Munich\/ Berlin \u2014 Deep tech-focu\u00adsed venture capi\u00adta\u00adlist Vsquared Ventures has raised \u20ac165 million for its new early stage fund, which will conti\u00adnue to invest in Euro\u00adpean start\u00adups in the deep tech space. \u201cWe stron\u00adgly believe that the Euro\u00adpean deep tech indus\u00adtry will outper\u00adform other regi\u00adons in the coming years,\u201d said Bene\u00addikt von Schoe\u00adler, Gene\u00adral Part\u00adner at Vsquared. That\u2019s why the Munich-based VC firm, foun\u00added in 2016, will conti\u00adnue to invest in Euro\u00adpean start\u00adups in the deep tech space, he said.<\/p>\n
A YPOG team led by Jens Kretz\u00adschmann advi\u00adsed Munich-based venture capi\u00adtal inves\u00adtor Vsquared Ventures on the struc\u00adtu\u00adring of its second early-stage fund. Estab\u00adlished LPs such as the Euro\u00adpean Invest\u00adment Fund as well as renow\u00adned family offices and entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the closing.<\/p>\n
With the new fund, Vsquared will invest prima\u00adrily in early stage foun\u00adders and start\u00adups from the deep tech sector. Since laun\u00adching its first Vsquared fund in 2020, the company has built a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of more than 30 compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding start\u00adups such as rocket manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer Isar Aero\u00adspace, quan\u00adtum compu\u00adting deve\u00adlo\u00adper IQM and high-perfor\u00admance battery specia\u00adlist Customcells, as well as Zama, which provi\u00addes AI-driven encryp\u00adtion to increase online privacy.<\/p>\n
The venture capi\u00adtal inves\u00adtor\u2019s focus is on promo\u00adting Euro\u00adpe\u2019s strengths \u2014 the strong talent pool in the deep tech sector and indus\u00adtrial know-how.
\nDeep Tech is incre\u00adasingly percei\u00adved as an effec\u00adtive solu\u00adtion to the chal\u00adlenges and crises of our time, for which Europe can take a global leader\u00adship role in the future. The fund will support start\u00adups from the outset to drive the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and scaling of ideas that will cement and streng\u00adthen Euro\u00adpe\u2019s repu\u00adta\u00adtion in deep tech.<\/p>\n
Inves\u00adtor Lise Rech\u00adstei\u00adner<\/strong> beco\u00admes gene\u00adral part\u00adner of the Vsquared team. \u2014 She comes with expe\u00adri\u00adence from her profes\u00adsio\u00adnal posi\u00adti\u00adons at Rocket Inter\u00adnet, Bauer Venture Part\u00adners and Nordic Impact. She also co-foun\u00added the deep tech fund Propa\u00adga\u00adtor Ventures.<\/p>\n About Vsquared Ventures<\/strong><\/p>\n Vsquared Ventures is a tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-focu\u00adsed early-stage inves\u00adtor based in Munich. Supported by pionee\u00adring entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy indus\u00adtry experts, they are crea\u00adting a streng\u00adthening ecosys\u00adtem to provide inter\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary know\u00adledge and access to those who are inven\u00adting the future, and to coll\u00adec\u00adtively take their compa\u00adnies to the next level of deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. Areas of focus include New Space, Quan\u00adtum Compu\u00adting, New Mate\u00adri\u00adals, AI, Robo\u00adtics and Enter\u00adprise SaaS. https:\/\/vsquared.vc<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor VSquared Ventures: YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n Jens Kretz\u00adschmann (Lead, Struc\u00adtu\u00adring), Partner About YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n YPOG is a specia\u00adlist tax and commer\u00adcial law firm opera\u00adting in the core areas of Funds, Tax and Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. The YPOG team advi\u00adses a wide variety of clients. These include Munich\/ Berlin \u2014 Deep tech-focu\u00ad\u00adsed venture capi\u00adta\u00adlist Vsquared Ventures has raised \u20ac165 million for its new early stage fund, which will conti\u00adnue to invest in Euro\u00adpean start\u00adups in the deep tech space. \u201cWe stron\u00adgly believe that the Euro\u00adpean deep tech indus\u00adtry will outper\u00adform other regi\u00adons in the coming years,\u201d said Bene\u00addikt von Schoe\u00adler, Gene\u00adral Partner [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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