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Does Europe Need More ‘Founder-VCs’?  Crunchbase News

Venture capitalists are backing a ‘steroid Olympics’ to find out what happens when athletes are doped to the gills  The Conversation Billionaire Peter Thiel Backs Doping-Friendly Olympics Rival — What To Know About The ‘Enhanced Games’  Forbes Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel invests in controversial doped Olympics  The Independent Billionaire Peter Thiel backs Olympics-style event where athletes are ALLOWED […]

Early-stage UK VC Episode 1 closes $95M third fund  TechCrunch Cazoo founder and state-backed investor drive £76m injection into AI fund  City A.M. London-based Episode 1 closes €88.8 million fund to back early-stage B2B innovators  EU-Startups Episode 1 Closes £76M Third Early Stage Fund  FinSMEs UK government-backed VC firm launches third speciality tech fund  AltAssets Private Equity News

VR Sports Startup StatusPro Teams With Google Venture For $20 Million Round  Forbes VR Startup Raises $20M Series A as Headsets Re-enter Spotlight  Sportico STATUSPRO ANNOUNCES $20M SERIES A ROUND LED BY GV (GOOGLE VENTURES) TO CONTINUE TO DISRUPT AND REVOLUTIONIZE SPORTS THROUGH XR  PR Newswire StatusPro raises $20M to build an XR sports gaming empire  VentureBeat StatusPro closes […]

The foundations for success – Helsinki is becoming the hotspot for international VCs  Wire19

LORRAIN DE SILVA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BEST NIGHTS VC | Wonderland  Wonderland Magazine

Paris-based Naboo raises €7.5 million to highly disrupt the corporate seminar market  EU-Startups Naboo provides an Airbnb-like experience for company seminars  TechCrunch Corporate-offsite platform Naboo secures €7.5M  Tech.eu Booking.com of corporate seminars, Naboo raises €9M funding — TFN  Tech Funding News France-based Naboo raises €7.5M for European expansion of its corporate booking platform  Silicon Canals

Ex-Atomico partner Hiro Tamura raising new fund, sources say  Sifted

VCs need exits — but how are they going to get them?  Sifted Silicon Valley investors build $300bn cash pile in start-up funding crunch  Financial Times VC firms play musical chairs  Finshots Secondary deals start to heat up  Venture Capital Journal VCs embrace continuation funds for longstanding startups – Blocks and Files  Blocks and Files

UK leads Europe for female founder VC funding, but gender gap remains vast  UKTN (UK Technology News New report: Female founders and female emerging fund managers prove resilient in challenging times  Tech.eu Insight: Why 2023 was a banner year for European startups with a female co-founder? — TFN  Tech Funding News