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When redalpine was founded twenty years ago, professional venture capital barely existed in Europe. Unicorns weren't a thing. Too many of the continent's best founders followed the capital to California. And yet the ingredients were always here. The scientific talent, the precision engineering culture, the deep university research base: none of that was ever the problem. What was missing was the capital to unlock it. The same cannot be said for today. In 2026, roughly one new unicorn emerges...

Mar 5, 2026

european dynamism: six sectors where europe can lead

From Proxima Fusion’s €2bn agreement to build Europe’s first commercial fusion plant, to Sanity Group's successful exit, plus news from Albatross, Hilo, Memo Therapeutics, and Mistral AI, along with plenty of events - it’s been a packed February for us and our portfolio companies! Read on for these updates and more. portfolio updates Proxima Fusion’s €2B agreement to build Europe's first commercial fusion power plant Proxima Fusion (RAC VII) has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding...

Mar 2, 2026

welcome to our february newsletter

Did January sprint past, or was that just us?! Regardless whether you're just back from vacation or already deep in work mode, we hope your 2026 is off to a strong start. At redalpine, the year has quickly kicked into high gear, featuring plenty of momentum across our portfolio, events including our ski day and office warming, and much more. Read on for all of our updates.. portfolio updates Basecamp Research (RAC VII) unveiled EDEN-AI, a new family of foundation models designed to...

Feb 2, 2026

welcome to our january newsletter

This month, we welcome Flexion and Forgis to the redalpine family, celebrate new funding rounds from voize and Albatross AI, share milestones from Mistral, Apaleo, and Taxfix, announce our new partnership with WORLD.MINDS, and much more! Read on for all of our updates... new investments Flexion Robotics raises $50M Series A to accelerate autonomy in humanoid robotics We’re delighted to invest in Flexion Robotic 's (RAC VII) $50M Series A round as they build the intelligence layer for...

Dec 2, 2025

welcome to our november newsletter

The dream of building human-like machines is older than modern science. In the late 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci sketched the first humanoid robot called the “mechanical knight”: Hidden inside German-Italian plate armour and powered by pulleys, cables, and gears, it was designed to sit, stand, and move its arms purposed with defence in mind. Looking back this reads like the first attempt to give a human-shaped body a programmable “inside”. Reconstruction of Leonardo’s mechanical knight....

Nov 20, 2025

building the “mechanical knight”

by Oscar Sodian (Visiting Analyst at redalpine) I recently joined the Swiss AI Hackathon hosted by the ETH Entrepreneur Club. Bright minds from ETH, EPFL, and all across Europe gathered in Zürich for 24 hours to turn raw ideas into something tangible. And for me, it was a chance not just to build a product in 24 hours and compete, but to show how we thrive under pressure at redalpine and connect with the next generation of outstanding European founders. I teamed up with Pavel (another...

Nov 18, 2025

a day in the life at the eth hackathon

meet the redalpine Summit Fund Many investors admit they struggle to fully understand semi-liquid evergreen funds. The concept feels new, compared with the familiar 10-12 year closed-end model in venture capital. Yet, the approach is quietly becoming mainstream, with many European and global managers adopting it in the last three years. It enables access to business models with strong long-term potential, giving investors exposure to opportunities often overlooked by traditional vehicles....

Nov 18, 2025

beyond closed-end: a guide to semi-liquid evergreen funds in venture

Forgis cofounders Federico Martelli, Camilla Mazzoleni, and Riccardo Maggioni Industrial automation did not begin with algorithms or robots. Its roots go back to the late 18th century, when James Watt’s 1781 rotary steam engine and Edmund Cartwright’s powered loom replaced human muscle with mechanical strength. Textile output in Britain increased nearly 20-fold between 1780 and 1850 - not because of algorithms, but because energy and motion were finally decoupled from the human body. A...

Nov 12, 2025

How industrial automation evolved - and why it still isn’t finished

This month, we welcomed Valink Therapeutics to the redalpine portfolio, celebrated new funding for 011h, hit the stage at Sifted Summit, hosted a fireside chat and lab tour with Proxima Fusion, and much more! Read on for all of our updates... portfolio funding Valink Therapeutics raises $11.8M to rethink how complex diseases are treated Many modern treatments are designed to target disease more precisely - but too often, they still fall short: some don’t work well enough, others come with...

Oct 31, 2025

welcome to our october newsletter

Welcome to our September newsletter! This month, we cover Klarna’s landmark IPO, Lakera’s acquisition by Nasdaq-listed Check Point, our...

Oct 2, 2025

welcome to our september newsletter

Synthesized founder & CEO Nicolai Baldin rethinking the foundations of software testing Software delivery today is slower, riskier, and...

Sep 23, 2025

Synthesized: the intelligence backbone for enterprise QA

DaltonTX founder team rethinking the foundations of r&d Drug discovery today is slower, riskier, and more expensive than it should be. Despite the hype around AI, most platforms still act like biotech companies: trying to build their own drug pipelines instead of enabling pharma at scale. DaltonTx was founded to change that. Their vision is bold: to build the intelligence backbone for modern R&D. A platform that integrates seamlessly into pharma workflows, learns with every experiment, and...

Sep 22, 2025

DaltonTx: the intelligence backbone of modern drug discovery

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