Europe

Founder Magnus Grimeland said regulations are easing in many emerging markets, making it simpler for founders to start businesses.

The early stage investor raised $340 million for its second fund, which will continue to invest in gaming and metaverse-related start-ups.

Andrea Radrizanni, founder of the London firm, owns the soccer team Leeds United and wants to change the antiquated broadcast rights model.

Orange Business Services sees the investment as a way to gain better insight into the innovation market.

The firm adds five new partners across its venture and partner groups.

The former 500 Startups partner joins San Francisco-based Diaspora Ventures to help European start-ups expand in the US. The firm operates via a rolling fund that secures commitments from LPs quarterly.

Pan-European early-stage investor Speedinvest announces an €80m Climate & Industry Opportunity fund to provide support for its existing sustainability-oriented portfolio companies.

Frontline Ventures and Cherry Ventures invested in the all-in-one data platform.

Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, a new partner at multi-stage investor Amadeus Capital Partners, sees quantum computing growing in Europe.

The firms at the top swelled in size over the last year. But 14 firms emerged on this, the second annual list of the 50 largest fundraisers worldwide in venture for the previous five years. Here are three takeaways.