London- and Tallinn-based VC firm Plural, led by some of Europe's best known startup founders, raised a €400M fund to invest in early-stage "deep tech" startups (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

London- and Tallinn-based VC firm Plural, led by some of Europe’s best known startup founders, raised a €400M fund to invest in early-stage “deep tech” startups  —  The firm offers a Silicon-Valley approach to backing start-ups as an alternative to the traditional VC model