Post by Earlybird Venture Capital

💡 June highlighted companies moving from ambition to execution across AI, healthcare, space, and enterprise software. Earlybird portfolio companies had wins: Bayshore AI emerged from stealth with an $8M Seed round led by Earlybird, Isar Aerospace secured a €270M Series D to accelerate Europe's sovereign access to space, Black Forest Labs welcomed Martin Scorsese as an advisor. Earlybird Health’s Greywolf Therapeutics shared encouraging data at ASCO 2026. Beyond the portfolio, we launched E2D together with AVP, a €500M growth fund designed to help close European dual-use and defence capability gaps and keep capital, talent, and IP on the continent. And offline, June brought founders, investors, and operators together, from Vision Lab Demo Day and the launch of the German Venture & Growth Forum to SuperComms during SuperReturn in Berlin. Our June edition gathers the stories, ideas, and milestones that shaped the month. Read it below. Cc: Dr. Christian Nagel, Dr. Hendrik Brandis, Dr. Andre Retterath, Elisheva Marcus, Benjamin Wilkening, Anna Andersson, Tilen Kegl, Eugene Berson, Florent Gros