SITUATION EXPLAINED: Lovable raised $400M at $13.3B
• 2x its December valuation, on a run rate near $600M
• Co-leading the round is the European Commission's new €5bn fund, built specifically to stop European startups from leaving for the US
• Lovable is one of its first bets, and Menlo's largest position after Anthropic
• Tencent is on the cap table too, so a Chinese internet giant and the European Commission are now funding the same Swedish startup
@theojaffee: "Props to them for staying in Europe instead of escaping to Silicon Valley like so many other European startups and European founding teams."
@schisofrenia: "Tencent backs Roblox? Snap? Reddit? Discord? Tesla? Oh my God, they're so locked in."