European venture capital has matured into a genuinely global-competitive ecosystem over the past two decades, producing firms that built some of the continent's first true technology giants - Skype, Spotify, Wise, UiPath - while maintaining a distinctly different pace and structure than their Silicon Valley counterparts.
$175B (platform assets, 2022)
Assets Managed
DoorDash's 2020 IPO, which implied a fully diluted valuation of $71.2 billion - CEO Alex Clavel later called it SVF1's best-performing asset, with a $7.3 billion gain on full exit
AIEnterprise SoftwareConsumer InternetLogistics
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Figma's July 2025 IPO at a $56 billion valuation - Index backed the design platform years before its explosive public debut
Consumer InternetFintechAIMarketplaces
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$7B+ (raised across eight funds; $1.3B new early/growth funds, 2024)
Assets Managed
MySQL's 2008 acquisition by Sun Microsystems for approximately $1 billion - an early proof point for European open-source software investing
AIFintechEnterprise SoftwareCybersecurity
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Paris, France
Founded 1972
€4B+ (~$4.4B)
Assets Managed
Shockwave Medical's acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in 2024 - a cardiovascular device company Sofinnova supported for more than a decade, one of 25 IPOs and 30 acquisitions across the firm's 50-plus year history
HealthcareDeep Tech
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$3.1B+ (current), latest fundraise €1B (2022)
Assets Managed
Spotify's 2018 direct listing, which ended its first day of trading at a valuation of about $26.5 billion
AIFintechHealthcareEnterprise Software
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2015
€3B+ (~$3.2B)
Assets Managed
Delivery Hero's 2017 IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, raising approximately €1 billion - an early Target Global bet, alongside Auto1 Group's 2021 Frankfurt IPO
FintechMobilityConsumerAI
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Paris, France
Founded 1982
€2.5B (~$2.7B)
Assets Managed
No single confirmed signature exit - Partech instead measures itself by breadth and duration: 220-plus active portfolio companies across 40 countries and four continents, built over more than four decades since its 1982 …
FintechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareEnergy
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$2B+ (owned by The Carlyle Group since 2022)
Assets Managed
Clovis Oncology's NASDAQ IPO under ticker CLVS - one of 73-plus IPOs across Abingworth's 50-year history, alongside Algeta's acquisition by Bayer in 2014 and early pre-biotech-pivot stakes in Apple and Silicon Graphics
HealthcareDeep Tech
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Zurich, Switzerland
Founded 2012
€2B+ ($2B+)
Assets Managed
Spotify's 2018 New York Stock Exchange direct listing - one of Klaus Hommels' early European conviction bets, made years before the streaming company reached mainstream household status
FintechDeep TechDefense & Dual-UseConsumer Internet
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$2.0B (total commitments)
Assets Managed
iZettle's $2.2 billion acquisition by PayPal in 2018 and Tink's approximately $2 billion acquisition by Visa in 2021 - together Europe's second and third largest fintech M&A exits ever, with Dawn the only investor in bot…
Enterprise SoftwareFintechCybersecurityAI
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 1997
€2B+ (~$2.2B)
Assets Managed
TeamViewer's 2019 IPO and Delivery Hero's 2017 IPO - two of Earlybird's clearest public-market outcomes; Babylon Health also completed a roughly $4.2 billion SPAC merger in 2021, though the company later collapsed into a…
FintechDeep TechHealthcareConsumer
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£2B (~$2.6B)
Assets Managed
Depop's $1.6 billion acquisition by Etsy in 2021 - an early Octopus Ventures backer of the fashion resale marketplace, alongside continued positions in Zoopla and SwiftKey
Deep TechHealthcareFintechConsumer
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€1.7B (the nos-metiers page refers to "1,7 milliard d'euros d'actifs sous gestion" and the homepage shows "1,7 md€" as its assets-under-management figure, checked 2026)
Assets Managed
HealthcareFoodtechAgricultureB2B
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£1.525B gross portfolio value / £1.324B net assets (as of March 31, 2026)
Assets Managed
UiPath, which Molten highlights at a $35.8 billion closing price post-IPO
Enterprise SoftwareFintechDeep TechHealthcare
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Bonn, Germany
Founded 2005
€1.4B+ (following Fund IV launch)
Assets Managed
CureVac's August 2020 Nasdaq IPO - HTGF backed the mRNA vaccine developer as a seed-stage investor years before it became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic
Deep TechHealthcareClimateEnterprise Software
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Firmwide AUM not disclosed; Fund VI reported at ~$1.24B (2024)
Assets Managed
Supercell's 2016 sale to Tencent in a deal valued at roughly $8.6 billion - one of the largest exits in European venture history
AIEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthcare
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2012
No confirmed public exit yet - Project A's model is operational company-building rather than harvesting, and its clearest current proof point is Trade Republic, now managing €100 billion in customer assets while still pr…
FintechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareAI
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Anthemis Digital Acquisitions I Corp's 2021 market debut - an all-female-led fintech SPAC founder Amy Nauiokas led to market, alongside real early-portfolio outcomes at Zoopla and Betterment
FintechInsurtech
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Paris, France
Founded 1998
€1.1B+ raised since inception (2025)
Assets Managed
AIHealthcareEnterprise SoftwareCybersecurity
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Paris, France
Founded 2009
Nearly €1.1B (under management across four investment strategies, per the firm's own announcement of the ISAI Venture IV first closing, 3 December 2025)
Assets Managed
Sector-AgnosticTechnology
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2018
$1.05B+ (across funds)
Assets Managed
No public exit documented - BITKRAFT invests across games, esports, and immersive media at all stages
GamingCrypto
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€1B+ (more than $1B)
Assets Managed
AUTO1 Group's 2021 Frankfurt Stock Exchange IPO at approximately €7.9 billion - Germany's largest tech IPO at the time, with DN Capital exiting 95% of its stake
FintechSaaSConsumer InternetAI
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$1B+ (following $320M raise, June 2026)
Assets Managed
UiPath's April 2021 Nasdaq IPO at a $35 billion valuation - Seedcamp was the process automation company's earliest backer, one of three decacorns (alongside Wise and Revolut) that trace back to its first check
FintechSaaSAICybersecurity
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Currencycloud's acquisition by Visa in 2021 - Notion was an early investor in the cross-border payments platform, one of the firm's clearest proof points alongside continued backing of GoCardless
Enterprise SoftwareFintechAI
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Paris, France
Founded 2017
More than €800M (under management, October 2025, per the firm's own site: "From 200 million euros under management at its creation, the company now manages more than 800 million"; an earlier firm release of 21 March 2024 said more than €750 million)
Assets Managed
Gleamer (sale to RadNet, 2026)
Deep TechHealthcareIndustrial TechnologyTechnology
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Paris, France
Founded 1997
€779M (under management as at 30 June 2026, per the Natixis Investment Managers affiliate page; Seventure's own About page states 1 Md EUR under management as at 30 June 2024)
Assets Managed
Santaris (sold to Roche for USD 450 million, August 2014)
Life SciencesBiotechFoodtechMedical Devices
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Paris, France
Founded 1997
€700M (assets under management, stated on 360cap.vc and in the firm's March 2026 Poli360 2 announcement)
Assets Managed
Withings (acquired by Nokia, 2016)
Deep TechClimateAIRobotics
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2014
Approximately €650M (across 15 funds, reported 31 August 2026 by EU-Startups; the firm's own Redstone Global Ventures ELTIF page states 600m "Assets Under Mangement" [sic] but carries no date)
Assets Managed
FintechDeep TechIndustrial TechEnergy
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust's own IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2021 - an unusually direct exit for a venture firm, since the growth-stage fund itself went public, alongside nine unicorns and six IPOs across th…
Deep TechAIDefense Tech
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2016
$500M (across three funds)
Assets Managed
No public exit - BlueYard's crypto-native thesis means outcomes come as token appreciation rather than IPOs; the firm's clearest proof points are co-founders O'Leary and Whitmire's pre-BlueYard bets on Wunderlist (acquir…
CryptoDeep TechDefense Tech
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2012
$500M (new funds announced 2025: Cherry V + opportunity fund)
Assets Managed
AUTO1 Group's 2021 Frankfurt debut, which implied a market value of around €10.6 billion on day one
AIEnterprise SoftwareFintechClimate
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No standalone AUM disclosed; Phoenix Court family reported $500M first close (2022)
Assets Managed
Wise's 2021 direct listing on the London Stock Exchange, valuing the fintech company at about $11 billion
FintechConsumerMarketplacesEnterprise Software
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€470M (the homepage body states "€470M assets under management", checked 2026)
Assets Managed
TechnologySustainabilitySocial-Impact SoftwareClimate
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2013
€300M (Rocket Internet balance-sheet allocation, 2024)
Assets Managed
FintechSoftwareHealth TechConsumer Tech
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~$260M (across three funds)
Assets Managed
No confirmed public exit yet - Novastar's clearest proof points are its early bets on Bridge International Academies, Sanergy, mPharma, and SolarNow, all real, still-growing companies serving East and West Africa's mass-…
ConsumerClimateHealthcareEnterprise Software
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Stuttgart, Germany
Founded 2016
Up to €250M allocated (2023 announcement)
Assets Managed
No single dollar-verified signature exit - confirmed outcomes include Fleetonomy's 2020 sale to digital infrastructure company Via and Greyp Bikes' 2021 acquisition by Porsche itself, though neither transaction's value w…
MobilityClimateEnterprise Software
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Paris, France
Founded 2018
€220M, 2026 Quantonation II close (€91M Fund I, 2018 vintage)
Assets Managed
No confirmed public exit yet; the firm's notable positions remain private.
QuantumDeep Tech
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Paris, France
Founded 2015
$130M (2023, after $75M Fund II close)
Assets Managed
Smart checkout cart maker Caper, an early HCVC investment, was acquired by Instacart for about $350 million in October 2021.
Deep TechRoboticsIndustrial Tech
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2016
€105M (FoodLabs Fund III, closed December 2025)
Assets Managed
Gorillas (acquired by Getir, 2022)
FoodtechClimateBiotechConsumer
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£100M (Fund I)
Assets Managed
No confirmed exit yet - as a young fund with first deals beginning in 2019-2020, Impact X's portfolio of 47 investments remains largely private, with top current valuations reaching $2 billion
FintechConsumerHealthcare
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2011
Not publicly disclosed (Fund III closed at $60M, 2015; multiple funds since)
Assets Managed
Zendesk, Christoph Janz's very first angel check, went public in 2014 and was later taken private in a $10.2 billion deal led by Hellman & Friedman and Permira in 2022
SaaSMarketplacesAIFintech
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Paris, France
Founded 2009
EUR 1B (across all Kurma franchises, stated in the firm's Biofund IV closing release, April 2026)
Assets Managed
ImCheck Therapeutics (acquired by Ipsen, 2025)
BiotechLife SciencesTherapeuticsDigital Health
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Paris, France
Founded 2002
EUR 850M (assets under management, French press at the DTS3 final close, March 2026)
Assets Managed
Criteo (IPO, Nasdaq 2013)
Deep TechAIB2B SoftwareDigital Health
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Paris, France
Founded 2015
EUR 700M (under management, stated on breega.com)
Assets Managed
FintechSaaSClimate TechnologyDeep Tech
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Not disclosed (145 investments to date)
Assets Managed
No disclosed public exit - Barclays UK Ventures instead operates as an internal build-and-invest studio, having made 145 investments and incubated ventures directly rather than only writing outside checks
FintechCybersecurityData & AI
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2016
Not publicly disclosed (no fund size or AUM figure published on atlantic.vc; SFDR page names Atlantic Labs 3 and Atlantic Labs 4 GmbH & Co. KG without amounts)
Assets Managed
Cluno (acquired by Cazoo, 2021)
AIDeep TechClimateRobotics
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Stuttgart, Germany
Founded 2007
Arduino (acquired by Qualcomm, 2025)
AIMachine LearningAutomationSemiconductors
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Zurich, Switzerland
Founded 2019
Insightness (acquired by Sony)
RoboticsAutomationArtificial IntelligenceMachine Learning
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