Kembara Closes €750M First Close to Fuel Europe’s Deep-Tech Growth…

Team S · 2026-02-06T13:16:01.000Z

Kembara, one of Europe’s largest dedicated deep-tech growth funds, has announced a €750 million first close toward its target of €1 billion, marking a major milestone in scaling capital for advanced science and engineering companies at Series B and C stages. The fund aims to tackle the critical funding gap many European deep-tech ventures face when trying to scale manufacturing, commercial expansion, and global market reach. The fund is anchored by a €350 million commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF) under the European Tech Champions Initiative and includes participation from leading institutional investors. Kembara will write initial checks typically between €15 million and €40 million per company, with capacity to support follow-on investments of up to €100 million helping portfolio companies scale through capital-intensive phases that often slow or halt growth. Founded by Javier Santiso and Yann de Vries under the management of Mundi Ventures, Kembara’s leadership team blends decades of deep-tech and growth investing experience. The team also includes partners such as Robert Trezona and Pierre Festal, with Siraj Khaliq serving as Senior Strategic Advisor. Their combined track record across technology, climate and industrial sectors has helped attract long-term investors and align the fund with Europe’s ambitions to build global deep-tech champions. Kembara will invest across sectors including AI, robotics, clean energy, space tech, future compute and advanced materials, and is positioning itself as a catalyst for Europe’s “second Renaissance” of technology and industrial innovation backing companies that need substantial growth capital to compete on a global scale.

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