Get 250+ investors tailored to your startup

Invest in your industry and stage
Emails & contact info included
Excel and CSV export
Automatically

Trusted by 3,000+ startups

Top 50 Automotive VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Europe in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Automotive startups based in Europe. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Automotive companies from Europe. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Automotive VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Europe in February 2025

Investor	Automotive Europe investments
Bayern Kapital	10
Bpifrance	9
Parkwalk Advisors	8
Business Finland	8
UVC Partners	8
HTGF \| High-Tech Gruenderfonds	8
Equity Gap	7
KfW	7
Scottish Investment Bank	7
CDP Venture Capital	6
Fil Rouge Capital (FRC)	6
Practica Capital	6
VTT Ventures	6
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen	6
Par Equity	6
Disruptive Capital Finance	5
Passion Capital	5
ASTARA Innovation & Venture Lab (formerly B4Motion)	5
Worth Capital	5
Velocity.Partners	5
FJ Labs	5
APX	5
Axel Springer Digital Ventures	5
Enterprise Ireland	5
Business Growth Fund	5
Amadeus Capital Partners	5
Criteria Venture Tech	5
Downing Ventures	5
MAHLE	5
VentureFriends	5
Index Ventures	5
Almi Invest	5
ETF Partners	5
Low Carbon Innovation Fund	5
Conor Venture Partners	5
TA Ventures	5
MMC Ventures	5
MAIF Avenir	4
Aviva Ventures	4
Concept Ventures	4
Finnvera Venture Capital	4
Crane Venture Partners	4
Continental	4
Maven Capital Partners	4
Idinvest Partners	4
Scottish Enterprise	4
AA Sons	4
ENISA	4
Kima Ventures	4
HV Capital	4

Find investors that fund startups like yours. Automatically.

Our algorithm will find investors that invest in your industry, stage, and geography.

Investor list

Bayern Kapital (founded at the end of 1995) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the LfA Foerderbank Bayern (Bavaria‘s development bank). Bayern Kapital’s objective is to finance research and development as well as the market launch of new products, product diversifications, and expansion of the market share.The requesting company has to be located inBavaria. Industries are e. g. IT/software, life sciences, new materials, micro-systems and environmental technologies.Bayern Kapital and its funds have invested in more than 250 companies and currently manages funds to the value of EUR 340 m. The five investing funds currently managed by Bayern Kapital are Seedfonds Bayern, Clusterfonds Start-Up!, Innovationsfonds, Innovationsfonds EFRE and Wachstumsfonds Bayern.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
OCELL — Building the Operating System of Sustainable Forestry
StrategyBridgeAI — Automated data-driven analyses for any company out there. Our users include: Private equity, corporate strategy, M&A advisors & consultants.

Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
France, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Swan — Use Swan's APIs to embed white-labeled banking features like accounts, cards, and IBANs into your workflows and UX.
CROWN — CROWN is modernizing procurement negotiations through ethical eAuctions.
Keey Aerogel — Home - Welcome to the homepage of KEEY Aerogel ! Discover our company, our products and our know-how in aerogels.

Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Diffblue — Diffblue Cover uses next generation autonomous AI to automate unit testing so that Java development teams can build better applications faster
Ikarovec — Ikarovec is developing novel gene therapies to treat major ophthalmic indications.
illumion — Illumion develops high-throughput optical tools to accelerate battery material development

Business Finland finances business R&D projects and public research projects at universities, research institutes and universities of applied sciences. Read more about R&D and business funding.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
Seed, Grant, Funding Round
Finland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Grafintec — Grafintec Oy is a Finnish company focused on developing and utilizing carbon technology to produce graphite. Graphite is an essential material in many industries, particularly in energy storage, electronics, and battery technologies, due to its unique properties such as high conductivity, heat resistance, and stability.
Liquid Sun — Liquid Sun Ltd. We fight against climate change by recoding CO2 emissions to fossil-free fuels and chemicals. Our technology is based low temperature electrolyzers.
PrecisionPhage — PrecisionPhage is a biotech business that specializes on bacteriophage technologies.

UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-based startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5 - 10m initially and up to € 20m in total per company.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Predium — Predium is the software platform for real estate owners to measure, manage and communicate their ESG performance.
DeepDrive — We are DeepDrive. We are powered by fusion. Absolute professionalism mixed up with our deeply rooted urge to discover. Deep expertise meets revolutionary innovations.
Enginsight — Enginsight GmbH was founded in August 2017. With a highly motivated team, they are working together on the vision of providing companies with a solution that will enable them to safely and confidently navigate the digital future. Enginsight helps leading companies autonomously monitor and secure their entire IT landscape. Certified and highlytrained employees form the heart of Enginsight, together with partner companies around the globe. They analyze and monitor complete IT landscapes – recognize the connections and dependencies between websites and servers up to IoT-devices. The innovative software platform acts autonomously and points out the critical paths, risks and threats.

The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Pagent — Pagent develops AI systems.
AUDAVIS — AUDAVIS is developing the most innovative approach that will revolutionize auditing. With data-driven full automation by AUDAVIS and a new AI-based approach, every financial statement becomes a breeze with unprecedented efficiency.
Lindis Blood Care — Lindis Blood Care´s mission is to optimise the outcome of cancer surgeries by developing a Medical Device to remove cancer cells from blood during cancer surgeries to enable Autologous Blood Transfusion.

Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Bettii Pod — Bettii Pod is a pioneering FemTech start-up that creates a one-of-a-kind menstruation cup and disc washer for use in public restroom stalls.Bettii Pod's primary product, the menstrual cup/disc washer, is a step forward in normalizing discussions about menstruation and increasing availability to eco-friendly menstrual choices.
Shot Scope — The official Shot Scope website. Golf watches, range finders and performance tracking that help lower your score and handicap. Buy direct online today!

KfW gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank under the ownership of the Federal Republic and the LÃ¤nder (federal states), it offers support to encourage sustainable improvement in economic, social, ecological living and business conditions, among others in the areas of small and medium-sizedenterprise, entrepreneurialship, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education finance, project and export finance, and development cooperation.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Germany, India, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Vectoflow — Vectoflow is an innovative company developing fluid-dynamic metrology devices for fluid flow and dynamics measurement. It offers standardized and customized flow measurement technology that measures the static and total pressure, velocity, and angle of attack of a flow. These products are used in motorsport, aviation, turbine machine development,and research sectors.
Electrochaea — Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”.
CryoTherapeutics — USING CRYOTHERAPY TO TREAT AND PREVENT HEART ATTACKS

Speak with our Entrepreneurship and Investment teams, who can help you find sources of finance, engage with funders and secure investment to grow your business.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Bio-Images Drug Delivery — BDD Pharma combine drug delivery expertise and clinical capabilities to accelerate product development pipelines, enable life cycle management and new innovative pharmaceutical products. Rapid parallel clinical testing with SWIFT significantly reduces time from product concept to clinical success.
IOTech — Discover IOTech Systems, the open edge data platform for developing, deploying, and managing Industrial Edge applications at scale. Find out more here.
Administrate — Manage 100% of enterprise training operations with configurable training management software, designed to scale with your organization.

CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Italy, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Ekore — Miglioriamo la gestione degli edifici ottimizzando i consumi e la gestione delle manutenzioni tramite il concetto di Digital Twin.
Spoki — Spoki helps businesses increase sales thanks to WhatsApp.Emails are no more a valid communication channel between businesses and customers. Spoki helps businesses engage their customers using WhatsApp during the whole customer journey: marketing, sales and customer support.Spoki is a WhatsApp conversational platform that allows you to: - sendbulk marketing messages to thousands customers with a click - integrate WhatsApp with: - Ecommerce to notify abandoned cart, tracking number and order status - Marketing Automation Tools or CRM to add it to sales funnels - Social and Digital ADS to catch users in the exact moment expressing their interest in products and services - create automations and chatbots, for customer support or whatever you can think ofIf you are confident with the results you get today with emails, you'll be amazed at what you can achieve with Spoki.
Marine Energy Space Control — MESPAC is a service suite that delivers to the offshore wind and ocean energy industries highly accurate, continuous, and spatially-refined wind, wave, and other metocean information for project development, financing, and operation.

Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) is an investment fund manager whose funds focus on early-stage businesses from pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds of investment.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Croatia, Slovenia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GameBoost — Ranking up has never been easier. With GameBoost's cheap LoL and Valorant Elo Boosting Services.
Magic Forest — Magic Forest is a biotech firm that democratizes the forestry sector by permitting public investment. Their online trading platform enables private investors to invest in forests and offset their carbon footprint.
Native Teams — Native Teams is a platform that offers payments and employment tools for freelancers, remote workers, and clients. Native Teams was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in London.

Practica Capital

Investment focus

B2B, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

AMLYZE — AMLYZE Risk Assessment Module is an automated customer AML/CFT Risk Assessment and Management feature for financial companies.
Qminder — Set up Qminder queue management software in minutes. Real-time reports on customer service & employee performance. Cloud-based. Wireless. Free Support.
Biomatter — Biomatter Designs is pioneering the technologies for generative protein design at the intersection of synthetic biology and AI.

VTT is a powerhouse of technology development and scientific research. Many of the most significant Finnish technology start-ups were brought to life at VTT. Do you want to invest in ongoing ventures?

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, 3D Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Dispelix — See-through, full color waveguide combiners for a wide range of XR applications. From near-eye to head-up.
Solar Foods — The Finnish company Solar Foods Oy produces an entirely new kind of nutrient-rich protein using only air and electricity as the main resources. The goal of the company is to start commercial production of the environmentally revolutionary protein in 2020.Solar Foods’ concept redefines the basics of food production, as it is not dependent onagriculture, the weather, or the climate. The price of the protein product is also competitive compared to sources such as soy protein.
Infinited Fiber Company — Infinited Fiber Company is a Finnish biotech founded in 2016 to commercialize a breakthrough recycling technology that can turn cellulose-rich raw materials – like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, or wheat or rice straw – into high-quality textile fibers with the look and feel of cotton. The patented technology has been validated byleading brands and is ready to be scaled. Infinited Fiber Company won the Europas 2020 Hottest Sustainability Tech Award, and was listed on the Global 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group in 2019. In 2016 Infinited Fiber Company was selected into WWF’s Climate Solver network. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

In.hub — in.hub is a specialist in condition monitoring of machines, processes, and products, offering digitalisation options in the industrial environment. It connects legacy and modern systems, creates condition monitoring systems, and generates information for optimal planning and control.
Peeriot — Peeriot is a B2B software high-tech startup with a breakthrough in IoT. Peeriot offers a low-code software suite that simplifies IoT data sharing by tenfold.
Zenesis — Zenesis intends to change the way engineering planning processes are carried out.

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Partful — Make sure customers get the right parts first time, every time with digital 3D parts catalogue software and digital work instructions.
Little Journey — Little Journey supports children and their families before, during and after healthcare interactions, reducing anxiety and improving health outcomes
Watercycle Technologies — Watercycle Technologies specialized in the development of high-yield, low-cost mineral extraction, and water treatment systems. Its core technology, capable of treating highly concentrated water, is an end-to-end solution encompassing mineral extraction, concentration, and crystallization.

We source and manage opportunistic investments. ... We unlock value from market dislocations and complex opportunities, investing across a broad range of sectors ...

Investment focus

Fuel, Life Science, Recreational Vehicles
Funding Round, Grant, Series A
United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia

Portfolio highlights

REG — Onboarding and lifecycle solutions for regulated businesses. In a regulated world with ever increasing challenges we're transforming how businesses meet, connect and start trading in a faster, smarter and safer ecosystem.
Roomer — Roomer is the peer-to-peer marketplace for hotel rooms. Traveling soon? Use Roomer to book your hotel room at a great price from someone who can't use theirs.
Tantalum Corporation — Tantalum Corporation is a company within the Connected Car and Telematics industry. The company services develop driver analysis and driver identification technologies utilized by OEM automotive manufacturers, fleet operators and insurance companies which aggregates data from various sources, enhances it with external data and with output from itsmodels, uses the results to develop unique and valuable insights for the end user, both about the vehicle and how it is driven. It also offers a plug-and-play device designed to reduce vehicle fleet running costs by providing data on fuel consumption and wastage.

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators applying their experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. They are Stefan Glaenzer, Eileen Burbidge and Robert Dighero.They have been personally involved in the largest European technology exits of the past decade,including the biggest exits of the year for 4 of the past 10 years by market value (Ricardo.de acquired by QXL, Skype purchased by Ebay, Last.fm acquired by CBS, and QXL/Tradus acquired by Naspers) and want to be involved in many more.They believe that the critical differentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders.They are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe. As an example of this, White Bear Yard is their own hub for activities, ambitions and energy and where have fun in the process.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

PolyAI — The world's only customer-led conversational platform for enterprise.
CultureAI — Measure and improve human cyber risks and security behaviours to prevent security incidents. Go beyond security awareness training, start your free trial today.
Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.

We are a Mobility Lab. We research, invest and build.

Investment focus

Automotive, Apps, Transportation
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Spain, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Motoreto — Motoreto is a used car and accessories marketplace. They explain the information and details of the used car and provide offers from dealers and payment options. Motoreto University is a Motoreto program designed to train specialized sales profiles in the international automotive industry.
Kido Dynamics — KIDO Dynamics is a data intelligence company with a special focus on people mobility.
Iomob Technology Services — Iomob empowers existing apps and platforms to deliver a seamless mobility experience.

Tax Efficient Investments with the Start-up Series SEIS & EIS Fund. Our approach unearths compelling investment opportunities.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Bangladesh, United States

Portfolio highlights

FC Labs — Brainfit uses wearable technology to measure brain fitness as easily as your physical.
Metacarpal — Metacarpal design upper-limb prosthetics without compromise. We aim to make the most robust, functional hand prosthesis that people love wearing because it works so effectively and looks so beautiful. Be proud to show your artificial side!
Fox Robotics — Fox Robotics, is a start-up, located in Camberley, an innovator in robotics technology. They solve fundamental in-premises logistics problems across multiple areas such light manufacturing, aerospace, health agriculture and retail, etc . Their easy-to-use robotics solutions boost business productivity and substantially reduce cybersecurity andhealth-and-safety risks for customers.They understand that robotics will play an important role in society, at many levels and across all industries. Robots need to adapt to human environments by the use of advanced AI, sensors, control algorithms and strong security. Their products and solutions sit at the heart of key business processes and have an important role to play in the successful businesses of the future.

Our mission is to fuel Greek entrepreneurs around the globe build world-class technology companies

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Automotive
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Greece, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Khyria — We created Khyria to offer every woman her own unique health toolkit, building the next generation of menopause solutions to improve women’s experience and outcomes in midlife and beyond. We’re set on closing the data gap on female health and aging and improve long-term chronic disease outcomes. By leveraging cutting-edge science, empathy, anddata insights, Khyria aims to enhance female potential, improve women’s lives, and their impact across the world.
Finloup — Finloup is a buy now, pay later FinTech that increases consumer purchasing power and uses Open Banking to ensure responsible spending.
Chronicles Health — Chronicles is a seed-stage company developing a digital solution that utilizes unobtrusive remote monitoring tools and decision support to enable improved care for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
Baton Market — Small business owners & buyers, you're 10X more likely to close the deal with Baton Market than the competition. Get the modern, dedicated business brokerage experience you deserve.
Berry Street — Nutrition therapy by registered dietitians covered by insurance.

APX is Europe’s leading very-early-stage VC. Based in Berlin and backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, we support and partner with the most ambitious founding teams from Europe and beyond - often as their first investor.We invest up to EUR 500K in startups until a series A starting with a quick EUR 50K investment, and within a few months,depending on traction and speed, we can invest further. Each month we invest in new teams who become part of the APX community, counting hundreds of other founders. Since 2018, we have invested in 100+ startups across 20+ industries with founders from 20+ countries together with 100+ co-investors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Spike Technologies — November 30, 2022 - Spike technology, REST API end-points, and Cloud architecture are designed with data privacy and security at heart. We process billions of
DC Connected — Mobility Enhancement Platform
Synergi — Synergi app features smart charging, smart climate, solar charging, and more to help you use electricity when it's cheap and good for the planet. Start saving and earning with smart electricity use!

Axel Springer Digital Ventures is the Venture Capital unit of Axel Springer SE, investing in digital companies globally.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Digital Media, Internet
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Wunderflats — Find furnished apartments for temporary or longer stays with 1 click on Wunderflats. Verified and complete online booking for relocation, business, or students.
Proportunity — Proportunity is a technology-driven mortgage lender. The company pushes the edge on real estate data-driven investment insights. It uses machine learning to accurately forecast house prices and up-and-coming areas, providing loans to buyers looking to purchase homes in forecasted high-growing areas.Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea startedProportunity in 2016, which is headquartered in London, England.
Goggo Network — Autonomous Mobility as a Service. We deploy and operate fleets of shared autonomous vehicles to transport people and goods.

Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and funding of the indigenous business sector. Their mission is to accelerate the development of companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity. It was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Advise — Advise Freemium is a ground-breaking automated data analytics for CPG solution. Discover how Advise can assist your Revenue Growth Management.
NUA Surgical — NUA Surgical is an award-winning Irish MedTech company developing innovative solutions in obstetrics and gynaecology.
LaNua Medical — At LaNua Medical it is our mission to develop disruptive image-guided technologies providing safe and effective endovascular solutions.

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sulmara — Innovation for a sustainable energy future | Sulmara
Besseges — ValvesTubesFittings.com launched in 2015 as the online arm of Besseges VTF and has become one of the leading online pipeline suppliers.
Miracle Design & Play — Miracle Design & Play specializes in designing and installing playgrounds for children.

Amadeus Capital Partners, Venture Capital For Technology Companies. We Back Entreprenuers To Win. Contact Our Experienced Team Of Investors Today

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series B, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Natrox — Inotec AMD is a wound-care company that has developed Natrox:tm:, a device that produces a continuous flow of humidified oxygen and directs it to a specially-designed dressing, allowing oxygen to constantly refresh the wound.NATROX:tm: is a battery-powered medical device that produces a continuous flow of pure humidified oxygen from air anddirects it through a fine tube to a specially-designed Oxygen Delivery System (ODS), allowing the oxygen to constantly refresh the wound while allowing free passage of wound fluids (exudate) to pass away from the wound surface for absorption and retention in the normal way.
Refute — Refute identifies and addresses misinformation on behalf of there businesses.
iPronics — iPronics develops the innovative concepts of general-purpose integrated programmable photonic systems.

Criteria Venture Tech is the tech VC fund of CriteriaCaixa which invests in B2B SaaS and DeepTech companies in early and growth stages (Pre-Seed to Series C) managing more than €300M of AUM.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Spain, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Medlumics — Medlumics is a medical device start-up born in 2009 from a compromise with improving human living standards by means of technology.
KIT-AR — Reduce time and costs spent fixing errors on your manufacturing shopfloor with quality assurance and augmented reality- Click in to find how!
iPronics — iPronics develops the innovative concepts of general-purpose integrated programmable photonic systems.

The opportunity for institutional investors to access leading UK early stage healthtech businesses

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

TidalSense — CRiL was formed in April 2013 specifically to develop innovative medical devices to diagnose and manage respiratory conditions. They have been building a platform technology, N-Tidal, based on the measurement and analysis of tidal breathing CO2 throughout the entire breath.
Qkine — Growth Factors made for stem cells Animal-free We control every step of protein manufacture ensuring all our products are completely animal-free Total transparency Stringent purity and bioactivity testing data for all proteins - know what you are giving your cells Protein innovation Our R&D team
FundamentalVR — A strategic partner helping med-device leaders solve the Competency @ Scale Gap todrive commercial success.

MAHLE is an international development partner and supplier to the automotive industry. With its products for combustion engines and their peripherals as well as solutions for electric vehicles, the group addresses all the crucial issues related to the powertrain and air conditioning technology—from engine systems and components to filtration tothermal management. In 2015, the group generated sales of approximately EUR 11.5 billion with around 76,000 employees and is represented in 34 countries with over 170 production locations.

Investment focus

Automotive, GreenTech, Lifestyle
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Germany, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Inspekto — Out-of-the-box visual quality inspection for industry, easy to set up and scale
Sunmaxx — SunMaxx Solar is a manufacturer of solar hot water collectors and system components including evacuated tubes, flat plates and solar storage.
Sunmaxx PVT — Sunmaxx develops, produces & sells innovative PVT systems that use the ideal available and sustainable energy source.

Backing ambitious early-stage founders across Europe and MENA

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Greece, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
Edgee — Edgee is a full-stack edge platform that aims to alter how workloads and data are processed on the internet. A variety of services are offered by the Edgee platform for edge-based applications.
Simpler — Offer a fast & simple checkout with Simpler. Integrate all major payment options, save on fees & sell more. Get it now!

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Allara — Allara is your all-in-one virtual care team for hormonal, metabolic & gynecological conditions such as PCOS and Endometriosis.
nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
Instabase — Instabase combines the latest AI breakthroughs with industry expertise to create real business value for your business.

ALMI Invest is a venture capital company which invests in Swedish companies with exciting, scalable business models and motivated entrepreneurs. ALMI Invest consists of eight regionally based venture capital funds, all with local offices and experienced local investment managers. We manage a total of SEK 1 billion. Unlike most venture capitalists,we can invest in a wide range of businesses. A strong team of entrepreneurs, a scalable business model and an initial revenue stream are more important than the line of business when we invest.Our first, initial investment would typically be SEK 2-4 million. During the lifetime of an investment, sums of up to SEK 10 million can be ventured. We always syndicate with an investment partner (another venture capitalist or angel investor) from Sweden or otherwise which means that we can take a maximum of 50 percent of an investment round.ALMI Invest was founded in 2009 by ALMI Fretagspartner together with regional investors. Half of our capital comes from European Union structural funds, which accounts for an investment of SEK 500 million. The other 50 per cent comes from regional investors and ALMI Fretagspartner.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

RemotiveLabs — RemotiveLabs is a developer of an automotive software development platform designed to streamline the vehicle manufacturing process.
Readily Diagnostics — Readily Diagnostics develops speedy and accurate diagnostic tests for respiratory disorders, enabling faster and more effective therapy at the point of care.
Phenaros Pharmaceuticals — Data-centric drug discovery with AI, Phenomics and Automation.

ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience. Its funds come from institutional investors, global corporations, and family offices. The firm creates value by investing in and supporting great European companies that deliver Sustainability Through Innovation.

Investment focus

Software, Renewable Energy, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Hubcycle — Hub cycle converts fruit, vegetable waste into raw materials for the hygiene and food industries.
Next Sense — Next Sense creates climate-neutral buildings with data insights, simulations, and AI control.
Beams — Beams is a new renovation platform. We offer a seamless, end-to-end service to plan, design and build every room in your home.

Low Carbon Innovation Fund is a venture capital fund, providing equity finance for SME’s based wholly or partially in the East of England.The Fund is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It uses £20.5M from the ERDF which will be matched with over £30M private sector investment – generating a total of over £50M ofinvestment in the East of England. So far the Fund has invested over £8.5M alongside £26M private co-investment in 26 investments.Turquoise International manages the Fund on behalf of the Adapt Low Carbon Group at the University of East Anglia (UEA). The Fund builds on the region's world class low carbon economy and is the largest European Regional Development Fund-funded project in the region. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund was launched in September 2010 and will run until December 2015.

Investment focus

Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

GridDuck — By providing an online dashboard connected to wireless sensors and switches (such as CT Clamps), that are affordable and easy to install, we help customers save energy everyday.
Cellexcel — Cellexcel is a biomaterials research company that develops technology for enhancement of water resistance of biomaterials.
Advanced Electric Machines — From passenger cars to commercial vehicles, we help manufacturers across industries build more sustainable vehicles and products. See how we can help you today.

Conor Venture Partners is a new breed technology venture capital fund and management company. Conor invests in early-stage companies originating from Nordic and Baltic countries. Investment areas include information and communications technology, embedded software, semiconductor technology, electronics, new materials and optics.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Semiconductor
Series A, Series B, Seed
Finland, United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.
Blackwood Seven | Part of Kantar Group — Attribute, predict and optimize the business outcome of marketing and media plans with Blackwood Seven's Unified Marketing Modeling platform.
Verto Analytics — Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.

TA Ventures is a global, network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups that redefine the industries of tomorrow. We typically write initial checks of $100-250K for Pre-Seed and Seed companies and actively provide follow-on investments. We pride ourselves on swift execution, hands-on support, and leveraging our extensiveinternational network. By connecting our portfolio companies with growth-oriented co-investors, we help them scale effectively through subsequent funding rounds. Additionally, we draw on our deep industry expertise to offer portfolio companies and partner VCs access to top-tier, cost-efficient R&D talent.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, India

Portfolio highlights

Gameto — Gameto is a new breed of biotechnology company in female reproductive longevity
Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online
Impress — Impress – is European leading digital orthodontic DSO of new generationWe have a defensible model with the personal touch of an in-house orthodontist, true clinical expertise, and engaging directly with consumersImpress was founded in 2019 in Barcelona with the idea of combining the best of orthodontic tradition with the most innovativetechnology in the sector. From the very beginning the vision of the Impress founders was to introduce a different business model with a strong focus on medical experience and digitalization. The company is transforming the oral healthcare industry by developing its own chain of orthodontic clinics, which are characterized by their disruptive design and modern patient experience. The founders decided to build a medical company with the personal touch of in-house orthodontists, face-to-face care, and unique clinical expertise, where the proper implementation of business processes and digitalization are at the core.In less than 2 years, Impress has managed to position itself as the European leader in the orthodontic sector, has treated more than 22.000 smiles and already has a presence in more than 80 European cities. Its innovation and quality have earned it recognition from Sifted as one of the fastest growing HealthTech companies in Europe in 2020.

MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Investing in technology companies at Seed and Series A.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

PocDoc — PocDoc is a pioneer in the field of smartphone-based fast disease testing.
Synthesia — Create AI videos by simply typing in text. Make engaging videos for e-learning, customer onboarding, etc. No need for actors, cameras or audio equipment.
Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.

MAIF Avenir is a French VC firm investing in post-seed to series B startups founded by French entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
France, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Strong by Form — Strong by Form bonds nature and technology to build a sustainable future. Our Woodflow technology allows to produce high-performance lightweight biocomposites that are strong enough to become an alternative to materials such as aluminum or fiber reinforced plastics on vehicles and steel and concrete used on buildings. Emulating trees’ structuralefficiency, we’ve developed a design-to fabrication technology that combines the latest optimization tools and AI with a proprietary additive manufacturing process. This allows us to create timberbased composites capable of matching the performance other structural materials at a fraction of their weight and environmental impact.We tackle the sustainable lightweight materials market. These enable vehicles to reach longer distances and buildings to use less raw material. We expect Woodflow’s combination of high-performance, sustainability and productivity to become a game changer for the new generation of sustainable construction and mobility.
Iceberg Data Lab — Iceberg Data Lab is a fintech firm that develops assessment tools and provides environmental data solutions to financial institutions.
Santé Académie — As a result of a lack of caregivers across the country, their tasks are evolving - doctors can be asked to practice a gynaecologist act, or a nurse to follow up on a patient under anticancer treatment. Meanwhile, medical knowledge is increasing all around the world - we estimate that 50% of it becomes useless after 7 years. Therefore how can weprovide continuous training to 2 million caregivers? Santé Académie rethinks Continuing Medical Education by offering educational videos with cinematographic quality accessible by web or mobile. Each course is divided into 5 to 15 min episodes to adequate caregivers' schedules. Doctors, pharmacists, nurses, care assistants, and chiefs nurses, can access a catalogue of high-quality courses on clinical and regulatory themes customized to their daily practice. These courses are certified by the ANDPC and produced by the best experts from prestigious institutions. Our goal? To educate health professionals as well as their engagement, with the top-end knowledge directly accessible from their phone, to improve patient care from prevention to follow-up. A new experience already approved by more than 20 000 professional and health institutions (GHU Paris psychiatrie & neurosciences, Service de Santé des Armées …) !

Innovation is central to our strategy and our ambition to deliver great outcomes for our customers.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Insurance
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Rendesco — We help achieve sustainability goals by providing clean energy technology solutions including ground source heat pumps and geothermal heat network systems.
Tembo Money — Need help boosting your budget or saving faster? Tembo is an award-winning mortgage and savings platform on a mission to make home happen.
Owlstone Medical — Owlstone Medical has developed a breathalyzer for disease. With a focus on non-invasive diagnostics for cancer, inflammatory disease, and infectious disease, the company aims to save 100,000 lives and $1.5B in healthcare costs.The company’s Breath Biopsy® platform has introduced a new diagnostic modality making it possible to discover novelnon-invasive biomarkers in breath using a platform with the potential to transition to point-of-care. The award-winning ReCIVA Breath Sampler ensures a reliable collection of breath samples. The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the breath are analyzed using proven microchip chemical sensor technology (FAIMS) to detect biomarkers of disease.The Breath Biopsy platform can be used in clinical diagnostics and precision medicine with applications in cancer and a wide range of other medical conditions. Highly sensitive and selective, these tests allow for early diagnosis when treatments are more effective and more lives can be saved.Owlstone Medical is currently developing tests for lung and colorectal cancer, two of the most common cancer killers worldwide, and for asthma stratification by the therapeutic response. The company also Breath Biopsy products and services to academic, clinical, and pharma partners who want to develop breath-based diagnostics for their own applications.

Early-stage VC Firm based in London, investing in UK technology startups & SaaS companies through our award-winning pre-seed funds.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Gendo — Gendo is a browser based platform that provides beautiful CGI. It accelerates design image production 100x with AI and ML, eliminating technical hurdles for designers using innovative browser-based tools."
Verax AI — Seeks to be the leading provider of enterprise-grade trust solutions for Generative AI, enabling companies worldwide to build or adopt any Generative AI agent with confidence
Anam — Anam is the developer of real-time AI personas for brands to increase consumer interaction..

Finnvera makes direct investments in early-stage enterprises through Seed Fund Vera Ltd. Finnvera's goal is to cover shortcomings existing on the market between product development funding and private equity investments. Finnvera does not compete with private financiers; instead, it strives to supplement the financial market.Finnvera'sinvestments enable, start and accelerate growth and internationalisation among investment targets. Enterprises are developed to make them attractive targets for further financing by other investors and industrial actors. Investments are made in technology enterprises at an early stage and in technology-intensive or innovative service enterprises that have potential for developing into international growth enterprises.Finnvera is also known as a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland. It provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Finland, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

AISTI — AISTI develops wood fiber-based acoustic tiles that are carbon negative, easy to recycle and plastic-free – bringing sustainability to construction tile by tile.
Nexstim — Nexstim is a medical device company that specializes in image-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation. The company is committed to improving the quality of life of patients with significant unmet clinical needs. It has developed a SmartFocus TMS technology designed for the treatment of the major depressive disorder.The company was founded in2000 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
Enifer — Enifer Bio is an expert at squeezing every last drop of value from biorefining operations. The solution is built on decades of Finnish expertise to allow the production of valuable protein-rich feed from streams previously considered worthless. The company has developed a new, sustainable production process for high-quality fish feed raw material.The company's method enables the efficient production of a single cell protein from fish by-products as a raw material for fish feed. The protein can replace soy, which is commonly used in fish feed and whose cultivation poses ecological challenges, such as deforestation in South America.

VC firm investing into seed and early stage intelligent enterprise and deep tech companies in Europe.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Encord — Discover how the world's leading AI teams use Encord to accelerate the development of the next generation of AI applications.
Sandgarden — Sandgarden is a modularized platform to prototype, iterate, and deploy AI applications. It removes the infrastructure overhead of crafting the pipeline of tools and processes needed even to begin testing AI on imagined use cases — and then makes it trivial to turn a test into a production application without figuring out how to deploy, monitor, andscale the stack.
Kurrent — Persist your application data as streams of events with our open-source database, EventStoreDB. We believe it's the best data storage solution for event-sourced systems. Available for free download on most platforms or use our managed service Event Store Cloud.

Our Goal: Healthy Mobility - clean, safe and connected. Our heart beats for this. Learn more about it on our homepage.

Investment focus

Automotive, Software, Autonomous Vehicles
Series A, Series B, Series C
Germany, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

4.screen — 4.screen is a technology company that develops technologies for driver interactions. The 4.screen Mobility Experience Cloud (MXC) connects the car to the mobility ecosystem and provides a standardized interface for real-time communication with drivers. 4.screen shares a common goal with car manufacturers and businesses – placing the driver at thecenter of every equation. Car manufacturers and mobility service providers implement 4.screen APIs into their existing systems and applications to provide integrated services for seamless journeys. Businesses of all sizes - from local shops to global brands - use 4.screen to communicate with drivers directly through the vehicle's screen. Drivers enjoy frictionless access to the mobility ecosystem, see more relevant content and benefit from value-added services such as sponsored parking and charging. The 4.screen technology is developed by a team of automotive, marketing, and software experts who are committed to creating seamless experiences for drivers.
Blickfeld — Discover the world's first smart LiDAR solution that combines state-of-the-art hardware with powerful software to digitalize whole industries!
Kopernikus Automotive — autonomous cars, self-driving cars, middleware, store, commerce, car tuning

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Scotmas Group — Scotmas are specialists in Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) generators & dosing systems for drinking water treatment, Legionella control and SWRO.
Concinnity Genetics — Concinnity designs unique RNA-based gene control systems that enable the precise control of gene therapies to improve safety.
Jackson Stapleton Accountants — Jackson Stapleton Accountants is a forward-thinking accounting firm that give the best service possible while remaining true to the profession's values.

Idinvest Partners is a pan-European private equity manager focused on the low and middle-market segments. With over 6 billion euros under management, the company has developed several complementary areas of expertise, including equity investments in buyout deals focusing on both mid-size as well as young innovative European companies; primaryinvestments in European private equity funds focusing primarily on the middle market segment; secondary investments; mezzanine investments in Europe; and private equity consulting.Idinvest Partners’ recent success stories include Criteo, Clear2Pay, Meetic, Prosensa, Converteam, Kwik Fit, Lastminute.com, Dailymotion, Deezer, Talend, Synthesio, Menlook, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple, Curse.com, Withings, Kantox, Secret Escapes, Happn, Peakon, Dayuse, Botify, Financefox, Azalead and many more.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
Stilla Technologies — Stilla Technologies is taking digital PCR to a whole new level with a unique 6-color target detection capability

Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Grant, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Sisaltech — Sisaltech a natural fiber from the Agave plant, is durable, biodegradable, and has low environmental impact in production. Sisaltech makes the use of these in building insulation a very eco-friendly choice.
Kaly Group — KALY is like an intriguing group based on the description, it appears to be a collective of individuals with diverse interests and passions—innovators, sailors, and nature enthusiasts—coming together with a shared mission of exploration and discovery.
Scotmas Group — Scotmas are specialists in Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) generators & dosing systems for drinking water treatment, Legionella control and SWRO.

AA Sons focuses on raising venture capital for ambitious, fast-growing companies with a desire to 'make the world a better place' in retail, mobility, healthcare, care, fintech and broader tech sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

HUG — Join our global creative community to showcase & sell your art, connect with others, and access creator-friendly grants and education.
Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
Multiwave Technologies — More than 2/3 of humanity has no access to medical imaging Our mission is to make MRI available globally, through our ultra-low field mobile device.

ENISA is a public company under the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, through the Directorate General of Industry and Small and medium-sized enterprises which, since 1982, actively participates in the financing of viable and innovative business projects.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed
Spain, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Lawwwing — Lawwwing provides a distinctive solution in the market for website compliance. It's a platform that automatically adapts your website or online store to regulations, keeping it up-to-date and personalized.
Ubicuity — Ubicuity is a software platform that allows to create and manage advanced audiovisual experiences for space managers and content providers.
Kreios Space — Kreios Space is developing an electric propulsion system to revolutionize the satellite industry. With this technology we enable orbital keeping in VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbits) thanks to renewable energy. We make space applications easier.

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Solteo — Solteo operates as a platform for photovoltaic installers.
GROWL — Discover GROWL: the smart boxing bag blending cardio, strength, and gaming. Experience an immersive home boxing coach and step up your performance.
CROWN — CROWN is modernizing procurement negotiations through ethical eAuctions.

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

KoRo — KoRo is a fast-growing FoodTech startup - one of the leading brands for healthy, long-lasting and sustainable food.
Upvest — Upvest empowers financial institutions to offer investment products in their app with a modular, scalable, and accessible API. Upvest brings together everything that’s required to offer a broad range of investment products on the website and app. They are connected to the world’s leading asset providers and exchanges to provide the bestinvestments, at the best prices and execution speed.
NEURA Robotics — NEURA Robotics is revolutionizing the world of robotics by using cognitive capabilities to bring robots and humans closer together.

Investors by industry

Artificial intelligence