By Elliot Gulliver-Needham Venture platform Plural has launched a second fund aiming to raise €400m (£342.6m) for early stage ‘tech titans’. The firm, which began in June 2022, was founded by Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, along with other entrepreneurs such as Songkick founder Ian Hogarth and angel investor Khaled Heloui. Over the last 18 months, the firm’s original fund has financed over 26 firms working in climate and energy, AI and frontier tech. The new fund will continue the firm’s mission to have ‘GDP-level impact’ in Europe, as well as addressing systemic risks and reducing the oppor…