Fund Momentum - Fresh Funds Ready to Deploy #2

Welcome to the second edition of my bi-weekly newsletter, where I bring you the latest on newly raised funds (VC & PE) that are ready to deploy capital.

Here’s what you’ll find about each fund:

• Fund Name

• Fund Size

• Location

• Industry Focus

• Investment Stage (new)

• LinkedIn Company Page

• Fund Managers with LinkedIn Profiles

Today’s edition features the newest funds raised in October, including a total of 50 VC & PE funds. This free version offers a preview with the first 10 funds.

So, without further ado, here are 10 of the freshest funds primed for investment (in no particular order):

1. Direttissima Growth Partners (CHE/GER) I Size: €120M I Industry Focus: Engineering, Digitalisation, and Energy transition in DACH I Stage: Growth Stage I Partner: Alois Flatz, Philipp Bolliger & Christopher Hoffmann

2. Chemistry Fund I (US) I Size: $350M I Industry Focus: Fintech, Infrastructure & Dev Tools I Stage: Seed & Series A I MP: Mark Goldberg, Kristina Shen & Ethan Kurzweil

3. 360 Digitaly by 360 Capital (FRA/ITA) I Size: €30M (first close) I Industry Focus: Climate & Deep Tech I Stage: Pre-Seed to Series B with focus on Italy I Partner: Lucrezia Lucotti

4. Resurge Growth Partners (UK) I Size: €120M I Industry Focus: Agnostic I Stage: ScaleUps (>8M ARR) in EU, UK & Israel I MP: Eyal Malinger

5. Wischoff Ventures (US) I Size: $50M I Industry Focus: Enterprise companies, particularly in Fintech, Logistics, and Manufacturing I Stage: Pre-Seed & Seed I Founder & GP: Nichole Wischoff

6. Cyberstarts Seed Fund IV (ISR) I Size: $60M I Industry Focus: Cybersecurity I Stage: Early Stage (Seed/Series A) I Founder: Gili Raanan

7. Swell VC (US) I Size: $11.5M I Industry Focus: B2B infrastructure, AI, Space, Healthcare, Commerce, and Defense I Stage: Pre-Seed & Seed I Co-Founder & GP: Jay Patil & Rusty Ralston

8. MaC Venture Capital (US) I Size: $150M I Industry Focus: Diverse founders in Aerospace, Enterprise software, Fintech, Health tech, and Defense I Stage: Seed I MP: Marlon C. Nichols

9. Indico Capital Partners Fund II (POR) I Size: €50M I Industry Focus: AI, Big data, Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, Marketplaces, Web3, and Ocean sustainability I Stage: Seed, Series A I Co-Founder & MP: Stephan de Moraes

10. Creative Capital Ventures Group (POR/UK) I Size: €18M (first close) I Industry Focus: Tech, Digital media and Consumer products I Stage: Early-stage tech companies & IP acquisitions I FP: John Darling, Rich Britton, Simon Kirby & Dominic Joseph