Europe investors
Ex-founder deeptech fund making $250K–$2M first checks into non-consensus moonshots in compute, defense, smart planet, humantech—prioritizing multi‑billion step‑changes and free‑world resilience, replying with blunt feedback within five working days. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Specializes entirely on AI-first businesses in technical domains (defense, robotics, drug discovery, AI infrastructure), utilizing the entrepreneur’s extensive AI analysis visibility and a press arm that fosters lab-to-lab debates.
Seed-stage investor backing European/Israeli deep‑tech founders; makes 4–8 high‑conviction bets yearly, often sole first‑round backer, using US offices, immigration counsel and advisory network to crack the US market. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
European boutique fund led by ex-Apple and ex-Microsoft partners focusing on physical AI hardware, with operational expertise and 54 startup ventures producing 12 unicorns, 20+ exits and two NYSE IPOs. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Formative-stage seed and Series A European investor with a permanent San Francisco presence, a 1-in-6 unicorn hit rate, and Founders-in-Residence who guidance founders craft category-defining product experiences and design. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Backed by successful fintech founders, they support fintech and crypto founders globally, move fast, and invest with permanent capital. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Late‑seed to Series B investor (up to €10M) focusing on AI tutors, teacher toolboxes and AI-enabled assessment; true impact fund linking carry to reach, inclusion and learning KPIs, women‑led. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Formative-stage, pre-product focus on AI-first learning and work tools; unusually large first checks ($500k–$2.5M), 100+ Venture Partners who've founded Udemy, Coursera, Kahoot, mission-driven to democratize opportunity. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Backs European B2B Seed founders expanding to the U.S. and U.S. Series B–D B2B entering Europe; acts as go-to-market consultancy, presenting data-driven operational playbooks including a 100-page US Playbook. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Global firm investing pre-seed to Series B in climate, health, and inclusive capitalism; led by exited founders, runs an in-house venture builder with well-known founders and AI-driven scouting. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Hardtech investor paired with a selective 500+ community (<7% acceptance) providing shared manufacturing, distribution and supply‑chain resources, ~200 partners (Foxconn, Amazon Launchpad) and motorsport engineering from Cyril Abiteboul. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Nascent-stage investor with >10x net TVPI and >7.5x DPI that uses an extreme founder-first model—psychological diligence to find obsessive, often neurodivergent founders from overlooked geographies and sectors. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Led by Mark Beeston, backs financial market infrastructure and mission-critical B2B fintech for incumbents, leveraging top-tier financial-institution LPs to drive enterprise adoption (1,400+ institutional clients, 1,800+ curated introductions). The firm maintains a forward-looking approach in the evolving financial technology space.
Angel-stage investor deploying standardized €150k checks at high frequency (about two startup ventures weekly), delivering rapid decisions, identical deal terms, and a founder-first approach across hundreds of global investments. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Combines traditional VC and formal venture clienting—running non-equity PoCs/pilots to solve supply chain problems—paired with equal startup/internal teams embedded in Group Strategy to shape business unit roadmaps. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Hybrid venture-philanthropy investing on decades-to-centuries timelines in deep tech tackling existential risks like advanced AI, providing founders a bridge to academia, long-horizon support, and safety-focused exits funding research. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Patient, long-horizon investor focused solely on three 2030 missions—decarbonising UK households, halving UK obesity, narrowing education disadvantage—presenting in-house data, behavioural, policy expertise and a Mission Studio builder. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Hands-on co-developer for Northern European deeptech climate ventures in sophisticated and biomanufacturing—from university spin-out to scale-up—providing technical and operational backing, shaping commercial roadmap via industrially embedded collaborates, one-organization-at-a-time commitment.
Invests from first check through growth to IPO, acting as a long-term partner providing 1,000+ hours of research, proprietary sourcing from prior winners, multi-hub consumer/media expertise, and editorial support. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Nascent-stage fund partnering with technical, product-focused founders building core infrastructure (dev tools, industrial automation, APIs) across Europe and US; led by repeat founders/ex-angels and acting as non-lead collaborative partners. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Government-backed accelerator investing pre-seed to seed in work‑environment and business-efficiency software, requiring Latvian registration to access staged regional fund network and Riga-based gateway to Eastern Europe. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Seed-stage investor dedicated to ClimateTech firms that reduce and reverse climate change, typically taking around a 10% ownership stake. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Invests at seed, venture and growth stages with integrated multi-continent platform (offices in Paris, Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, San Francisco), providing deep Africa expertise and widely cited deal-flow reporting. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Small angel-VC dedicated to v0.9 founders—first institutional investor for founders between angels and VCs—provides a curated network, data-driven playbooks credited with tens of thousands in MRR, and Series A support. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Deploys capital into women-led early-phase European emerging ventures, distinguished by being female-led with a dedicated CHF 20M fund and a data-driven thesis that women leaders deliver superior ROI. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Solo-capitalist fund run by ex-CTO of Product Hunt and former Head of Remote at AngelList/CoinList, investing exclusively in remote-work infrastructure and delivering on-the-spot decisions and distributed-ops expertise. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Invests from pre-seed through public stages, providing accelerator support, public-market exit access, and a proprietary market-intelligence engine tracking ~2,000 transactions and 75% of companies seeking capital. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Typically leads education deals with first checks of €0.5–1.5m and up to €5m total; unique as the Nordics' first education-focused VC with partners' 50–80 years sector experience. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
A media-driven model sources and supports formative-stage companies via a podcast and content brands, leveraging audience-to-investor conversion and co-investor access. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Seed and Series A investor led by Unity co‑founder David Helgason, bringing large‑scale gaming, infrastructure experience; uses Stockholm Resilience Centre's Planetary Boundaries framework, favoring de‑risked science and partner‑hosted capex. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Seed-focused, solo-GP, private-only VC using concentrated, deterministic investing, backed by founders/operators from UiPath/Telerik/Bitdefender, and actively supporting analytical, action-oriented Eastern European founders. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
European climate‑tech VC (largest in Europe) launched by Ecosia that selects emerging ventures demonstrating ≥100Mt CO2e/year savings via a proprietary Climate Performance Potential method and prioritizes price‑ and performance‑competitive solutions. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.