--- title: "64 Government and Public Startup Funds in Europe (Nov 2026)" last_updated: "2026-11-09" rows: "64" free_rows: "25" source: "Official registers and each organization's own website" canonical: "https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/government-and-university-funds-europe/" --- # 64 government and public startup funds in Europe We list 64 government and public startup funds in Europe as of November 2026: each was checked on its own website or an official register, and the list was last checked on 9 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are Rome (3), Paris (3) and Vienna (3). - 64 funds - 12 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months - 94 named decision-makers on file ## First 25 of 64 government and public startup funds in Europe | Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | IBB Ventures | Government or university fund | Berlin, Germany | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Healthtech, SaaS, Industrial Tech, Consumer | New deal, Oct 2026 | €300M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/ibb-ventures/ | | Coinvest Capital | Government or university fund | Lithuania | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Climate Tech, Healthtech, Deep Tech, AI | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | €44M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/coinvest/ | | GU Ventures | Government or university fund | Gothenburg, Sweden | Pre-seed, Seed | Healthtech, Deep Tech, Climate Tech, Agritech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/gu-ventures/ | | Invest-NL | Government or university fund | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Series A, Growth | Deep Tech, Energy, Climate Tech, Agritech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/invest-nl/ | | InnovationQuarter | Government or university fund | Netherlands | Seed, Series A, Growth | Healthtech, Energy, Climate Tech, Food and Beverage | Portfolio news, Nov 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/innovationquarter/ | | TNO Ventures | Government or university fund | Netherlands | Pre-seed, Seed | Deep Tech, AI, Medtech, Climate Tech | Portfolio news, Sep 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/tno-ventures-holding-b-v/ | | Enterprise Ireland | Government or university fund | Dublin, Ireland | Pre-seed, Seed, Growth | Generalist | Portfolio news, Nov 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/enterprise-ireland-equity-department/ | | SBG, Sächsische Beteiligungsgesellschaft | Government or university fund | Dresden, Germany | Seed, Growth | Generalist, Healthtech, Biotech, Energy | Portfolio news, Jul 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/sbg-sachsische-beteiligungsgesellschaft-mbh/ | | Seed Capital Bizkaia | Government or university fund | Bilbao, Spain | Pre-seed, Seed, Growth | Generalist, Biotech, Impact | New deal, Jul 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/seed-capital-de-bizkaia-sa/ | | Bayern Kapital | Government or university fund | Landshut, Germany | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth | Deep Tech, Healthtech, Biotech, SaaS | | €1.3B (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/bayern-kapital/ | | AXIS (ICO Group) | Government or university fund | Madrid, Spain | Growth, Any stage | Generalist, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Climate Tech | | €12.2B (own site) | 2026-11-09 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/axis-participaciones-empresariales-sgeic-sa/ | | CDP Venture Capital | Government or university fund | Rome, Italy | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | Generalist, AI, Deep Tech | | €4.9B (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/cdp-venture-capital-sgr/ | | ADEME Investissement | Government or university fund | Paris, France | Growth | Climate Tech, Energy, Mobility, Food and Beverage | | €400M (own site) | 2026-11-09 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/ademe-investissement/ | | Digital Africa | Government or university fund | Paris, France | Pre-seed, Seed | Fintech, Agritech, Healthtech, Edtech | Portfolio news, May 2025 | €30M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/digital-africa/ | | Portugal Ventures | Government or university fund | Porto, Portugal | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | SaaS, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Biotech | | €283M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/portugal-capital-ventures/ | | WU Ignite Ventures | Government or university fund | Vienna, Austria | Pre-seed | Generalist | Investment listed in 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/wu-ignite-ventures/ | | BMH Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen | Government or university fund | Wiesbaden, Germany | Seed, Series A, Growth | Generalist, Deep Tech | Investment listed in 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/bm-h-beteiligungs-managementgesellschaft-hessen-mbh/ | | Fraunhofer Venture | Government or university fund | Munich, Germany | Pre-seed, Seed | Deep Tech, Healthtech, AI, B2B | Portfolio news, Mar 2026 | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/fraunhofer-venture/ | | ROM Utrecht Region | Government or university fund | Utrecht, Netherlands | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth | Healthtech, Biotech, Climate Tech, Generalist | | €100M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/rom-utrecht-region/ | | SIMEST | Government or university fund | Rome, Italy | Growth | Generalist | | €100M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/simest/ | | Erganeo | Government or university fund | Paris, France | Pre-seed | Deep Tech, Healthtech, Biotech, Medtech | | €47M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/erganeo-sas/ | | Lazio Innova (Innova Venture) | Government or university fund | Rome, Italy | Seed, Series A | Deep Tech, Generalist | | €44M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/lazio-innova/ | | GENIUS Venture Capital GmbH | Government or university fund | Schwerin, Germany | Seed, Series A | Healthtech, Climate Tech, Energy, Deep Tech | New fund, Dec 2015 | €15M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/genius-venture-capital-gmbh/ | | MBG Baden-Württemberg | Government or university fund | Stuttgart, Germany | Seed | Deep Tech, Generalist | | €12M (own site) | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/mbg-mittelstandische-beteiligungsgesellschaft-baden-wurttemb/ | | aws Gründungsfonds | Government or university fund | Vienna, Austria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Deep Tech, SaaS, Biotech, AI | | | 2026-11-07 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/aws-grundungsfonds-aws-grunderfonds/ | You are seeing 25 of 64. The full list adds 39 more funds and 94 named decision-makers. Get all 64 funds and 94 named contacts, $49, one-time: https://theinvestordatabase.com/buy/list/government-and-university-funds-europe This page: https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/government-and-university-funds-europe/ ## Method and limits - Source: No row on this list rests on an SEC filing. All 64 have a website we checked. Filing date and fund size are SEC data where a filing exists. Stage, sector and check size are our research. - Inclusion rule: Organizations that back startups. Individuals, buyout funds and firms we found to be inactive are left out. Type: we class every organization on this list as "Government or university fund", from its own site or a filing. - Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (50: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), size of the fund on file on a log scale (35) and completeness of the public record (15). It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. - Fill rates: Of 64 rows: stage 64, sector 64, fund size 14, website 64. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 32 rows, firm email on 45, LinkedIn page on 45, check size on 26. ## Questions ### How many government and public startup funds in Europe are there? We list 64 as of November 2026. 12 of the 64 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are Rome (3), Paris (3) and Vienna (3). ### Which sectors do government and public startup funds in Europe back most? On this list: deep tech (36), healthtech and digital health (27), climate tech (26) and energy (12). Sector is our research and a firm can carry more than one. ### Which government and public startup funds in Europe raised a new fund in the last 12 months? None of the 64 has a fund filing dated in the last 12 months on file; 12 have other dated activity in that time (new deal and portfolio news), most recently Enterprise Ireland (portfolio news, Nov 2026), InnovationQuarter (portfolio news, Nov 2026) and IBB Ventures (new deal, Oct 2026). ### Which stages do government and public startup funds in Europe back? Of the 64 with a stage on file, seed (54), growth-stage (39) and pre-seed (28). A firm can back more than one stage. ### Where does the data on government and public startup funds in Europe come from and how often is it updated? All 64 rows were checked on the firm's own website, with official registers and national venture capital association directories as the starting point. Filing date and fund size come from the filing. Stage, sector and check size are our research. Rows on this list were last checked on 9 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year. ### Can I download the list of government and public startup funds in Europe as a spreadsheet? Yes. The file holds all 64 rows in Excel and CSV, with 94 named decision-makers and 45 firm emails, for $49 one-time. 25 rows are free on this page.