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🚨 SCOOP: The EU's new €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, is in talks to lead Mistral's mammoth new round.

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NEW: Since 2021, London-based VC firm Future Planet Capital has secured more than £100m in public funds without any competitive bidding process.

Sources tell Sifted that government officials have raised questions over its suitability for the project.

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Scoop: An ex-Mistral employee is raising $80m for his new company, sources tell Sifted.

"Genesis Robotics is the big round happening in Paris at the moment,” says one investor.

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🔋 When Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in November, it said it would run out of cash in January.

It says it's now extended its runway (but won't say by how much) and it's still in need of long term funding.

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