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Rotterdam's Graduate Ventures launches EUR 125 million fund for university spinouts

Rotterdam's Graduate Ventures launched a second seed fund targeting EUR 125 million for Dutch university spinouts, with EUR 100 million already committed. Backers include former ASML chief Peter Wennink and Invest NL.

Reported AI-drafted konsulteer.com, 6 October 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that Graduate Ventures has reached its full EUR 125 million target or deployed the capital into named spinouts.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. New spinout fund launched, EUR100m committed; no named spinout tech ownership affected yet. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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