--- title: Highland Europe closes a €1.1bn fund to keep backing... description: Highland Europe has closed its sixth fund at €1.1 billion, targeting European growth-stage technology companies. The raise follows a strong year of exits... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/highland-europe-closes-a-1-1bn-fund-to-keep-backing-european-scale-ups-eblxcj70s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Highland Europe closes a €1.1bn fund to keep backing European scale-ups | daily.dev og:description: Highland Europe has closed its sixth fund at €1.1 billion, targeting European growth-stage technology companies. The raise follows a strong year of exits... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/highland-europe-closes-a-1-1bn-fund-to-keep-backing-european-scale-ups-eblxcj70s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EBlXCj70s.png og:image:alt: Highland Europe closes a €1.1bn fund to keep backing European scale-ups og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Highland Europe closes a €1.1bn fund to keep backing European scale-ups **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Highland Europe has closed its sixth fund at €1.1 billion, targeting European growth-stage technology companies. The raise follows a strong year of exits including the ~$3 billion sale of Nexthink to Vista Equity Partners, the Huel acquisition by Danone, and the Nasdaq listing of Bending Spoons above $18 billion. Since 2012, the firm has raised €3.75 billion across six funds, backed over 80 companies, and achieved 30 exits. Recent investments lean heavily into AI, including legal-AI platform Wordsmith, enterprise-AI firm Unframe, and precision-agriculture robotics company Ecorobotix. Two long-tenured investors were promoted to partner alongside the announcement. The fund positions Highland among Europe's larger growth investors, alongside Balderton and Creandum, as European scale-ups increasingly seek to grow without crossing the Atlantic for capital. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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