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.
Focuses exclusively on AI-first companies in technical domains (defense, robotics, drug discovery, AI infrastructure), leveraging the founder’s deep AI research 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.
European boutique fund led by ex-Apple and ex-Microsoft partners focusing on physical AI hardware, with operational expertise and 54 startups producing 12 unicorns, 20+ exits and two NYSE IPOs.
Early-stage seed and Series A European investor with a permanent San Francisco presence, a 1-in-6 unicorn hit rate, and Entrepreneurs-in-Residence who help founders craft category-defining product experiences and design.
Backed by successful fintech founders, they support fintech and crypto founders globally, move fast, and invest with permanent capital.
Late‑seed to Series B investor (up to €10M) specializing in AI tutors, teacher toolboxes and AI-enabled assessment; true impact fund linking carry to reach, inclusion and learning KPIs, women‑led.
Early-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.
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, offering data-driven operational playbooks including a 100-page US Playbook.
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.
Hardtech investor paired with a selective 500+ community (<7% acceptance) offering shared manufacturing, distribution and supply‑chain resources, ~200 partners (Foxconn, Amazon Launchpad) and motorsport engineering from Cyril Abiteboul.
Early-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.
Led by Mark Beeston, invests in 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).
Angel-stage investor deploying standardized €150k checks at high frequency (about two startups weekly), offering rapid decisions, identical deal terms, and a founder-first approach across hundreds of global investments.
Combines traditional venture capital 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.
Hybrid venture-philanthropy investing on decades-to-centuries timelines in deep tech tackling existential risks like advanced AI, offering founders a bridge to academia, long-horizon support, and safety-focused exits funding research.
Patient, long-horizon investor focused solely on three 2030 missions—decarbonising UK households, halving UK obesity, narrowing education disadvantage—offering in-house data, behavioural, policy expertise and a Mission Studio builder.
Hands-on co-developer for Northern European deeptech climate startups in advanced and biomanufacturing—from university spin-out to scale-up—providing technical and operational support, shaping commercial strategy via industrially embedded partners, one-company-at-a-time commitment.
Invests from first check through growth to IPO, acting as a long-term partner offering 1,000+ hours of research, proprietary sourcing from prior winners, multi-hub consumer/media expertise, and editorial support.
Early-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.
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.
Seed-stage investor focused on ClimateTech firms that reduce and reverse climate change, typically taking around a 10% ownership stake.
Invests at seed, venture and growth stages with integrated multi-continent platform (offices in Paris, Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, San Francisco), offering deep Africa expertise and widely cited deal-flow reporting.
Small angel-VC focused on v0.9 founders—first institutional investor for founders between angels and VCs—offers a curated network, data-driven playbooks credited with tens of thousands in MRR, and Series A support.
Invests in women-led early-stage European startups, distinguished by being female-led with a dedicated CHF 20M fund and a data-driven thesis that women leaders deliver superior ROI.
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 offering on-the-spot decisions and distributed-ops expertise.
Invests from pre-seed through public stages, offering accelerator support, public-market exit access, and a proprietary market-intelligence engine tracking ~2,000 transactions and 75% of companies seeking capital.
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.
A media-driven model sources and supports startups via a podcast and content brands, leveraging audience-to-investor conversion and co-investor access.
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.
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.
European climate‑tech VC (largest in Europe) launched by Ecosia that selects startups demonstrating ≥100Mt CO2e/year savings via a proprietary Climate Performance Potential method and prioritizes price‑ and performance‑competitive solutions.