EU-Backed Fund to Invest 2.1 Billion Euros in Startups

  • Program will raise 6.5 billion euros for European companies
  • Aberdeen Standard, Axon, Schroders among managers selected

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The European Union will back a new 2.1 billion euro ($2.6 billion) pool of financing to support venture capital investments in the region.

It will provide 410 million euros for a new program, VentureEU, which will invest in six venture capital fund of funds. The additional money will come from other private and public sources, the European Commission said in a statement Tuesday