EverythingStartups Weekly

Welcome to everyone new here who signed up last week!

IT’S (already) DECEMBER.

This first week of December has been huge for female founders, a new fund by Female Founders Fund (more on that below) was announced + Kalshi’s co-founder became the youngest female self-made billionaire. 🎉

Next week: November VC trends report drop.

Let’s get into this week’s edition on what’s happening in startup & VC world + the main highlights.

But first, you might find some of these resources helpful:

• 120+ Active Pre-Seed - Series A investors

• New VC Funds database

• Venture Capital Trends October 2025

• 48 pre-seed accelerators

• 350+ SaaS investors

• LPs investing in VC funds 

For partnership queries: [email protected]

New Instagram account with more great startup & VC content.

Cheers,
Ivelina

PS: Liking this? Share this newsletter with your inner circle.

New VC Funds 🟣

Fresh capital in the past week…

• XAnge – €200M first close for AI transformation, Deep Tech, Sustainable Future

• Onstage – £10M for Pre-Seed and Seed in Europe

• Meron Capital – $70M for Enterprise Software, AI, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Digital Health, Climate Tech, Robotics

• Firgun Ventures – $250M Quantum Fund with $70M first close for Quantum Computing, Sensing, Communications, Deep-Tech Infrastructure

• Baobab Ventures – $15M for AI, Robotics, Defense at Pre-Seed and Seed

• ALIVE – $200M target for Growth-Stage Healthtech, Digital Health

• A Squared Ventures – $40M for Early-Stage Digital Health in Israel and the US

• Chui Ventures – $17.3M for Gender-Inclusive Seed-Stage Tech in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Entrée Capital – $300M across two funds for AI, Deep Tech, Crypto Infrastructure, SaaS, Defense Tech

• AVI – $300M for AI, Deep Tech, Crypto Infrastructure, Frontier Founders

• Future Energy Ventures – €205M for Digital and AI Energy Solutions, plus €30M Italy-focused vehicle

• VL Fund – $200M for AI-Native Series A Companies

Check them out here.