# Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Europe in June 2026 ## Emerge VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 40 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, EdTech, E-Learning 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. ## Brighteye Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 24 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Software, E-Learning Brighteye Ventures is the first and largest vertical EdTech Venture Capital firm in Europe. If you are an entrepreneur using technology to reinvent learning and education, we want to hear from you! ## Educapital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 21 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Education, EdTech, E-Learning The first European Edtech & Future of Work fund. ## HV Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies. ## Bpifrance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 17 - 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. ## ENISA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 15 - 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. ## Nesta Impact Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, Health Care, SaaS Nesta Impact Investments backs innovative businesses that focus on creating social and environmental good ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups. ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 14 - 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. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology High-Tech Grunderfonds finances startups with growth potential. Its team of investment managers supports young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The company focuses in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. It also focuses on financial services in varioussectors. ## Verena Pausder - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Learning, EdTech Verena Pausder ## Enterprise Ireland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care 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. ## Sparkmind.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech Sparkmind.vc is the first Nordic venture capital company focused on the learning sector. The company invests in teams transforming early childhood, K12, higher, secondary and vocational education as well as corporate and lifelong learning. The investment sweet spot of the company is from seed to international growth phase with single investments upto €5m. ## Ufi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, EdTech, Software The UK’s specialist investor in VocTech ventures, investing between £150k and £1m in seed-stage companies that are building digital technologies to give people and businesses the skills needed for work, now and in the future. ## Midven - Type: VC Fund - Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 12 - 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. ## LocalGlobe - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 11 - 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? ## CDP Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care 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. ## Fuel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 11 - 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. ## Northstar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 10 - 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. ## Wayra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 10 - 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. ## 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. ## Force Over Mass Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Force Over Mass Capital is an FCA regulated venture capital firm focused on early stage technology investments across UK and Europe. We invest in B2B innovation across four verticals, i.e. Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Industry 4.0.FOM cap operates both seed and scale-up funds to support early stage businesses through their growthjourney. ## Zanichelli Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech Zanichelli Venture is looking for nascent companies who are tilling daring ideas about education and technology and searching for pre-seed or seed funding to grow these ideas into products to empower anyone – from children and parents to adult, professional lifelong learners and their mentors and coaches – to learn and teach better.We willsupport and finance ideas with the potential to have a positive impact on our future through education at every stage of our life. We will respectfully, discreetly stand by the entrepreneurs believing in these ideas, from the beginnings and at least since that impact leaves its first dent.We care about each startup in our portfolio getting the full value a hundred years old education company like Zanichelli can offer, wherever our expertise can be a lodestar because of our history, our mission, our network, our resources; and we believe in getting out of the founders’ way otherwise, if we don’t add value.We care about financial returns and self-sustainability and about bringing collaboration opportunities, insights, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial energy back to our company digital products designers, editorial staff and IT, searching for mutual advantages. Only in the long term, as we and the founders build trust through intense collaboration and shared stakes, and after a startup fully spreads out its potential as a maturing company, we believe in searching together for possible paths to a deeper partnership. We co-invest globally, following trusted, local lead investors. ## Sven Gabor Janszky - Type: Angel - Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Consulting, Biotechnology, AgTech Scientist, Chairman, Speaker, Investor, Author, Future Coach. I’m Founder and Chairman of the Germany based “2b AHEAD Group”, which is Europe's leading strategic foresight institute. Using scientific methods we analyze and predict the future of industries, technologies and business models. Backed by our future studies we consult corporates andmedium size companies for future strategies. Within my twenty years’ experience I wrote eight books about trends and strategy, became a well-known interview expert and a popular keynote speaker on conferences and business events. In my RULEBREAKER Society, an executive network of disruptive innovators, we are regularly visiting the innovation hotspots in Israel, Silicon Valley and Shanghai/Shenzhen and meeting the people who are actually working on shaping our future.I build startups in our own 2b AHEAD Ventures company builder and invest in international deep tech startups through my family office. Beside that I manage 3 investment funds in my 2b AHEAD Group which currently consists of 33 early and later stage deep tech companies in Australia, US, UK, Israel and Europe. Before entering my innovation carrier, I worked for more than ten years as editor and prime time anchor at German public radio. I am playing chess, running marathons and I climbed the Kilimanjaro several times. ## Social Tech Trust - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Health Care, Software, Education Social Tech Trust is a UK's leading dedicated investor of socially motivated tech. ## Development Bank of Wales - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds. ## Acurio Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Acurio Ventures partners with visionary founders to make history happen. Acurio Ventures is a European early-stage VC that invests across sectors and business models and that relies on its entrepreneurial DNA, flexible approach and proven value add to partner with the best founders out there. ## Ada Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm that invests in the best, not just the best-connected. They find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. They invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing. Adainvests in purpose-led founders building for markets that are large, untapped and growing. Their approach drives outperformance, which they call Inclusive Alpha®. ## Business Growth Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Vaekstfonden - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Calm/Storm VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Angelsquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 8 - 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… ## Forward Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Forward Partners is a venture capital firm in London specialising in technology businesses focused on eCommerce, marketplace and applied AI early-stage startups. ## Imprimatur Capital Fund Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riga, Riga, Latvia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Imprimatur Capital Fund Management is a venture capital firm focusing on high-technology at an early stage in its commercial development. We invest in start-up technology businesses which are based on innovative intellectual property, are led by strong teams and have high international growth potential.Imprimatur Capital Fund Management, based inLatvia, manages seed and start-up funds with investors including the Latvian Guarantee Agency, other institutional investors and some private investors. The company source investment opportunities primarily from the Baltic/Nordic/Russia region.Imprimatur Capital Fund Management is a partner firm of Imprimatur Capital Ltd, headquartered in London and with investment operations in Europe, Russia, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the US. ## Inventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more. ## Concept Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Early-stage VC Firm based in London, investing in UK technology startups & SaaS companies through our award-winning pre-seed funds. ## 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. ## SFC Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital. ## Angel Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Angel Invest is one of Europe's most active angel funds ## allygatr - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Human Resources, SaaS allygatr builds and invests into HR Tech companies and helps them thrive. Our mission: Transforming HR & recruitment and leading it into the 21st century. Together with our allies, we want to cover the whole HR value chain: - Attract & Select - Motivate - Train & develop - Retain ## JME Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS We help build cutting-edge companies like Flywire. Flywire's trusted and secure global payment platform keeps your money moving around the world. ## Practica Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: B2B, Software, Information Technology Practica Capital ## Octopus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## Scottish Investment Bank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology Speak with our Entrepreneurship Team, who can help you find sources of finance, engage with funders and secure investment to grow your business. ## SeedBlink - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS All-in-one solution for fundraising, managing and trading equity. Explore promising tech startups and flexible funding opportunities with SeedBlink. ## Almi Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology 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. ## Seedcamp - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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