Join our meetup on Augmenting Hospitals: from Infrastructure to Care Delivery!

We're organizing Bits & Bio #5 alongside Orakl Oncology, BioLabs & Felix Raimundo, with speakers including Doccla & Arkhn.

Sign up now👇

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Greentech was the most invested-in sector in France last year 🇫🇷

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner, Partner in our Climate Tech & Industrial Tech team, tells Les Echos why greentech is so important + the opportunities we see in France 👇

lesechos.fr/start-up/impac…

We are doing very well -- I can see all diversity efforts by women for women are clearly paying off.

Thanks to everyone who joined our 4th Bits&Bio event focused on AI for biological sequences! 🧬

We co-organised the event alongside @orakldotbioOncology, BioLabs & Felix Raimundo, and welcomed speakers from Google DeepMind & InstaDeep.

We’re thrilled to announce the oversubscribed final close of Speedinvest 4 at €350M - €50M above target!

A very big thank you to the new LPs who joined, including Aviva UK, PwC Germany, Bitburger, ODDO BHF & @ABEILLEASSURANCE & Abeille Assurances.

Learn more about Si4👇

Get the latest news from across our portfolio & the European tech landscape ➡️ speedinvest.ghost.io/what-should-fo…

Fertifa, Sylvera, Flowdesk, Kittl, Tibo energy - Energy Hub Software, QphoX, Fiat Republic, Kwest, Markus Lang

Our CEO & Managing Partner Oliver Holle is a jury member for the Founder's Games at Webit Festival!

Alongside a jury, Oliver will listen to pitches from 12 finalists. The winners will share a $6M reward 😎

Find out more about the event 👇

foundersgames.org/2023/

The 4 largest European tech deals in 2023 were in ClimateTech. What are VCs excited to back in 2024?

NK, Principal in our Climate & Industrial tech team, shares the technologies she believes will move the needle 👇

news.climatehack.global/p/20-european-…

We added 17 MicroGPs to our family of funds in 2023!

Some of the funds are still in stealth, but let’s welcome the 11 MicroGPs below – if you are an LP & want to meet them, just ask us!

Emblem, EnliteAI, firstpick, Fund F by Female Founders, LANAI Partners, @nolabelventures, RaliCap

Excited to have Speedinvest on board as one of our LPs! Thanks for your trust, Nangianomics and Oliver Holle!

Denmark-based startups - we'll be in Aarhus for the February VC Series! 🇩🇰

Our Partner Nangianomics & Fintech Associate Julien Leze will be discussing how VCs look at diversity in the due diligence & investment process.

Get your ticket now 👇

eventbrite.de/e/vc-series-sp…

Our CEO & Managing Partner Oliver Holle has been named person of the year by Austria’s trend.!

Oliver was recognised for his decades of contributions to Austrian business ecosystem.

The 10-page cover story is published in Trend magazine. Find out more👇

trend.at/unternehmen/ol…

Our Partner Nangianomics is on EU-Startups podcast!

Deepali dives into how she supports female founders & game-changing DEI strategies you need to know + a quick intro to our fund-of-funds for emerging markets.

Listen now 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/1V7t7a…

NeoCarbon raised €3.2M last week!

The startup retrofits existing industrial sites to capture C02 from the atmosphere, significantly reducing time and financial costs.

Co-founder & CEO Rene Haas shares the full story with Startup Insider 👇

startup-insider.com/podcast/neocar…

We partnered with 44 amazing new early-stage startups in 2023!

It was a tough year for everyone but our mission to find & fund the very best startups never wavered, and we're excited to back even more trailblazing founders in 2024.

Meet the 17 who've already been announced 👇

That's a wrap at Slush 2023!

Prewave co-founder Lisa Smith & our Partner Markus Lang hosted an invite-only session & shared best practices for finding PMF, defining a sales strategy + metrics to focus on when building an early-stage startup.

Thanks to everyone who joined!

.Daria Gherghelas of our Health & Techbio team will be at Health Tech Forward in Warsaw next week! 🇵🇱

Don't miss her panel on how investors' priorities have changed in the rebalanced investment landscape.

Tickets still available👇

healthtechforward.com

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VC is an industry with immensely long feedback cycles (7+ years). But…

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.Lapse wants to become the anti-Instagram.

The UK-based app lets users take disposable camera quality photos, which develop after a few hours & are only shared with select friends, not followers.

TIME has more 👇

time.com/6334440/lapse-…