SCOOP: Former longtime Sequoia partner Matt Miller, who left the firm in December, is raising around $300m for his new fund, sources tell Kai Nicol-Schwarz and me. The fund will focus on backing AI and B2B startups, largely at Series B-C. More on Sifted sifted.eu/articles/sequo…

The fund will be focused on leading Series B and C rounds in AI and B2B European startups, Sifted understands. #Sequoia #VentureCapital sifted.eu/articles/sequo…

New: I dug into US VC General Catalyst, which is ramping up its Europe investments and aims to spend $1bn per year in the region. More details on GC's new strategies in Europe, its increasingly political focus — and high turnover in Berlin Sifted sifted.eu/articles/gener…

The US VC has made big bets on European champions like Mistral and Helsing — but it’s lost nearly its entire Berlin-native investing team. sifted.eu/articles/gener…

The form of secondaries, which takes a percentage of a bundle of portfolio companies, is increasingly of interest to European VCs. sifted.eu/articles/rise-…

‘Resilience’ is the new VC buzzword. But what does it actually mean? sifted.eu/articles/resil… Anne Sraders Miriam Partington @siftedeu

The new round, led by British VC Balderton Capital, bolsters the startup in a highly competitive space. sifted.eu/articles/quant…

Scoop: the €1bn NATO Innovation Fund has lost its third partner in roughly a year. Partner Chris O'Connor has departed the fund as of June and will launch a new fund — becoming the third of the original five founding members to leave. More: sifted.eu/articles/nato-…

New: the head of NATO's tech accelerator Diana has left after two years. The move comes amid a lot of turnover at NATO's other investment arm, the €1bn NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), which has lost three of its original five partners in the last year. More: sifted.eu/articles/head-…

“Maritime conflict is heating up globally, from undersea cable sabotage in the Taiwan Strait, Baltic and Black Sea, to contested waters in the South China Sea, Persian Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean,” Nathan Benaich, founder and general partner of AI-focused VC Air Street Capital, tells

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NEW: The €1bn NATO Innovation Fund has lost a fourth of its original five founding partners — and has hired two new partners to replace its depleted investment team. More on Sifted sifted.eu/articles/nato-…

Northzone, Point Nine, Project A… even Station F: here are the VC jobs out there right now. sifted.eu/articles/vcs-h…

Mark Boggett, CEO of space VC Seraphim Space, says the boom in defence has been a catalyst for space startups. sifted.eu/articles/space…

The deeptech startup has also attracted funding from top defence and robotics founders, but it’s “not a technology company”. sifted.eu/articles/hades…

The startup has raised $100m in total funding. sifted.eu/articles/germa…

Scoop: Secretive VC Hedosophia has hired ex-NATO Innovation Fund partner Chris O'Connor as it eyes more defence investments. More with Kai Nicol-Schwarz on Sifted sifted.eu/articles/hedos…