Scaleup Europe Fund

Purpose

Providing a source of capital to support the growth of Europe's most promising technology companies in major, European-led funding rounds.

This responds to the existing limited access to late-stage growth capital, alongside fragmented investment markets are hindering European innovators’ ability to grow into global competitive actors. Which proves the urgent need to boost investments in scaleups and close the gap with global leaders.

Topics

Growth capital and late-stage investments in a broad range of European strategic technology companies, including:

AI
Quantum technologies
Semiconductor technologies
Robotics & autonomous systems
Energy technologies
Space technologies
Biotechnologies
Medical technologie
Advanced materials
Agritech

Funding rounds

Direct equity investments in the range of €100 million and above

Total fund of €5 billion

Managing authority

Selected Private company via public call to be published soon

Founding investors

European Commission
Private partners:
- Novo Holdings, EIFO (Export and Investment Fund of Denmark)
- CriteriaCaixa, Santander/Mouro Capital
- Fondazione Compagnia San Paolo / Intesa Sanpaolo / Fondazione Cariplo
- APG Asset Management, acting on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP
- Wallenberg Investments
- BGK (Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego).

Expected timeline

Founding investors will start early 2026
The rest of investors will have the possibility to invest at a later stage