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P+P advises Earlybird on closing of its sixth early stage fund with a record amount

Venture capitalist Earlybird Venture Capital has reached the hard cap of EUR 175 million and a record with the final closing of its Earlybird Digital West Early Stage Fund VI. P+P advised the management of Earlybird within the scope of the transaction.

Earlybird is one of the largest German venture capitalists and specializes in technology companies in Europe. Earlybird has already launched five early stage funds focused on Western Europe, one fund for medical technology and one for fund investments in Eastern Europe.

The new sixth fund will invest primarily in disruptive digital business models and has already made 13 investments in European digital companies. In total, the fund is expected to make 20 to 25 investments in young start-ups.

P+P Pöllath + Partners comprehensively advised Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG, the manager of the Earlybird Digital West Early Stage Fund VI, on all contractual, tax and regulatory aspects of the fund structuring and launch, as well as the distribution, with the following private funds team in all locations:

  • Dr. Andreas Rodin (partner, private funds, tax law, Frankfurt am Main)
  • Joel El-Qalqili (senior associate, private funds, venture capital, Berlin)
  • Jan Philipp Neidel (associate, private funds, tax law, venture capital, Berlin)
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