Mistral, ICEYE and Who Owns Europe's Deep Tech

Podcast: Deep Tech Germany – AI, Robotics & Frontier Innovation by Startuprad.io™ · Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth

Opublikowano: 2026-09-11

Both of the Scaleup Europe Fund's disclosed investments are deep tech: ICEYE's Series F in August, and Mistral's €3 billion Series D on 8 September at a post-money valuation above €21 billion. Jörn "Joe" Menninger asks what that buys Europe — and why, across the wider evidence, European deep-tech companies keep their laboratories at home while their parent companies move to Delaware. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Deep tech is the sharpest case of the pattern this episode measures, because the research is the lea...