VC

Aletheon Investments will advise Partech Growth I and II after investors approve the split.

A White & Case survey finds that 97% of companies asked hope to raise significant external funding in the next year.

Space tech and advanced manufacturing lead, as robotics and drones also more than double 2025’s total.

Corporate and government buyers are the missing piece for startups’ growth.

The country’s startups have raised a record €2.4B this year, but speakers at a tech event in Turin say a shortage of experienced operators and an aversion to not succeeding create roadblocks to scaling.

Buyers from outside the continent accounted for 38% of deal count and 61% of value this year, the highest share this decade.

Investors at HumanX say capital and consensus are choosing AI’s leaders.

At HumanX Amsterdam, VCs and startups made the case for choosing a few strategic layers rather than racing to replicate Silicon Valley.

Forerunner is set to walk away with $1.2 billion.

New research from Antler shows that funding isn’t keeping pace with the volume of new startups being launched.

Subscription revenue built on data, not device sales, is where investors say the real value lies.

Deal value paces for its second-strongest year in the past decade, but public listings have almost vanished from the region’s exit mix.

The Rome-based startup hit a $1.7B valuation, becoming one of Europe’s most valuable cybersecurity startups.

AI’s energy needs are a potential tailwind for specialist funds in the sector.

Dealmaking in the Middle East and North Africa cooled in the first half of the year as the Emirates accounted for the majority of regional deal value.

A few startups are dominating legal tech funding as they seek a defense against frontier labs.

European startups are projected to raise 60% more in venture debt than last year.

The record VC round comes amid a strategic pivot for the French AI company.