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France based venture capital firm Elaia recently launched their third deeptech fund, DTS3. 💸 First €60M close with final target close of €120M by the start of 2025. 💡 Early stage science and research backed start-ups in the fields of #computing, #industry and the #lifesciences, with a strong #genartificialintelligence focus. Tickets ranging from €300k to €3m at #preseed and #seedstage into #B2B #deeptech start-up. 🌍 80% of deals in the EU and 20% open to the rest of the world. 📈 With €850m in assets, Elaia has backed exciting start-ups across their deep tech seed funds incl. phospho (YC W24), Corporatings, BIOPHTA, Minos Biosciences, Qantev, HarfangLab, Ryax Technologies among others. 💭 “We now cover research across Europe, which enables us to access more dealflow. We help them (researchers at academic institutions) to turn a research project into a business use case that could lead to a startup.” – Anne-Sophie CARRESE, Managing Partner, Elaia Partners 🗞️Daphné Leprince-Ringuet, Sifted https://lnkd.in/gq9e4kUj 👏 For the #AudaciousInvestors unleashing innovation and empowering tomorrow🚀Anne-Sophie I Xavier Lazarus I Pauline Roux I Philippe Gire I Marc Rougier I Julien Macquet I Maxime Lhoustau I Sébastien Lefebvre I Céline Passedouet I Arturo Ancira García I Louisa Mesnard I Emmanuel Perez-Duarte I Team Elaia … #venturecapital #vc #funds #startups #entrepreneurs #funding #tech #ai #entrepreneurship #technology #innovation #france #europe #venture

Amsterdam-based deep tech startups that raised €1M and more in 2024: 12 of them are hiring right now: The “State of Dutch Tech 2024” report highlights the growth of deep tech companies in the Netherlands, with investments increasing by 14 per cent from 2022 to 2023. This rise is driven by university spin-offs and research institutes, though scaling challenges remain. Over the past five years, deep tech venture capital (VC) investments have grown ... Read more #DeepTech #Startups #Amsterdam

Introduction DeepTech startups, known for their groundbreaking technological innovations, often face a significant hurdle in attracting investment, especially when commercial traction is not yet evident. This article delves into the challenges of funding DeepTech ventures within the context of programs like the European Innovation Council's (EIC) #EICAccelerator #EICAcceleratorequity #EICAcceleratorfinancing #Industries&Companies #Investors #Timeline

Tapping Into Korea’s High-Tech Ecosystem: Why TIPS Global Demo Day is a Must-Attend for VCs Venture capitalists seeking high-impact, internationally scalable startups have an unprecedented opportunity at the TIPS Global Demo Day, scheduled for December 27, 2024. This event features 10 elite Korean startups, meticulously selected from TIPS’s portfolio for their potential to lead in high-growth global sectors such as AI, biotechnology, energy innovation, and semiconductors. Backed by government support […] The post Tapping Into Korea’s High-Tech Ecosystem: Why TIPS Global Demo Day is a Must-Attend for VCs first appeared on KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News . The post Tapping Into Korea’s High-Tech Ecosystem: Why TIPS Global Demo Day is a Must-Attend for VCs appeared first on KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News . #koreatech #Tech #koreastartup #KoreaTechnews #Koreastartupnews

In a world full of challenges, deeptech startups are emerging as a new wave of innovation. This area of business and research, harness advanced science and technology to address complex, global problems with disproportionate impact. Poverty and inequality; resource scarcity; physical and mental health; climate change; privacy and cybersecurity; and freedom and sovereignty are just some of them. In Europe in 2023, funding for these deep tech companies remained at the same level as in 2022, while investment in the rest of European tech was significantly lower, according to Dealroom.co’s European DeepTech Report. Specifically, Spain ranks eighth at the European level in terms of receiving venture capital funds, with a total of $310 million. An example of this, is the venture capital manager Big Sur Ventures, which has firmly committed to investing in deeptech, as a leader or as a shareholder, in startups such as Paack (last round of 200 million euros in January 2022), a company dedicated to ecommerce parcel delivery, or Truckster (last round of 33 million euros in July 2023), a technology transport operator. With the launch of investment vehicles, the latest with a target size of €40 million, Big Sur invests in early and seed stages of such technology startups, with stakes of between €100,000 and €1 million. “The great global challenges we face, be it energy, healthcare, mobility, decarbonisation, are not going to be solved with software alone, that is obvious. We need new materials,” says José Miguel Herrero, co-founder and managing director of Big Sur. “The solutions we need for these global challenges come largely from deeptech and that’s why we are there. Read the full article >> https://lnkd.in/dZQUeHDn #IberianLawyer #technology #innovation

New Post: deep tech startups: Deep-tech startups must explore alternative funding options, says VC report - A study by Speciale Invest reveals that the average seed cheque size for Indian deep-tech deals has surged 5.3 times over the past eight years, thanks to government initiatives and venture capitalist confidence. Despite this growth, deep-tech startups are advised to explore alternative funding methods like venture debt to mitigate science risks. The report, titled ‘India’s Deep-tech Revolution,’ highlights India's low global funding share for deep-tech (1.30%) compared to overall tech funding (3.86%). It emphasizes the potential in sectors such as space and green hydrogen, urging for more supportive policies to enhance the ecosystem and demonstrate investor returns. Read the full article here https://lnkd.in/dvgW2wP6 #Venturecapital #VC #investment #LP #Limited Partner

Deep-tech startups must explore alternative funding options, says VC report Indian deep tech startups have seen a 5.3 times increase in average seed check size over the past eight years, fueled by government initiatives and VC confidence. By Puran Choudhary Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ghhmQJBM

Tensor Ventures launches a €50 million fund to back deep tech startups in east of Europe #Tensor Ventures, a technology-focused #VC firm based in the Czech Republic and Luxembourg, has launched its second fund with a target of €50 million. The firm is led by founders Roman Smola, Martin Drdul, and Petr Ulvr, who are expanding their team by bringing on Ondřej Ptáček (formerly of PwC) as CFO and Jan Faflík (formerly of RSJ) to lead biotech investments. A significant boost to this new fund comes from the European Investment Fund (EIF), which has contributed €20 million. The fund aims to back startups in cutting-edge fields such as quantum technology, biotechnology, security tech, Software 2.0, energy, climate tech, and space tech in the Czech Republic and beyond. Tensor Ventures also announced the successful closing of their first fund, which invested €20 million into 20 startups worldwide over four years. Their diverse portfolio includes companies in quantum technologies like QC82, Quantagonia, and Beit; biotech firms such as Anari, Solvemed, and HeartBeat.bio; and energy and climate tech company Bioo. Notably, two startups from their first fund have been acquired by multinational giants: Czech startup UltimateSuite was acquired by U.S. company ServiceNow, and U.S.-Israeli startup Neuronix AI was acquired by Microchip Technology. The article on #VCwiretech in the first comment.

Quick overview of the VC funding landscape in 2024: Crunchbase published this insightful article about how Global VC Funding isn't slowing down but isn't increasing either. "Of the $22 billion invested in startups globally last month, around $2.4 billion, or 11%, went to about 1,000 seed-stage companies. Around 500 early-stage companies raised $9 billion globally in April. And more than 150 companies from Series C onward raised $10.7 billion, representing about 49% of funding last month, Crunchbase data shows. Those amounts are in line with funding at those stages in April 2023." Top sectors for funding in April were Biotech & Healthcare, with companies in the space raising $5.7B (26% of all funding globally). Largest startup funding round in April was $1B to stealth startup Xaira Therapeutics from drug development using AI. Link to the full article below: https://lnkd.in/erHGK9Gm #venturecapital #vc #venturecapitalfunding #vcfunding #funding #startups #AI

A recent piece in the Financial Times highlights a renewed sense of confidence among investors in European technology startups. This year, the European VC industry has seen significant growth, with nearly €29bn in venture capital deals completed in the first half of the year alone. The establishment of Noteus further reflects the strong appetite for investment in innovative companies.   Artificial Intelligence startups, in particular, are attracting considerable attention as investors seek to capitalise on the sector's rapid expansion. It’s an exciting time for the European tech ecosystem, with some of the brightest founders pursuing investment opportunities across the continent. #VentureCapital #StartUps #Tech #AI https://lnkd.in/ez2a-CVs