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CriteriaCaixa relaunches venture arm, targets EUR 300 million for Iberian deep tech

CriteriaCaixa relaunched its venture arm as two evergreen vehicles, Criteria Bio Ventures and Criteria Venture Tech, targeting EUR 300 million invested by 2030 in Spanish and Portuguese biotech, AI, photonics, cybersecurity and software infrastructure firms.

Reported Editor-read TechFundingNews, 13 July 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish that the EUR 300 million has been raised or committed to named companies; it is a 2030 target.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. 2030 target for relaunched fund; no capital yet raised or committed to firms. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-24. How the record is made

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