Post by Earlybird Venture Capital

🔬This month made the future feel less abstract. The May newsletter edition brings together quantum systems, rocket factories, AI-native infrastructure, and healthcare milestones which move  ambition into operation. eleQtron closed a €57M Series A, one of the largest quantum Series A rounds globally. Isar Aerospace is scaling toward serial rocket production outside Munich. Oculis reached a major FDA milestone, and Hilo by Aktiia released its 2026 German Blood Pressure Report. We also led Pillar’s €12M Seed round, backing a new operational layer for construction companies, and saw Avrea emerge from stealth to build AI-native CI/CD infrastructure. Read the full edition below! Cc: Dr. Andre Retterath, Paul Klemm, Laura Waldenstrom, Benjamin Wilkening, Lionel Carnot, Dr. Christoph Massner