CriteriaCaixa’s venture arm eyes €300M for AI, photonics and biotech across Spain and Portugal

CriteriaCaixa's venture arm is raising €300 million to invest in artificial intelligence, photonics, and biotech startups across Spain and Portugal, signaling a major push into deep-tech in the Iberian region.

Most venture funds work against the clock. Raise, deploy, exit, repeat, usually within a decade. CriteriaCaixa‘s investment arm…