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topicnews · September 11, 2024

Are you planning a fundraising campaign? These 15 VCs are currently giving out money

Are you planning a fundraising campaign? These 15 VCs are currently giving out money

The volume of VC investments sold in Europe is increasing again. Which funds are starting up?
Getty Images / cienpie, Collage: Startup scene

The Impact Fund Aenu has announced a new fund: 170 million euros will be available for startups in the field of climate technology. The VC focuses on Early investments in the areas of energy transition and carbon economy. Aenu was founded in 2021 by Fabian and Ferry Heilemann and focused on investments in Climate-Tech and Social Impact Companies based in Europe.

The Berlin VC’s portfolio includes the startup Alcemy, which produces low-carbon cement, the e-charging platform Monta, the Munich-based climate tech Ocell, which specializes in sustainable forestry, as well as the energy management tool Trawa and the energy service provider Hometree.

Also Atomic has launched a new fund: 1.24 billion US dollars (1.12 billion euros) the VC will be in the Europe’s tech scene The European investor will use the new capital for two new funds, the total amount of which will significantly exceed that of the predecessor fund Atomico V (820 million euros). In addition, the new funds will be used to support the company’s own portfolio companies through to IPOs for the first time.

Atomico was founded in 2006 by Niklas Zennström and has offices in London, Berlin, Paris and Stockholm. The VC has over 150 startups in its portfolio: the best known include the fintechs Klarna and Stripe, the aviation startup Lilium, the translation application Deepl and the video call platform Skype.

In addition, 13 other VCs have announced in recent weeks that they are ready to invest in promising startups with new funds. You can find out what these are, how the market is changing and what startups can do to be attractive to top investors here.

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