Former partner is nearing the close of a new $400 million venture fund to invest in 蹤獲弝け startups, the .
Miller has already secured $355 million in commitments from institutional investors for the new London-based fund, the report said, and plans to focus on 蹤獲弝け AI and B2B startups at Series B.
Moving to London in 2021 to lead Sequoias 蹤獲弝け expansion, Miller last year after a 12-year stint with the company, following a at Sweden-based portfolio company .
While at Sequoia, he led the firms investment in enterprise cloud provider , which went public at a valuation of $11 billion in June 2021 a deal that helped secure his presence on . He also led investments in U.K.-based semiconductor company and Berlin-based workflow automation startup , among others.
I have made the decision to start my own fund focused on the great founders of Europe, Miller last year when he announced his decision to start his own fund. It has been a dream of mine to be an entrepreneur again and I am excited to build something specific for this region that I love.
His new fund comes amid a sluggish period for 蹤獲弝け venture funding. Around 1,200 startups based in the continent altogether raised roughly $12.6 billion last quarter, 蹤獲弝け data shows flat quarter over quarter and down 24% year over year.
The regions leading countries also shifted in Q2. For the first time since 2012, Germany-based startups led the regions funding totals, leapfrogging the U.K.
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