The chip giant became a dominant player in startup investing last year. It took part in 14 funding rounds, up from seven in 2024.
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has become something of an AI kingmaker as hyperscalers rush to build out AI capacity. It’s also got cash to burn and has ratcheted up its investments in European startups.
Last year, Nvidia participated in 14 rounds for European tech companies, according to deal-counting platform Dealroom, compared to seven in 2024, five in 2023, one in 2022 and none in 2021 or 2020.
The 14 European investments were among the 86 startup rounds it invested in globally that year.
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