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"ETH takes an equity stake in spin-offs, usually two percent." 👍 ETH Zürich now offers some of the best terms for spinoffs in Europe thanks to their new Equity and Licensing Policy. Very happy to have played a small part in this thanks to Vanessa Wood and Frank Floessel. 🇨🇭 Other European universities should take note. European deeptech would be much better off with universities creating less friction for spinoff founders, and a big way for them to create less friction is via offering healthier terms. https://lnkd.in/emdx87jp

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BREAKING: Serena launches €200M fund (Serena IV) to back Europe’s next leaders in AI & Energy Transition! ⚡️ Paris-based Serena Capital just closed its fourth-generation fund, Serena IV, to invest from the very first steps of founders tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Here are the details: 🔥 Fund size: €200M | Final target: €250M 🔥 AI and Energy Transition, solving real problems at scale 🔥 Track record: Backed 100+ startups, including Electra, Underdog, Lifen, Dataiku, Accenta.ai, and others! Congrats Paul, Sébastien, Olivier, and Constance👏 Let’s go 🇪🇺 --- 📍 For more climate-tech insights, follow me @Hugo

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Here’s a harsh truth: fundraising today is slow, costly, and unfairly tilted towards the well-connected. You know what I’m talking about. We’ve all seen it again and again.   Europe has brilliant founders with bold ideas, yet too many fail before they even get a fair chance. And don’t get me wrong, it’s not because they lack vision, but because the fundraising system is outdated. CORE changes that. Because founders get a digital co-pilot that levels the playing field: AI guidance, investor-ready decks, early visibility, and rounds live in under 72 hours.  For the cost of a dinner, every founder now has access to the tools, structure, and visibility once reserved for a few. The real cost isn’t trying, it’s waiting. This isn’t about building another tool. It’s about building Europe’s private market infrastructure, where preparation, raising, and managing capital become accessible to all. 👉 This is how we level the field: https://lnkd.in/dsYhQqnp

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𝐏𝐄 𝐯𝐬. 𝐕𝐂 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐀 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 Our latest data at Gain.pro highlights how PE and VC firms invest across Europe: ▪ PE-backed businesses are widely spread across the continent ▪ VC-owned assets are clustered in cities 📊 Sector focus drives this: – VC assets = 47% TMT (vs. 17% for PE) → drawn to innovation hubs – PE = 24% Services + 22% Industrials (vs. 13% & 7% for VC) → broader geographic reach beyond capitals 🌍 Top destinations: – Both: London & Paris lead – VC: 25% of assets in 11 cities (Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam next) – PE: 25% spread across 22 cities (Stockholm, Milan, Madrid stand out) ➡️ Same continent. Very different maps.

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Is AI Killing The Planet? 🤖🔥 Recently, I was invited to a conversation hosted by Hugo Rauch of VCo2 | The Climate Investing Podcast to delve into the costs and benefits of AI. Joined by Hampus Jakobsson from Pale blue dot, seasoned AI investor and supporter, and Matteo Turchetta, founder of AI start-up KoraLabs, this was a great opportunity for a nuanced discussion about AI. The last year has seen a tectonic shift in the the quality and power of the gen AI tools available to the mass market, leading to the integration of AI into every business. It's a profound change to how we do everything from basic coding to market research to finding patterns in data. It can help us find everything from new pizza restaurants to wildfires and new materials. How do VCs filter out those building something impactful and defensible from the noise? How should we think about the double-digit increase in electricity demand AI-in-everything is going to drive? As a society, can we protect those most vulnerable to the misinformation and biases inherent to gen models? We cover all these questions and more, and it still felt like we only scratched the surface! This is such an important and fast-changing space that benefits and hits us all. Let's keep the conversation going. 📺 Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e8MG3C8e 🎧 Listen to the podcast: https://lnkd.in/e-iTdeHG Thanks for the conversation Hugo, Hampus & Matteo! 🙌 #AI #Climatetech #VC #Cleantech 2w#ZeroCarbon

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