Berlin, June 2024 – YPOG advised Vsquared Ventures, a European early-stage DeepTech venture capital fund, on the final closing of its current fund, Vsquared Ventures II. The fund raised €214 million, significantly exceeding its original target of €165 million.
This makes it the largest early-stage DeepTech fund in Europe to date. With the final closing of Vsquared Ventures II, Vsquared Ventures' total assets under management increase to around €450 million.
Vsquared Ventures invests in start-ups that develop companies with innovative technologies and create new markets. The fund has a strong focus on promoting a sustainable European DeepTech ecosystem. Vsquared Ventures targets companies in the fields of AI & next-gen software, energy transformation, new computing and sensor technology, new space, robotics and manufacturing, and tech-bio.
With Vsquared Ventures II, Vsquared Ventures has already invested in eight tech start-ups, including Neura Robotics, Cylib, Quantune, Atrandi, Dynelectro, Lace Lithography, ConstellR and Synthara.
The fund is backed by a large number of investors, including institutional investors and family offices. Investors include Novo Holdings, Lombard Odier Investment Managers, the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), KfW Capital, the Growth Fund and the European Investment Fund (EIF).
Jens Kretzschmann's team already advises Vsquared Ventures since its establishment.
Team
Jens Kretzschmann, (Lead, Funds), Partner, Berlin
Dr. Helder Schnittker (Tax), Partner, Berlin
Dr. Sebastian Schödel (Funds), Partner, Köln
Michael Blank (Funds), Senior Associate, Berlin
Johannes Gehring (Funds), Associate Berlin
Florian Thrun (Funds), Associate, Berlin
Stefanie Nagel (Funds), Senior Associate, Berlin
Sylwia Luszcek (Funds), Senior Legal Project Manager, Berlin
About Vsquared Ventures
Vsquared Ventures is a deep tech focused early-stage venture capital investor based in Munich. Backed by pioneering entrepreneurs and techies they create a reinforcing ecosystem to provide interdisciplinary knowledge and access for those inventing the future and together push their companies to the next Level. Focus areas are New Space, Quantum Computing, New Materials, AI, Robotics and Enterprise SaaS.
Further information: https://vsquared.vc/
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