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Advent

Focus: Defence & space, AI

Advent took part in 4 of the startup funding rounds we tracked in 2026, leading or co-leading 2 worth $1.45bn. By money raised, its biggest sectors were AI and Defence & space. The largest was Mistral AI's $3.5bn Series D+ round. The most recent was Vinci's Series B round in October 2026.

Deployed as lead$1.45bn
Rounds led2
Rounds joined4
Largest round$3.5bn

Rounds led (2)

Quantum SystemsSeries D+ · Defence & space · Munich · 2 Jul$1.2bnVinciSeries B · AI · Palo Alto · 6 Oct$250m

Also invested (2)

Mistral AISeries D+ · AI · Paris · 8 Sep$3.5bnSTARKGrowth · Defence & space · Berlin · 23 Jun$570m

By sector

AI$3.75bnDefence & space$1.77bn

By stage

Series B$250mSeries D+$4.7bnGrowth$570m

Co-investors

Temasek1 roundXora Innovation1 roundAMD Ventures1 roundEclipse1 roundKhosla Ventures1 roundMadrona1 roundScaleup Europe Fund1 roundBlackRock1 roundAndreessen Horowitz1 roundBpifrance1 round