VC Directory

DEEPTECH VCs Directory

Curated index of active venture capital funds investing in Europe and Israel. Track partners, stages, and check sizes.

Axc

Paris, FR

Axeleo Capital is a multi-strategy tech investment platform focused on empowering founders for the long run, backing Europe's next leaders in the green and digital transformation. They offer Seed to Series B investments combined with hands-on support across key industries. They leverage a powerful ecosystem of 150+ entrepreneurs, operators, and mentors who have built category leaders across Europe and the US. They invest with a founder-first approach, providing strategic and operational support. This includes go-to-market strategy, leadership guidance, partnership development, and product management assistance. They focus on building resilient and responsible companies by integrating ESG at the core of their investment model. Axeleo Capital's investment strategy is based on a blend of capital, operational support, and sector expertise. With a combination of their VC experience and startup acceleration background, they created their own acceleration framework. It takes early-stage startups to the next level. Their teams help founders reshape their value propositions and go-to-markets. They also assist them in recruiting talents to turn their organizations into Serie A-ready startups. The firm actively integrates ESG factors into investment decisions and provides hands-on support to help all portfolio companies develop tailored sustainability strategies. Their ESG methodology includes sourcing startups through an exclusion policy and conducting ESG (and impact, when relevant) due diligence and scoring to assess their sustainability maturity.

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series BB2B softwareEnterprise SaaS

Brunnur Ventures

Reykjavik, IS

Brunnur Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Iceland focusing on startups with high-growth potential. The firm is committed to creating value, fostering innovation, and driving economic growth by investing in the future of entrepreneurship. They foster visionary startups through an attentive approach to partnership, focusing on collaborative partnerships and long-term value creation with deep market understanding. Brunnur emphasizes a hands-on approach, leveraging its expansive network and strategic insight to support founders. Brunnur's investment strategy centers around supporting startups across various sectors, including healthtech, SaaS, gaming, deeptech, Climate & Industry 4.0, and B2C & Entertainment software. The firm provides a collaborative partnership, long-term value creation, and deep market understanding to its portfolio companies. They have executive and entrepreneurial experiences spanning the globe from the Nordics to North America and from Asia to Africa and is ready to support business building innovative and creative solutions anywhere. The firm's team brings extensive experience in startups, venture capital, private equity, and corporate finance, having executed over 100 transactions in multiple countries. They leverage this experience to provide pragmatic and thoughtful investment and leadership. Brunnur seeks to reshape how industries manage disruption and improve their bottom line. Overall, Brunnur Ventures positions itself as a trusted advocate for founders, driving operational efficiency and cost savings across sectors.

Early, GrowthHealthcareBiotech

Seraphim Space

London, GB

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.

Pre-seed, seed, early-stage venture capital, growth-stageSpaceTechdeeptech

Mundi Ventures

Madrid, ES

Mundi Ventures' website doesn't explicitly state a multi-paragraph investment thesis. However, based on the portfolio companies and team's background, it appears they focus on high-growth technology companies, particularly in fintech, insurtech, deeptech, and climatetech. They have a presence in both Europe, US, Asia and the Middle East. They look to invest in companies that can scale rapidly and disrupt traditional industries, prioritizing simplification, tech-enablement, and innovative approaches.

Early Stage, GrowthFintechInsurtech

Neulogy Ventures

Bratislava, SK

Neulogy Ventures is a Luxembourg-based regulated venture capital fund established in 2014, targeting investment opportunities in early-stage tech companies established or operating in Slovakia. Built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, the fund seeks to nurture the next generation of innovators to transition toward a knowledge economy. The firm invests in moonshot ideas pushing the frontier in technology, climate, and health, looking for mission-driven entrepreneurs with bold ambitions taking audacious bets. They are focused on supporting ventures that reconcile planet, people, and profit for a positive impact, fostering a culture of inclusion and recognizing the value of diversity. They follow the 'Invest Europe ESG Reporting Guidelines' as the industry standard, and work with their portfolio companies to evaluate their sustainability performance. Neulogy Ventures aims to create a future that is progressive rather than regressive, transcending defeatist views and exploring new visions. Their guiding principles emphasize their experience as entrepreneurs, their focus on real innovation over hype, fast and transparent decision-making, adding value beyond financing, helping with fundraising, strategic guidance, and business development. They also emphasize keeping founders in the driving seat, aligning interests, caring about each entrepreneurial story, taking a long-term view, valuing humility and competence, and serving entrepreneurs rather than the other way around. Their investment strategy targets deeptech investments leveraging CEE engineering talent, specifically SMEs established or operating in Slovakia. They look for passion and ambition, aiming to create a better future by supporting companies with a positive impact. They value shared values and aim for headache-free partnerships, focusing on long-term growth rather than fast exits.

Early-stageDeeptechTechnology

ScaleFund

Anderlecht, BE

ScaleFund focuses on leading companies into their next growth chapter by engaging capital, structuring investment rounds, and carefully selecting advisors from a European network. They provide operational support in business development, team building, and fundraising preparation, aiming to turn ambition into lasting growth. They prioritize companies driving digital transformation, deeptech, and cleantech, looking for committed teams, early revenue or usage growth, a clear Series A plan, scalable models, and openness to strategic support. ScaleFund emphasizes structuring rounds, providing operational support, and maintaining long-term involvement.

seed, series Adigital transformationdeeptech

Daphni

Paris, FR

Daphni doesn't chase hype but focuses on real shifts across scientific, societal, and environmental landscapes. They invest in technologies that regenerate, include, empower, and scale across various sectors, including climate, deeptech, retail, and inclusion. Their core belief centers on talent being ubiquitous and access needing to be equally available, targeting innovators from various backgrounds, from rural areas to deeptech labs. They aim to meet founders where they are and help them reach their goals. Sustainability and impact are at the heart of their strategy, reflecting a long-standing commitment to ESG (Environment, Sustainability, Governance). As a B Corp certified company, their actions are guided by clear values and measurable objectives. This commitment is ingrained in their investment decisions and permeates their ecosystem, from portfolio companies to investors. Daphni employs different strategies with its active funds. The generalist fund focuses on disruptions with a positive social and environmental impact, with a strong science angle in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and life sciences. There's also a digital retail fund, supported by Carrefour, focuses on innovations in the retail space including e-commerce, future of grocery, data, financial services, robotics procurement, and impact. The Time4 fund is a project to support entrepreneurs with unique and underrepresented backgrounds, targeting all industries.

Early-stageClimateDeeptech

Deeptech Seed Fund

Dublin, IE

Deeptech Seed Fund focuses on early-stage deeptech ventures, specifically spinouts from research institutions in Europe and North America. They target companies commercializing defensible intellectual property with established connections to potential customers. The fund aims to accelerate growth by providing capital and access to a network of international later-stage investors, ensuring ventures are well-funded from the outset. They seek to bridge the gap between research and market readiness by investing in ventures showing early signs of global demand but are considered too early for traditional investors. The fund emphasizes its ability to identify high-potential deeptech ventures earlier than others through its proprietary Deeptech Seed Fund Scorecard, which quantifies the level of pre-revenue commitment a spinout-stage venture has secured. By focusing on pre-revenue commitment Deeptech Seed Fund can derisk the investments for future investors.

SeedDeeptechDefensible IP

Galileo Ventures

Sydney, AU

Galileo Ventures is an Australian pre-seed to seed VC firm that invests in emerging founders building new technology for global markets. They focus on backing exceptional, unproven, and often overlooked entrepreneurs who are leveraging new technologies to build market-leading companies. The firm believes a revolution in entrepreneurship is underway, where anyone with an internet connection and an idea can build a global business. They aim to be the first investor in these founders, providing capital and hands-on support to help them succeed. Galileo co-invests with leading global VCs and provides follow-on funding support.

Pre-seed, SeedAIsoftware

Silicon Roundabout Ventures

London, GB
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Invests in European deeptech startups solving large-scale global challenges at the infrastructural level. Focuses on defensible tech (hardware/low-level software) with potential for 1B+ revenue in 10+ years, targeting Computing, Climate, Health, and Defense sectors.

Early-stage (as early as possible)Deeptech infrastructure (hardware/low-level software) with strong IP moats

Technofounders

Paris, FR

Technofounders is a Startup Studio focused on investing in technology to build impactful ventures, specifically in the DeepTech ecosystem. They aim to multiply the impact of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs by funding and orienting technological innovation towards practical solutions that address major global challenges. Their strategy involves identifying disruptive technologies, primarily stemming from research institutions, and structuring investment vehicles to fund and develop innovative projects into successful industrial companies. They have a comprehensive team-based approach, ensuring startups have access to the right expertise at the right time, from pre-seed to exit, including Venture Partners for initial evaluation and interim CEO roles, Operating Partners for operational and strategic support, and Managing Partners for strategic guidance and board participation. Technofounders aims to drive positive impact through deeptech innovation across various sectors. Their investment approach is stage-specific. In the feasibility phase, Venture Partners assess technologies and commercialization paths. During the pre-seed phase, Venture Partners act as interim CEOs, building initial products and teams. Seed acceleration involves Operating Partners providing operational support and Support Services handling administrative tasks. Finally, in the growth phase, Managing Partners offer strategic guidance through board participation, focusing on strategic priorities, funding strategies, and exit planning. Technofounders emphasizes collaboration with academic institutions and industry partners to transform research projects into viable businesses. They actively engage with major research institutions in France, such as CEA and CNRS, to identify and commercialize innovative technologies. Their team structure is designed to provide comprehensive support throughout the startup lifecycle, from initial technology assessment to successful market entry and growth. They prioritize investments with the potential to address pressing societal challenges and create sustainable solutions.

Pre-seed, Seed, Series A and beyondAgricultureMaterials & Chemistry

the Untitled Ventures

Luxembourg, LU

The Untitled Ventures focuses on investing in early-stage B2B deeptech products created by expats in Europe. They aim to help technology startups transform advanced technologies into real-world products, supporting their development from small startups to international businesses. Their areas of interest include AI, computer vision, robotics, agritech, medtech, and data management. The firm seeks companies with innovative products, talented teams, and global ambitions. They provide a balanced blend of expertise in technology, business, investment, and international markets to support portfolio companies' growth and international expansion. The name reflects their philosophy: focusing on the businesses in which they invest.

Early-stageAIcomputer vision

Vektor Partners

London, GB

Investing in breakthrough technologies driving global transformation through AI, Automation, and Decarbonization. Focus on AI and software-enabled businesses solving complex problems.

Deep technology (deeptech) and AI/software-enabled businesses