# Top 50 Community Startup Investors in Europe in June 2026

## HV Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 23
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

## Seedrs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

## Octopus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 20
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

## ENISA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

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.

## Calm/Storm VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Software

Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and venture capital firm. We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life & health for the better. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria we invest in early-stage companies all over Europe and the US. We focus on the pre-seed and seed stages but also invest up to Series A.

## JamJar Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage

We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands.

## Ascension
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet

Pre-seed and seed investors backing 300+ ambitious founders from day one.

## HOWZAT Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, SaaS

Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start up, growth capital, early stage, and mid venture investments. The firm seeks to invest in digital businesses with a focus on internet, digital media, e-commerce companies. It invests globally. It acts as as sounding board. The firm also makes co-investments. HowzatPartners was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg and London.

## redalpine
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

redalpine is a thesis-driven vc with deep expertise in software and science. since 2006. we believe in the power of big ideas and in empowering game changers. we don't just invest, we co-create a better tomorrow. together with you.

## QVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.

## Seedcamp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

## 360 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now.

## Practica Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Software, Information Technology

 Practica Capital 

## Passion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators who are applying our experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. We are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe, and we believe that the criticaldifferentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders. We take pride in the calibre and success of all of our founders and teams including but nowhere near limited to GoCardless, Tray.io, Mendeley, Digital Shadows, Adzuna, Smarkets, Ravelin, Tide, Marshmallow, Butternut Box, PolyAI, Lendable and Monzo Bank

## Bpifrance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## Fuel Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.

## Kindred Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

A new model for Venture Capital where every founder we back becomes a co-owner of the fund

## LocalGlobe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

## Salica
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Founded as an investment firm focusing on the most promising startups, we have evolved into a unique set of private market funds investing globally in equity and debt across complementary sectors and stages. We fuse traditional values with a contemporary approach and balance exacting processes with the agility to capture commercial opportunity andcompelling investment returns. Our continuous search for new opportunities has led us to create a balanced collection of complementary funds and relationships.

## MMC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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

## Criteria Venture Tech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, E-Commerce

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

## Felix Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care

A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class

## DN Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more.
From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster.
Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together.
Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

## Almi Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Almi Invest is Sweden’s most active early-stage venture capital firm, investing in scalable startups across Sustainability, Industry, Tech, and Life Science.We invest from pre-seed to Series A, always co-investing with independent private investors to accelerate innovation and long-term success. Our portfolio spans sustainable solutions,industrial innovation, deep tech, SaaS, and life science, supporting startups that drive economic and environmental progress.With €430 million under management and over 1,000 investments since 2009, we have backed leading companies like MIPS, Tobii, and Neo4j, with notable exits to Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Qlik.Beyond capital, we offer engaged ownership, providing strategic guidance, active board participation, and access to an extensive investor network.Almi Invest is part of the Almi Group and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Almi AB, and regional partners.

## Vaekstfonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We canaccompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.

## The FSE Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

## Alven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Independent early-stage VC firm for 25 years

## Cabiedes & Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion

Cabiedes & Partners is a Spanish venture capital firm that provides seed funding and early-stage and later-stage investment services.


Cabiedes & Partners was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

## IBB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

Pre-Seed to Series A for Berlin-based founders. Where 30 years of expertise, capital and execution power meet.

## Italian Angels for Growth
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities.  Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large.  Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group.  Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed.

## Angelsquare
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising.
From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds…

## Wayra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world.  We currently operate in  10  countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

## SOSV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

## Business Growth Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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

## Heartcore Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

Heartcore Capital invests in companies re-enchanting the world through technology.

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

## Charlotte Street Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

First money in for UK software startups.


## Venrex
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software

Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

## Thibaud Elziere
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.

## Emerge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech

Emerge is a $70m pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best edtech and future of work founders and executives. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders re-designing the future of learning and work.

## Portugal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Verticals:Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Networks, AI, VR/AR, Marketplace, Blockchain, Internet of Things, New materials, Electronics, Robotics, Cleantech, Agrotech, Seatech, Therapeutics, Digital Health, Diagnostics,  Innovative Accommodation, Tourist Entertainment Companies, Tour Operators, Wine, Nautical and Equestrian Tourism, Theme ParksMobile, Robotics Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal. The firm is a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A stages

## Newfund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.

## Northstar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing.

## Lánzame Capital SL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Internet

Lánzame Capital is a pledge fund in Spain that invest in startups. Lánzame is promoted by a group of investors who work in different economic and business areas with many years of experience in different sectors.

## APX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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.

## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital firm operating across Europe and the US. Since 1996, it has backed more than 250 companies, including Spotify, Klarna, Spring Health, and Black Forest Labs.

## Notion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud.

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