’
Pro
Interview
May 19, 2026
Inside EQT’s plan for the EU’s €5bn superfund: ‘We have over 100 companies in the pipeline’
The Swedish firm beat out British VC Atomico to run the EU’s new €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund
Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty
EQT and Atomico go head-to-head to manage €5bn EU fund
Pro
Exclusive
April 1, 2026
EQT and Atomico go head-to-head to manage €5bn EU fund
A decision regarding the winner of the fund is “imminent”, a source with direct knowledge told Sifted
Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty
Manager decision imminent for EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund — with fees still to be decided
Pro
News
April 1, 2026
Manager decision imminent for EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund — with fees still to be decided
The EU’s hotly contested search for an investor to manage the fund is in the final stretch
Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders

# EQT

French bid to block UK from €5bn EU fund sparks backlash

Exclusive: France seeks to block UK role in €5bn EU Scaleup fund

EQT: European tech’s new kingmaker?

100+ companies the €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund could back

Exclusive: EQT wants to back UK startups with EU’s €5bn superfund

Inside EQT’s plan for the EU’s €5bn superfund: ‘We have over 100 companies in the pipeline’

EQT and Atomico go head-to-head to manage €5bn EU fund

Manager decision imminent for EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund — with fees still to be decided