Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast

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Should the EU block the UK from its €5bn superfund?

Should the EU block the UK from its €5bn superfund?2. Juli12 Min.

The UK is home to the third-highest number of unicorn startups in the world. Does it make sense to lock it out of the EU's new Scaleup Fund? The €5bn fund, which is yet to deploy a cent of capital, has already been through a hotly contested race to find a manager (Swedish firm EQT came out on top), and now it's caught up in a political tussle over whether the UK — which famously left the bloc back in 2016 — will get a look-in. This week Sifted reported that France is pushing to block UK parti...