Lyceum Raises €10.3 Million in Pre-Seed Funding

Lyceum Raises €10.3 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Reinvent Access to Compute and Power Europe's Sovereign Digital Future

• Lyceum aims to give everyone the ability to run code in the cloud at lightning speed, by developing one-click GPU deployment, automated hardware selection, upfront pricing and price-elastic scheduling.
• Lyceum builds the first user centric AI cloud, fully European. This is facilitated by their own GPU-infrastructure which is built in the EU with local partners.
• €10.3 million in pre-seed funding led by redalpine, with participation from 10x Founders.
• Lyceum is mission-critical for EU strategic autonomy: Lyceum is creating a fully EU-sovereign, high-performance compute infrastructure, ensuring European researchers, enterprises, and governments won't need to depend on extra-regional providers again.

Berlin, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland, 24 June 2025 — In a decisive move toward a sovereign European cloud and AI ecosystem, Lyceum, the deep-tech startup building a revolutionary AI cloud, today announced its €10.3 million pre-seed investment led by redalpine, with participation from 10x Founders. The funding will help Lyceum work towards its mission of ensuring Europe's compute sovereignty and making access to compute as seamless and universal as electricity.

In a world where innovation depends on immense processing power, Lyceum removes the complexity of traditional high-performance computing. Lyceum wants to give everyone the ability to run code in the cloud at lightning speed, by developing one-click GPU deployment, automated hardware selection, upfront pricing and price-elastic scheduling. By enforcing EU data-residency, security-by-design and transparent energy sourcing, Lyceum empowers startups, enterprises and public bodies to run AI training, large-scale simulations and data-intensive workloads without relying on extra-territorial cloud monopolies.

Magnus Grünewald, Co-Founder & CEO of Lyceum: At Lyceum, our vision is to build the first user-centric GPU cloud, making compute accessible to everyone. Europe is lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of compute capacity and we'll do whatever it takes to change that.

Sebastian Becker, General Partner at redalpine: "Lyceum is building the sovereign European answer to AI compute. We're deeply impressed by the team's bold vision, relentless ambition, and exceptional speed of execution."

Jan Becker, Partner at 10x: "Lyceum is building what Europe urgently needs: secure, sovereign infrastructure for the AI age. A young, ambitious team with deep technical insight and remarkable velocity, they're operating in one of the most strategically vital markets of our time. As compute becomes the defining commodity of the 21st century, Lyceum is positioned to become a cornerstone of Europe's digital future."

The fresh capital will fuel Lyceum's growth on three fronts. First, it will deepen the company's technical bench by expanding engineering and commercial teams to accelerate development of the most user-centric GPU cloud on the market and deliver new features at pace. Second, it will fund the rollout of fully EU-sovereign compute zones - purpose-built, renewable-powered data centre clusters that anchor the Lyceum platform in Denmark, France, and beyond. Finally, the round enables the startup to broaden strategic alliances with semiconductor makers and other hardware partners, laying the cornerstones of a truly European compute infrastructure and a strong foundation for Lyceum's long-term expansion.

About Lyceum

Lyceum is a European cloud provider building sovereign infrastructure for AI. Headquartered in Berlin and Zurich, Lyceum operates data centers in Europe and offers a software platform that abstracts away infrastructure complexity, making it radically easier to run and scale demanding workloads.

Lyceum platform analyzes customer code and data to recommend the most cost-effective hardware configuration based on deadline, budget, and workload characteristics. By intelligently allocating resources and optimizing for speed, cost, and energy efficiency, Lyceum empowers companies to train and deploy models with minimal overhead and maximum performance. With a focus on sustainability, transparency, and European digital sovereignty, Lyceum serves startups, research institutions, and enterprises across the continent. Find out more at www.lyceum.technology

About redalpine

redalpine is the pan-European venture capital firm that empowers GameChangers. Founded in Zurich in 2006, with offices in Berlin, London, and a presence in San Francisco, redalpine brings together financial investment, operational expertise, and a vast international network to help ambitious entrepreneurs transform their vision into a reality. redalpine has over $1bn in assets under management and has backed some of Europe's most disruptive software and science companies, including N26, Taxfix, Mistral, 9fin, Carvolution, Klarna, and Infinite Roots. With a multi-stage investment approach, redalpine invests Europe-wide and counts over 100 companies in its portfolio. Find out more at www.redalpine.com

About 10x

10x Founders is a network-powered early-stage investor that unites over 200 entrepreneurs to back the most ambitious tech startups. We are founder-led and invest across sectors in selected entrepreneurs worldwide, focusing on Europe. Over the last 16 years, our partners have made over 300 investments (16 unicorns, 40+ exits, and 8 IPOs). With 10x Founders we successfully continue these early-stage investments.