Venture capital firm V-Bio Ventures has reached the final close of its second fund, with Vanden Avenue Commodities among the limited partners.

V-Bio Ventures, the Belgium-based venture capital firm aligned with research institute VIB, closed its second fund at €110m ($122m) today with backing from agricultural product trader Vanden Avenue Commodities.

The firm did not identify any new limited partners but Vanden Avenue was one of the LPs in the fund’s €96m second close, disclosed in January this year. V-Bio Fund 2 exceeded its €100m target.

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Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is the former editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and was the producer and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast until December 2024.