valentin

VC @HeadlineVC 🚀 Prev. built one of Europe’s leading auction platforms for collectible cars🏎️

[valentin @KremerValentin]

@zwiebelhelm Was a great event!! Keep it going 🚀

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Italian startup Exein has raised a $270 million round of funding led by Headline at a $1.7 billion valuation.
https://t.co/KNobLElimY

[valentin @KremerValentin]

@lukas_m_ziegler @rowancheung is doing a great job IMO, maybe you should chat!

[Mistral AI @MistralAI]

Today marks a major step for Mistral: we’re announcing a €3B Series D, the largest equity round ever raised by a European tech company, just three years after launch.

[valentin @KremerValentin]

@ben_sdl @techeurope_ If you need desk to crash, we have some free space in our Berlin office ✌🏻

[valentin @KremerValentin]

3. Looking specifically at early-stage funding in AI, Stack Enablers 🐝 and Intelligent Hardware 🦏 attracted the most capital, largely driven by sizeable Series A rounds. (For a breakdown of the categories: https://t.co/t1mMYPtS4v)

[valentin @KremerValentin]

It’s been a while since I posted the last DACH data series. With fundraising picking up again for the second half of the year, I wanted to take a look back at what happened in the DACH funding market in H1 2026.

Takeaways in the comments

[valentin @KremerValentin]

2. Round sizes for Pre-Seed & Seed stayed similar to 2025, while the average Series A (+17.1%) and Series B (+27.0%) rounds increased in DACH.

[valentin @KremerValentin]

1. 2026 is on track to surpass 2025 funding volumes (which doesn’t come as much of a surprise), with funding volumes driven by a small number of large growth rounds.

[valentin @KremerValentin]

@founderengineer @defcon @abliteration_ai Would love to chat with you about Abliteration, super exciting! @founderengineer

[Waymo @Waymo]

Servus, München! 🇩🇪 We’re bringing the Waymo Driver to Germany. Over the coming weeks, our vehicles will arrive in Munich to begin laying the groundwork to launch our fully autonomous ride-hailing service in late 2027!

Read more: https://t.co/W3WXPtvxbm

[EU–INC @euinc_petition]

Ursula von der Leyen just *officially* announced at Davos:

The 28th regime will be called EU–INC!

WE WON.

[valentin @KremerValentin]

Over the past days, I’ve been reflecting on the key takeaways from countless conversations with founders last year and the data points I've gathered along the way. So, I decided to share my insights on the DACH funding market.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

[valentin @KremerValentin]

@nicochristie Would love to try this! @nicochristie