Stockholm\/ Munich \u2014 EQT has announ\u00adced the closing of EQT Ventures Fund III with total commit\u00adments of \u20ac 1.1 billion. This makes the fund the largest Euro\u00adpean fund to date focu\u00adsed on inves\u00adt\u00ading in early-stage Euro\u00adpean and North Ameri\u00adcan tech\u00adno\u00adlogy start-ups.<\/p>\n
The fund, which includes a variety of Euro\u00adpean, North Ameri\u00adcan and Asian insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors, foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons and endow\u00adment funds, will make invest\u00adments of EUR 1\u201350 million in foun\u00adder-led start\u00adups that are using tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to try to solve some of socie\u00adty\u2019s biggest challenges.<\/p>\n
With EQT Ventures III, the EQT Ventures funds have commit\u00adted a total of EUR 2.3 billion since their launch in 2016. EQT Ventures funds have made over 100 invest\u00adments, nine of which have reached a valua\u00adtion of more than EUR 1 billion and 18 of which have been sold. EQT Ventures III has led invest\u00adments in 13 compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding June, Nothing, Knoe\u00adtic <\/strong>and Candela<\/strong>.<\/p>\n EQT Ventures III and EQT Growth toge\u00adther raise EUR 3.5 billion in new commit\u00adments to invest in early and growth-stage tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies, rein\u00adfor\u00adcing EQT\u2019s posi\u00adtion as a leading tech\u00adno\u00adlogy investor.<\/p>\n The closing of EQT Ventures III for EUR 1.1 billion follows the recent closing of the EQT Growth fund with total commit\u00adments of EUR 2.4 billion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stockholm\/ Munich \u2014 EQT has announ\u00adced the closing of EQT Ventures Fund III with total commit\u00adments of \u20ac 1.1 billion. This makes the fund the largest Euro\u00adpean fund to date focu\u00adsed on inves\u00adt\u00ading in early-stage Euro\u00adpean and North Ameri\u00adcan tech\u00adno\u00adlogy start-ups. The fund, which includes a variety of Euro\u00adpean, North Ameri\u00adcan and Asian insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal investors, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1368,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n