Redalpine
redalpine invests in the intersection of software and science, focusing on companies that leverage AI, automation, and advanced technologies to solve critical challenges in healthcare, energy, pharma, robotics, and defense. The firm emphasizes co-creation with founders, strategic support, and a pan-European approach to drive innovation and societal impact.
Revo Capital
Revo Capital focuses on empowering local entrepreneurs in Turkey, Eastern Europe, and the Baltics to unlock global potential. They invest in truly innovative, early-stage B2B or B2C technology ventures. They aim to be more than just an investor, acting as a member of the founding team and taking weight off the entrepreneurs' shoulders. They achieve this by assembling a team with diverse backgrounds spanning entrepreneurial spirit, product development, business acumen, and financial expertise. They understand the journey of an entrepreneur and provide the necessary skills, guidance, management discipline, and structure to navigate growth opportunities and challenges. They work with founders across their growth lifecycle, from investment to exit, offering support and partnership throughout the journey. Revo Capital addresses the Series A/B financing gap in Turkey by leading rounds where capital scarcity is highest and impact is greatest. Despite strong startup formation and seed activity, only a small percentage of seed-funded startups in Turkey raise a Series A, compared to leading European markets. Fund III is intentionally structured to bridge this gap by deploying significant capital into this crucial stage of growth. In addition to Series A/B investments, Revo Capital allocates a portion of its fund to a dedicated Seed Pocket, making pre-seed and seed investments to build early conviction, secure pro-rata rights, and potentially lead the Series A rounds later on. Revo prefers to be an early institutional believer, frequently investing in a company's first institutional round while selectively partnering with strong regional or global investors when that structure best supports long-term value creation.
Seraphim Space
Seraphim Space is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on investing in SpaceTech companies. They aim to accelerate humanity's next giant leap by transforming science fiction into science fact, backing visionary space entrepreneurs and providing them with the capital, expertise, and global partnerships to achieve escape velocity. Seraphim invests across the full innovation lifecycle, from inception to exit, and supports companies that address global security, enable resilient infrastructure, and tackle the planet's most urgent challenges. They are particularly interested in companies involved in real-time Earth observation, secure communications, and climate intelligence. Seraphim Space operates multiple investment vehicles, including the Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC (a growth-stage listed fund), Seraphim Space Venture Fund II (an early-stage venture capital fund), and the Seraphim Space Accelerator (the world’s first and largest accelerator dedicated to SpaceTech). This allows them to support SpaceTech companies from the earliest stages of development through to IPO. Seraphim’s interconnected model identifies, supports, and grows early-stage SpaceTech companies, leveraging a network of leading space corporates and international space agencies. They see a future where space technology addresses some of the world's most pressing problems and build the next generation of game-changing companies. Their investment thesis centers around supporting pioneers charting a course to a better future on Earth by harnessing the power of space. They actively seek out companies at the forefront of global security, sustainability, and resilience, believing these areas represent significant opportunities for growth and impact.
Silicon Gardens Ventures
Founders-for-founders fund focused on early-stage startups in the Adria & Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) region, led by entrepreneurs with experience scaling and selling companies. Invests in network-driven businesses, B2B SaaS, and digital products, providing mentorship and hands-on support.
Sixty Degree Capital
Sixty Degree Capital is a global investment firm focused on accelerating the growth of high-potential companies. They achieve this through a combination of deep industry expertise, a robust global network, and a commitment to innovation. The firm invests across healthcare and technology, backing breakthrough opportunities with the potential to reshape industries. Their investment process is thesis-driven, employing a deeply technical team that combines domain expertise, rigorous analysis, and hands-on operational support to systematically identify transformational changes. They aim to generate lasting impact through capital, expertise, and experience.
SmartCap
SmartCap operates as a fund manager with a mission to develop Estonia's venture capital market, invest throughout economic cycles, and address identified market gaps. They aim to create a strong and modern Estonian economy by investing directly in companies and private funds that align with their mission and investment criteria, focusing on innovative, research, and technology-focused companies from Estonia. SmartCap primarily seeks to invest in companies with global growth potential that have Estonian roots, or that contribute meaningfully to the Estonian venture capital ecosystem. Their investments support changes that help modernize the Estonian economy. The firm invests across three main funds: the SmartCap Venture Capital Fund, the SmartCap Green Fund, and the SmartCap Defence Fund. The SmartCap Venture Capital Fund focuses on strengthening the local capital market and growing innovative Estonian companies by investing in VC funds with an Estonian focus or those that add value to the Estonian VC ecosystem. The SmartCap Green Fund operates as a fund-of-funds and as a direct investor in early-stage Estonian Greentech companies with high growth potential. This fund targets companies in sectors like energy, agriculture, food, transport, logistics, materials, chemicals, and the environment, aligning with Estonia 2035 goals and the environmental objectives in Article 9 of the Taxonomy Regulation. The SmartCap Defence Fund is dedicated to bolstering Estonia's defence industry by supporting the development of innovative technologies and backing high-potential defence producers that contribute to national security. This involves investing in companies that develop or produce military and dual-use products and technologies, as well as private funds focused on defence companies within Estonia or NATO member states, provided they add meaningful value to Estonia’s defence ecosystem. SmartCap also prioritizes responsible investing, integrating ESG considerations into their investment decision-making process to improve long-term performance and competitiveness by reducing ESG risks and creating a positive impact. They actively monitor and evaluate their investments, providing regular reporting to investors throughout the investment lifecycle. The firm acts as a patient investor, seeking exit opportunities once investments achieve their strategic objectives.
Spring Capital (Estonia)
Spring Capital invests in exceptional teams in the Baltics & Scandinavia. They operate two distinct funds: a Seed Fund focused on scalable technology-driven startups and a Growth Fund focused on minority shareholdings in high-growth SMEs in Estonia. For the Seed Fund, they target startups from the Nordics and CEE region that have gained initial client and market traction, offering investments ranging from €75-200K in the seed stage, typically as part of a larger round providing 18+ months of runway. Spring Capital emphasizes a clear process and often acts as a validating investor, committing early and facilitating fundraising momentum through introductions to potential co-investors. As active investors, they serve as supervisory board members or advisors. The Growth Fund focuses on acquiring minority shareholdings in Estonian SMEs with growth ambitions, investing between EUR 300K-700K. These investments can support market realization, M&A opportunities, or partial exits for shareholders. Their investment can also serve as an equity component for companies seeking bank loans or public grants. They provide strategy-making and operational excellence support. Across both funds, Spring Capital emphasizes investing in "smart people" and developing long-term partnerships (5-7 years or more) based on mutual fit. They highlight their team's experience in operations, marketing, real estate, and finance, positioning themselves as partners, mentors, and supporters.
Stephen Industries
Stephen Industries is a single-family office investing in companies creating innovative Healthtech, Deeptech, and Greentech solutions for a better world. They aim to drive excellence and believe in long-term investments, partnering with companies to achieve breakthroughs that change futures. Their investment strategy centers on early-stage investments from pre-seed to Series B, providing funding and know-how to innovative companies. They emphasize ESG values in their portfolio companies.
Superhero Capital
Superhero Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in software-driven startups in the New Nordics (Finland and the Baltics). They are looking for founders who are on a mission to change the world, whom they call "Superheroes." The firm focuses on founders who are passionate and driven, and who can clearly articulate "Why us?" and "Why now?" They believe that the founder matters most and aim to provide support without interfering with the company's operations, focusing on building a business, not BS. They invest from their 2024 fund.
Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder
Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder (THCP) is a venture capital fund and venture builder that invests in early-stage technology companies from the idea stage through the seed stage. They aim to partner with visionary entrepreneurs to create and invest in companies with disruptive potential, even at the napkin sketch phase. THCP offers a combination of venture capital and venture building expertise to transform promising ideas into market-defining innovations. Their investment strategy extends beyond capital, encompassing strategic guidance to help founders achieve breakthrough market positioning and scalable growth. THCP provides founders with financial support of up to €1 million to initiate their projects, with the possibility of additional funding for later-stage growth. They also assist portfolio companies in securing subsequent funding rounds from other investors. Beyond capital, THCP offers hands-on support in areas such as business strategy, technology, business development, and team building to accelerate the growth of their portfolio companies. This support is bolstered by their association with Red Sky, a startup studio, allowing them to provide development teams, product owners, and financial and marketing experts. THCP actively supports founders at every stage of development, offering a comprehensive suite of services that extends beyond traditional venture capital. These services include ideation and project development, technology support through their internal development teams, assistance with co-founder and management team recruitment, mentorship and coaching from investors and industry experts, international business development through their global network, and support in securing future funding rounds. Furthermore, THCP facilitates access to its community of innovators, strategic partners, and investors, encouraging collaboration and synergy between portfolio companies, including through their connection with Tar Heel Capital, a private equity fund. Their investment philosophy is centered around actively supporting founders from idea validation to exit, offering hands-on support in areas such as strategy, product development, and securing subsequent funding rounds. The firm measures success through the achievements of its founders, showcasing successful exits like RemoteMyApp's acquisition by Intel, Primetric's acquisition by BigTime, Unikrn's acquisition by Entain, and Wellbee's exit to Benefit Systems. THCP emphasizes a collaborative approach, offering more than just capital by becoming an integral part of the startup's journey.
Tera Ventures
Tera Ventures is an Estonian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage digital startups with global ambitions, particularly those with strong ties to Estonia and internationally diverse teams. They focus on backing ambitious founders and their compelling visions at the seed stage. The firm is industry-agnostic but has developed key areas of interest based on learnings within its portfolio, investing in verticals such as Fintech and automation startups, as well as themes like artificial intelligence and machine learning, which they have backed for over ten years. Tera Ventures seeks to be hands-on, have high conviction, and be founder-friendly, actively supporting startups in expanding to new markets and attracting new investors. They aim to provide not just capital, but also expertise and connections, particularly for startups looking to expand to the UK and US.
TheFactory Proptech Accelerator
TheFactory is an early-stage investor and accelerator based in Norway. They operate various programs, including TheFactory DefSec Accelerator (focused on defense and security technology), Gründer Academy (a startup academy program for Norwegian entrepreneurs), and Sportstech Academy. The firm aims to connect entrepreneurs with industry partners to accelerate business and innovation. They focus on providing early-stage capital, hands-on acceleration, and access to a network of mentors, investors, and partners. Their investment strategy targets promising startups across various sectors including fintech, proptech, greentech, retail, and sportstech. They support startups from the initial concept phase through to becoming investment-ready and market-ready. TheFactory emphasizes building long-term value through innovation and collaboration.
Tidal Ventures
Tidal Ventures focuses on investing in gutsy innovators building product-led companies ready to go global, aiming to help them build momentum from seed to scale and beyond. They seek companies with a product-first mentality that effortlessly draw others into their vision. The firm's mission is to increase the odds of success for founders ready to scale up big and go global. They aim to be more than just investors, acting as trusted advisors and providing solutions to challenges faced by portfolio companies. Their team provides assistance with company strategy, capital raising, sales operations, governance, positioning, product development, and go-to-market strategy. They are particularly interested in companies with the insight and drive to turn brilliant ideas into exceptional products.
Trind Ventures
Trind Ventures backs bold consumer ideas across Europe, focusing on early-stage consumer and community-driven startups. They invest in founders who build for real users, not just pitch decks, and provide support from the first ticket to multi-round investments. They look for startups that spark change and demonstrate early traction that can be turned into lasting growth. The firm is committed to long-term partnerships with its portfolio companies. The firm's focus is on companies operating in the consumer sector, including apps, marketplaces, and community-driven platforms. They prioritize companies that are building products people actually use, love, and talk about. Trind Ventures aims to help its portfolio companies scale with discipline, emphasizing capital efficiency and strong execution. Specifically, they are looking for companies that are addressing changing consumer attitudes, rising awareness of sustainability, and increasing cost-consciousness. They're excited to support companies expanding into new markets and bringing sustainable options to a broader audience.
U-investors
U-Investors is an early-stage, sector-agnostic fund dedicated to transforming tech startups into global powerhouses through strategic capital and mentorship. They seek extraordinary founders disrupting industries with bold visions and technological innovations worldwide. The firm invests in startups from pre-seed to pre-series A stages, providing equity or SAFE investments, typically ranging from $100K to $300K. U-Investors goes beyond mere financial support, offering mentorship, resources, and access to a dynamic ecosystem through Corporate Venture Development (CVD), an institution focused on driving innovation and strategic investment. U-Investors' approach is rooted in their belief that innovation stems from courage. They invest in founders who see possibilities where others see limits, empowering them with resources and mentorship. CVD's expertise guides startups through every growth phase, aiding them in scaling and integrating into broader corporate ecosystems. The firm aims to cultivate an ecosystem where bold ideas flourish and entrepreneurs are equipped with the tools to shape the future of business. The firm also emphasizes strategic guidance, personalized support, refining business models and scaling operations. They aim to provide access to key markets, especially in Morocco and the wider MENA region. They connect founders to opportunities that drive visibility, traction, and sustainable expansion. They back ventures that have developed a functional MVP, proven their concept, and generated initial revenue or market traction.
UCEA Capital Partners
UCEA Capital Partners is a third-generation Portuguese-origin Single Family Office that initially focused on Real Estate and, more recently, clean-energy solutions in West Africa. Starting in the 2000s, the firm diversified its investment strategy across various asset classes and risk profiles, expanding its presence globally to key financial and innovation hubs like Zurich, Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, New York, and London. The firm now concentrates on early-stage direct investments, venture capital, and private equity funds globally. They focus on seed and series A opportunities in four main sectors: Energy, Healthcare, Sports, and Tech. The Group encompasses companies and expertise in Sports Management (Obsidian); Energy Infrastructure (Notus Energy); a Private Family Office Online Platform (Prudential Heritage); Consulting arms in Healthcare and Tech plus the Property Development company with head quarters in Portugal (Riversun Investments). UCEA's leadership team brings over 100 years of combined experience from executive management, private equity, real estate, clean energy, and international finance. Their leaders have held senior roles in high-growth ventures and established firms, enabling UCEA to make informed, strategic decisions that support long-term value creation across multiple sectors and regions. They believe in strong relationships and collective cooperation, providing access to specialized experts in their sister companies in sports and energy.
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
UTEC's investment thesis revolves around leveraging science and technology to create new industries that address global and human challenges. They focus on facilitating the flow of capital, talent, and knowledge, primarily through partnerships with universities and research institutions, including the University of Tokyo. Their strategy involves identifying impactful technologies, building strong teams with professional management capable of driving technology-based businesses, and targeting global markets and challenges from the outset. UTEC emphasizes a hands-on, long-term approach, offering support from the seed and early stages through to IPO or M&A, including assistance with management, human resources, business development, and research and development. UTEC aims to build impactful startups by investing in those with strong science and technology foundations and teams capable of tackling global markets and human issues. They are particularly interested in companies with a "strong Japan story," even if based overseas, facilitating a bidirectional support model where Japanese science and technology expands globally, and international science and technology finds application in Japan. This approach involves close collaboration with large corporations to enhance value and establish robust risk management through board representation. Their investment philosophy centers on identifying and nurturing companies with transformative science and technology, bold founders and entrepreneurs, and a focus on addressing cross-border markets for humankind's challenges. This includes actively sourcing impactful technologies from universities, research institutions, corporations, and governments, as well as fostering collaboration to roll up technologies across organizations. They emphasize assembling strong teams with professional management and providing support for product development, operations, and management.
Valu.vc
Valu.vc is a London-licensed VC firm focusing on early-stage technology investments with a strategy encompassing four strategic pillars: a startup fund, a venture studio, an accelerator hub, and an innovation hub. Their approach extends beyond traditional capital investment by offering end-to-end company building from ideation to exit through their venture studio, intensive mentorship and access to resources via their accelerator, and a collaborative ecosystem fostering R&D and talent development within their innovation hub. Valu.vc empowers startups to scale from idea to market dominance by leveraging strategic partnerships with tech giants and providing hands-on mentorship, funding, and a tech-powered ecosystem. Their investment strategy emphasizes a co-founding approach with entrepreneurs, technical architecture development, and rapid MVP development. They are sector-agnostic within technology, but have a particular focus on AI, FinTech, Blockchain, and Robotics. Geographically they are expanding across the UK and GCC markets, aiming to capitalize on local impacts and strategic mentorship opportunities. They appear to have a strong network, including 800+ VC Co Network and 1000+ mentors. Valu.vc emphasizes its ability to deliver 300x+ returns through proven strategies, industry expertise, and a scalable model. Their platform extends beyond capital to provide startup growth, innovation hub resources, market insights, tech access, and access to funding through their investor network. The firm aims to build tomorrow's unicorns today through a combination of capital, venture building, acceleration, and ecosystem support.
Village Global
Village Global is an early-stage venture capital firm backed by a network of top entrepreneurs and operators. Their investment strategy centers on leveraging this network to support and accelerate the growth of their portfolio companies. They aim to provide connected capital, recognizing that financial investment is just the starting point. They provide access to a network of over 400 founders, operator angels, and luminary Limited Partners (LPs) from leading tech companies. This access helps with customer introductions, co-founder sourcing, and subsequent capital raising. Village Global actively seeks out "relentlessly resourceful founders" across various industries and geographies, indicating a focus on the qualities of the entrepreneurs they back. The firm's structure is designed to improve the quality and quantity of companies that connect with major venture firms for Series A rounds and beyond. By supporting early-stage companies, Village Global intends to cultivate a pipeline of high-potential startups ready for later-stage investment. The firm's Insights section and the "Lessons from Luminaries" series demonstrates an effort to share knowledge and experience from successful entrepreneurs like Jerry Yang (Yahoo!) and Mark Pincus (Zynga). This content serves to educate founders and promote the firm's network and expertise. The firm's LPs are also entrepreneurs themselves, like Mike Bloomberg, Sara Blakely, and Ken Chenault. Village Global also activates its network to support its founders.
Vireo Ventures
Vireo Ventures focuses on investing in the electrified future, believing that electrification and digitalization are the backbone of decarbonization and green transformation. As a seed and pre-seed stage VC, they invest in European technology startups that are driving the energy and mobility sectors with cutting-edge digital solutions. The firm targets innovations optimizing power grids and monitoring systems to climate-resilient agriculture and future-proof transportation. They focus on creating a seamless integration of sectors, ensuring efficient energy flow management across upstream (energy supply), midstream (distribution and storage), and downstream (energy usage) segments. This encompasses decentralized renewable energy systems, smart grids, batteries, green hydrogen, e-mobility, real estate, and industrial applications.
Volta Ventures
Volta Ventures invests in ambitious B2B SaaS companies in the Benelux region. They focus on early-stage venture capital, specifically seed and early-stage rounds. They aim to support innovative startups building scalable solutions for business customers. Their investment range is between €100k and €1M, with substantial follow-on potential. They provide support and belief in entrepreneurs to accelerate their growth, offering strategic support. They look for companies with strong product-market fit and potential for rapid scaling. Volta Ventures sees themselves as a long-term partner for their portfolio companies, offering guidance and resources to help them succeed. They actively seek out tools to enhance their own operations, indicating a data-driven approach to investing.
Wix Capital
Wix Ventures invests in early-stage founders who are product-driven, design-minded and share a long-term vision. They aim to back innovators pushing the boundaries of technology and building a greater web. Their philosophy centers around empowering visionaries, providing support from the pre-seed and seed rounds, offering smart money with real impact (leveraging Wix's experience, know-how, go-to-market expertise and global reach), fostering a product-driven DNA, building a community for collaboration, and investing alongside global powerhouses. Wix Ventures goes beyond just providing capital, actively helping portfolio companies grow by offering access to a global community of Wix users, a founders network, and knowledge from their world-class experts. They emphasize rolling up their sleeves and helping build, rather than just investing. They have an advisory program where founders are connected with advisors to refine product strategy, user experience, growth opportunities, and explore new possibilities. Through sessions, workshops, and deep dives, they aim to help companies move faster and make informed decisions. The Founders Guild, inspired by Wix's organizational structure, empowers founders through peer review, curated content, and talks with industry leaders. The Wix ecosystem itself serves as a live sandbox with millions of actively engaged users, offering opportunities for idea validation, feedback at scale, and adaptation.
YZR Capital GmbH
YZR Capital focuses on investing in European HealthTech companies, from pre-seed to Series B, that are improving patient care, increasing provider efficiencies, and innovating value chains within healthcare. They aim to back ambitious entrepreneurs tackling complex challenges in global healthcare, combining deep expertise with fast execution to help build global champions with lasting impact. The firm emphasizes a hands-on, collaborative approach, leveraging their sector expertise to accelerate growth and support the founder's vision, building strong personal relationships with a shared ambition, and the freedom to innovate. They focus on quality over quantity, backing the right founders at the right time, and scaling them into market leaders across Europe. YZR Capital believes Europe offers an unmatched mix of world-class talent, deep tech expertise, and rising healthcare innovation potential. They aim to fill a critical knowledge gap and deploy capital when others paused, positioning themselves as a catalyst for this fast-growing ecosystem. They seek to partner with founders who are making healthcare more efficient, transparent, and accessible, building solutions that shape a healthier future. Their investment approach is centered around supporting founders who are building category-defining companies with scalable, tech-enabled solutions. They actively support their portfolio companies with functional and healthcare-specific know-how from day one. They aim to identify and scale companies that can address the growing challenges within healthcare such as a shortage of healthcare workers and the increasing number of people living with chronic diseases.
Zaz Ventures
Zaz Ventures specializes in advising deep tech entrepreneurs on securing European public funding (e.g., EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition, EIC Accelerator, Horizon Europe) to transition lab-based research into scalable market solutions. Focuses on high-impact, science-driven innovations with potential to benefit billions globally.