European venture capital firm Sprints completes 725000000 EUR fifth fund fundraising, with more than half deployed
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PANews cited Bloomberg as reporting that Sprints completed 725000000 EUR fifth fund fundraising, with more than half now deployed.
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European venture capital firm Sprints raises 725000000 EUR fifth fund, with more than half deployed
PANews October 13 reported, citing Bloomberg, that European venture capital firm Sprints completed fundraising for its fifth fund, reaching 725000000 EUR(approximately 810000000 USD). The firm's co-founder and managing partner Henrik Persson said the fundraising took approximately 1 years and that more than half of the capital has now been deployed to invest in new companies and existing portfolio companies. Investors include endowments, foundations, pension funds, and family offices. Sprints was an early investor in Revolut and is the largest shareholder in the second-hand trading app Vinted, and it also invested in Flightradar24 and payments company Checkout.com. Its portfolio AI customer service company Fin was acquired by Salesforce this year for 3600000000 USD. Persson said the firm has not invested in any infrastructure AI companies because most such companies have not yet developed a business mo...
Key points
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European venture capital firm Sprints completed fundraising for its fifth fund, with a size of 725000000 EUR, equivalent in the article to approximately 810000000 USD。
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Sprints co-founder and managing partner Henrik Persson said the fundraising took approximately 1 years and that more than half of the capital has now been deployed.
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The deployed capital is being used to invest in new companies and existing portfolio companies.
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Investors include endowments, foundations, pension funds, and family offices.
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The article says Sprints was an early investor in Revolut, is Vinted's largest shareholder, and invested in Flightradar24 and Checkout.com.
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The article says Sprints' portfolio AI customer service company Fin was acquired by Salesforce this year for 3600000000 USD.
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Persson said Sprints has not invested in any infrastructure AI companies; the reason given afterward is truncated in the original article.
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A venture capital fund first raises capital from various types of investors and then invests it in companies. The fifth fund has a size of 725000000 EUR, and the report says that more than half has already been invested in new companies and companies in the existing portfolio.
Why it matters to readers
This news indicates that Sprints secured a new pool of investment capital, and that more than half of the capital has already been deployed. Which companies are subsequently affected depends on its specific investment arrangements, but the original article does not provide a complete list or allocation details.
Beginners can focus on the fund size, how much capital has already been invested, and which companies ultimately receive the capital; these details better reflect the fund's actual investment progress than a fundraising announcement alone.
Risks and unknowns
The main text is truncated at “business mo...”, so Persson's complete statement about infrastructure AI companies cannot be confirmed.
The content was reported by PANews citing Bloomberg; the evidence provided does not include the full Bloomberg article or a direct announcement from Sprints.
The evidence does not disclose the exact amount of deployed funds, the specific proportions, or the allocation of funds to each project.
“October 13 Neither “year” nor “this year” is assigned a specific year in the body of the evidence.
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