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Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Europe

A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Europe. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Europe. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Europe

Investor Manufacturing Europe investments
HTGF | High-Tech Gruenderfonds 40
Bpifrance 37
Parkwalk Advisors 32
Business Growth Fund 27
Finorpa 27
Bayern Kapital 26
Par Equity 23
Foresight Group 21
Almi Invest 21
Development Bank of Wales 19
Tesi 18
Aster 18
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund 17
Scottish Investment Bank 17
Oxford Technology Management 17
Siparex Groupe 16
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund 16
UVC Partners 16
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen 15
Midven 15
IP Group 15
GO CAPITAL 15
Sofimac Investment Managers 15
The FSE Group 14
bmp Ventures 14
Oxford Science Enterprises 14
Midlands Engine Investment Fund 14
Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) 13
Starquest Capital 13
Venrex 13
Paca Investissement 12
Galia Gestion 12
Chalmers Ventures AB 12
Lifeline Ventures 12
Techstart Ventures 12
Cambridge Angels group 12
MIG Capital 12
Oxford Science Enterprises 12
Butterfly Ventures 11
BeAble Capital 11
Finnvera Venture Capital 11
Scottish Enterprise 11
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance 11
Kelvin Capital 11
Karista 10
Maven Capital Partners 10
Inventure 10
ZGI Capital 10
Enterprise Ireland 10
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS 10
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HTGF | High-Tech Gruenderfonds VC Fund · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 58 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Graswald — Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry.
  • CustomSurg — RETHINKING TRAUMA SURGERY At CustomSurg we are changing the treatment of complex bone fractures from a subjective to an objective approach, through personalized solutions.
  • Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and
Bpifrance VC Fund · Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France · 85 investments in the past 12 months
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.Bpifrance was founded in 2012 and is based in Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France,France.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • France, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • HawkCell — A plug-and-play solution turning human MRI into the first animal-dedicated imaging enhanced with AI algorithms. A unique MRI solution.
  • Unseenlabs — Unseenlabs designs and develops a spectrum surveillance payload which is designed to detect and track non-cooperative vessels wherever they happen to be in the world.
  • Docent — Docent is the first AI-powered mobile application to offer a fully-personalized experience for discovering, accessing and collecting contemporary masterpieces.
Parkwalk Advisors VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 12 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Kingdom, United States, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
  • Mogrify — Mogrify is pioneering a new class of in vivo reprogramming therapy and transforming the development of ex vivo cell therapy.
  • Adsilico — Adsilico redefines medical device innovation.
  • Wayland Additive — Wayland Additive Limited is a West-Yorkshire based company pushing the boundaries of electron beam 3D printing. Wayland’s goal is to develop, manufacture and sell metal Additive Manufacturing (“AM” – 3D printing) machines to industrial end-users such as major players in the aerospace and medical industries.
Business Growth Fund VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 23 investments in the past 12 months
BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
  • United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Trojan Energy — Trojan Energy support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush electric vehicle charging points, which aims to solve the issue for vehicle owners who do not have access to off-street parking.
  • Elite Dynamics — Leading software solution developed for Holiday Parks, Marinas, Holiday Home Manufacturers and Holiday Home Dealers.
  • The Insights Family — The global leader in kids, parents, and family market research. Clarity and confidence from independent real-time data & insights.
Finorpa VC Fund · Lens, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Finorpa is a venture capital firm based in France that finances seed and early stage investments of Small and Medium Enterprises.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Industrial, Software
  • Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
  • France, United States, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
  • Niryo — Niryo is a deeptech company designing and assembling collaborative robots. We focus deliver affordable and intuitive 6 axis collaborative robots for the education and industrial market. Discover our latest technologies through NED2 robot and an entire ecosystem to discover robotics, AI, industry 4.0 and more
  • SPART — SPART, your company's sport and health partner. Improve the cohesion and well-being of your teams through physical activity.
  • NeoCem — NeoCem creates, manufactures, and promotes a variety of low-carbon cements for the building industry. They have developed a novel procedure that permits the utilization of raw materials sourced from recovery sectors.
Bayern Kapital VC Fund · Landshut, Bayern, Germany · 22 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
  • VITAS — Our system is based on Deep Learning and offers an intelligent voice assistant for customer service. Use cases can be found in both the SME and enterprise market for all companies with many standardized customer calls. VITAS answers the telephone, checks data in real time, can react flexibly to requests and offers the caller a self-service withoutwaiting time. Areas of application include restaurants, workshops, medical practices, taxi centres, insurance companies, banks and tax consultants.
  • BOX ID Systems — BOX ID Systems develops and offers an end-to-end location & process mining solution to cost effectively track millions of logistics assets digitally throughout the industrial supply chain across Europe and the World - including site-to-site, on-premises and indoor buildings digital twin of supply chain processes. The system is built on aspecialized analytics software platform, sensorik tracking devices and efficient data-, device- and user-management tools, including functions to support process automation and optimization. Industrial and automotive production customers benefit from making their logistics processes more efficient and cost optimized, with 100% transparency within their critical processes throughout the entire supply chain.
  • Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and
Par Equity VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 6 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Computer
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
  • Cyacomb — Cyacomb has created a ground-breaking digital forensic tool helping law enforcement, cloud companies and social media to fight against harmful online content.
  • Partful — Make sure customers get the right parts first time, every time with digital 3D parts catalogue software and digital work instructions.
  • Artus — Artus is a revolutionary heating and air conditioning product. Applications include residential, commercial and high-precision environments.
Foresight Group VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 13 investments in the past 12 months
Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Jersey
Portfolio highlights
  • Inoviv — Inoviv biomarker tests to support novel therapies
  • Live Group — Live Group delivers global events and communication strategies to create connections, spark moments, inspire action and deliver better ROI. Find out more.
  • Family Adventures Group — Family Adventures Group operates as a children's nursery and play provider.
Almi Invest VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 9 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Sweden, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Dicot — Dicot is a pharmaceutical company focused on drug discovery and the development of novel lifestyle drugs to enrich patients' lives. The Company develops and manufactures medicines for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. The company's lead candidate, LIB-01, is in the pre-clinical stage of development.
  • Trackpaw Scientific — Contributing to the development of safe and effective pharmaceuticals at increased speed and quality by digitalising the preclinical study landscape.
  • Nordic Forestry Automation — The forestry sector is standing before unprecedented challenges in adapting to increased demand for sustainable raw materials, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation and a shortage of highly skilled machine operators. Digital tools, precision forestry and automation will play a crucial role in
Development Bank of Wales VC Fund · Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom · 12 investments in the past 12 months
Development Bank of Wales is formed in 2001 by the Welsh Assembly Government. Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
  • United Kingdom, Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Bikmo — Bikmo exists to enable you to ride more.We build awesome insurance products to protect our customers for unexpected events, use technology to make taking out and managing your policy ultra-simple, and provide exceptional customer experiences through our team of bike geeks.We’re now 5 years into our mission to enable anyone, anywhere, to protecttheir lifestyle, so they can spend more time enjoying it. And, become the brand that resonates with and protects the passion and drive behind the bike and adventure sports community.At the heart of our business is a bunch of bike and adventure sports geeks who choose to spend their free time in the epic wild places our earth has to offer and we want to continue to be able to do just that.
  • Hope Macy — Hope Macy is a dynamic and expanding financial technology company. Its primary focus is on consumers who require additional security in managing their money, as well as those in the subprime sector.
  • Validient — Digitally automated compliance and due diligence solutions. Empower your business with the ultimate advantage.
Tesi VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company. It invests the proceeds accrued from the privatisation of state-owned companies in stimulating the growth and internationalisation of Finnish businesses.Finnish Industry Investment invests in venture capital funds and directly in growth companies, together with privateco-investors. The targets are in all sectors. Capital investments are needed for financing the growth of investee companies, and for spin-offs, major industrial investments, and sector and corporate restructurings.The investments of Finnish Industry Investment amount to over MEUR 570
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Finland, United States, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
  • Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.
  • Algorithmiq — Algorithmiq utilizes its expertise in quantum information, complex systems, and computational physics to develop algorithms to develop new and effective drugs, solve problems in life sciences, and discover new materials.
  • Carbo Culture — We are a project developer with proprietary climate technology. We are building a rapidly scalable biochar carbon removal solution.
Aster VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).
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Investment focus
  • Software, Energy, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Hadean — Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE.
  • Twipes — Twipes aim to tackle the ever-growing issue of single-use items and their damaging effects on our environment. The biggest contributor being, plastic-filled wet wipes. When these products are flushed or thrown away, they leave behind micro-plastics as they slowly break down. These fragments contribute to the pollution in our oceans and ourselves.With Twipes we have created a simple solution to the ever growing micro-plastics problem. Truly flushable and biodegradable wipes. Made with wood pulp cellulose (zero plastic), Twipes will fully disintegrate in water in 3 hours and will completely biodegrade within 7 days. Compared to our closest competition which takes 180 days to break down.
  • EyeLights — EyeLights is a Head Up Display GPS. It allows motobikers to truly experience the ride by keeping their eyes on the road. Eyelights is the first universal motorcycle accessory that projects guidance, danger zones and traffic directly into your field of vision. A dangerous bend, a nearby stopper or speed over limitations, EyeLights warns you. Simple,uncluttered, they adapted the display for motorcycle riding.The EyeLights product installs in less than 5 minutes on your full-face, convertible or jet helmet. Their compact optical technology allows you to view your GPS more than 2 meters away while enjoying audio functions for more than 8 hours. The product is compatible with sun visors, insensitive to rain or fog and weighs less than 100g.
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund VC Fund · Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom · 11 investments in the past 12 months
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank.It is a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, which aims to end the historic North / South divide and create economic prosperity in the North of England on par with London and the South East.Thegovernment firmly believes that SMEs form the foundation of the region’s future growth. NPIF therefore aims to nurture regional entrepreneurship by providing investment and support for small and medium businesses between 2016 and 2021. NPIF's funding will support new and growing SMEs, create jobs and encourage and attract additional private sector investment.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
  • United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Sitehop — Sitehop is a technology company creating innovative solutions for cyber-security and networking. Sitehop utilizes its custom FPGA solutions to optimize and accelerate cloud/telco networks.
  • Cellerate — Cellerate is a pioneer in the development and manufacturing of advanced automated solutions for battery research and technology scaling. They specialize in developing engineering solutions that improve the quality, performance, and endurance of energy storage systems, thereby promoting a more sustainable future. Our cutting-edge portfolio includessystems for automated material handling, tailored cell assembly, and industrial processing.
  • Robinvalley — Here in Robin Valley we pride ourselves on Eco-friendly handmade jewellery because it never goes out of style. Our sustainable and playful jewellery collections, from animals to plants, art music to science, daily life to fantasy. No matter what hobbies or interests we have something for you.
Scottish Investment Bank VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 3 investments in the past 12 months
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • 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.
Oxford Technology Management VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Oxford Technology's SEIS fund and EIS fund enable private investors to access high growth technology startup opportunities and support UK innovation. SEIS and EIS tax reliefs offer downside protection, whilst gains can be tax free.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • OxCan — Enabling curative cancer treatment through early detection
  • Machine Discovery — Machine Discovery is a University of Oxford spin-out commercializing new machine learning technology. We leverage proprietary neural network technology to accelerate expensive calculations — and we do it with minimal data and 99.9% fidelity.
  • MitoRx Therapeutics — Developing revolutionary mitochondrial-protective therapeutics which reverse mitochondrial dysfunction to arrest decline in muscular dystrophy and neurodegeneration. MitoRx Therapeutics' first-in-class first-in-target platform has potential to arrest the progression of some of the most challenging diseases.
Siparex Groupe VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Siparex, France,s first multi-sectoral private equity investment company, is founded in Lyon.It was a start-up at a time when the spirit of enterprise was flagging. It emerged in one of France's regions, listed the shares of the original company one of its main vehicles on the stock market, grew internationally, and has become one of theindependent groups in its line of business in the space of 30 years.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Private Equity, Funding Round, Seed
  • France, United States, Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • E-Recycle — E-Recycle is an online and offline store that specializes in recycling used high-tech products such as mobile phones, tablets, and PCs.
  • NeoPhotonics — NeoPhotonics design and manufacture advanced hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic devices for ultra-fast communications networks, including optical components
  • Monet Associes — Monet + Associes is a public relations agency.
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund VC Fund · Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 11 investments in the past 12 months
UKI2S, formally the Rainbow Seed Fund, is an investment fund backed by the government, providing seed funding to science & technology start-ups and SMEs
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • MitoRx Therapeutics — Developing revolutionary mitochondrial-protective therapeutics which reverse mitochondrial dysfunction to arrest decline in muscular dystrophy and neurodegeneration. MitoRx Therapeutics' first-in-class first-in-target platform has potential to arrest the progression of some of the most challenging diseases.
  • Oxford Space Systems — Oxford Space Systems is a multi-award-winning, record-breaking venture capital backed, space tech business that's developing a new generation of deployable antennas and space structures for the global satellite industry. Using both innovative design techniques such as origami and novel proprietary materials developed by the company, OSS'structures are lighter, less complex and lower cost than alternatives in commercial demand. Founded in late 2013, OSS set a record for the space sector with it's AstroTube Boom: the fastest development of a new product from concept to successful deployment on orbit in under 30 months. Today, the 18 strong and growing OSS team is a diverse mix of international graduates and experienced space industry professionals, with over 100 years of combined space sector experience. OSS investors include a small syndicate of UK venture capital funds together US based investors, Space Angels. Oxford Space Systems has successfully completed a number of UK government supported co-developments with leading European satellite builders as well straight commercial contracts in both Asia and the US. As part of its planned expansion, OSS move into its own custom facility at the Harwell Space Cluster in August 2018, giving it the largest clean room at the cluster. The facility will meet required security standards to undertake UK government defense & security contracts. .
  • Laverock Therapeutics — Laverock Therapeutics is developing a gene silencing platform for the creation of programmable, allogeneic cell therapies.
UVC Partners VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 15 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
  • Cyclize — Cyclize enables a carbon circular economy with innovative plasma sources for chemical recycling, CO2-splitting, and gas reforming.
  • FINN — At finn our mission is to make mobility fun and sustainable: We help everyone who loves driving their own car but refuses the struggle, commitment and intransparent costs associated with car ownership. We achieve this by offering all-inclusive, immediately available, monthly car-subscriptions. Best thing, yet: While you drive we plant trees asevery journey is CO2 compensated.
  • Reel Energy — Accelerate the transition to a society powered 100% by renewables. Reduce your company's carbon footprint with electricity from new solar parks and wind farms.
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen VC Fund · Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany · 7 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • MiViA — From microstructure segmentation to grain size measurement! Our AI engine provides a fast and reliable metallographic analysis for metallic products.}
  • watttron — Watttron invents a revolutionary heating system that can heat up surfaces heterogeneously.Watttron develops an innovative heating technology that can be used in various industrial processes. It is superior to current heating systems in many ways and offers a number of advantages. On the following pages, you will find information about possibleapplications and opportunities.The company is located in the Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Freital – a technology and start-up center on the outskirts of Dresden, the state capital of Saxony.
  • volytica diagnostics — Our software enables customers to develop more economical battery systems, reduce operational risks and establish second-use concepts.
Midven VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 4 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Nylahs Naturals — Shop our award-winning all-natural hair care products, designed to redefine the haircare standard for afro-textured hair.
  • Medmin Group Limited — Medmin is building a group of healthcare businesses that will transform private medical treatment for the uninsured and the clinicians that treat them. We are developing a network of clinics across the UK, grouping clinicians together into branded, condition focussed clinics that patients can easily identify online. The clinics will provide care toour "Get Well Soon" patients and also undertake work for insured and self-pay patients requiring other procedures and treatments.
  • Strolll — Strolll Neurotechnology
IP Group VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom
IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Kingdom, United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • AccelerComm — Our patented, market-leading IP solutions for 4G and 5G are configurable for quick, high-performance implementations across a wide range of applications.
  • Deep Render — Deep Render Ltd. is a spin-out from the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. We are a London based AI start-up that is developing the next generation of media compression algorithms. Our proprietary and patented technology is at the forefront of machine learning research. Furthermore, our Biological Image Compression results arestate-of-the-art, providing at least a 50% efficiency gain over the previous standards
  • Crescendo Biologics — Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies.
GO CAPITAL VC Fund · Rennes, Bretagne, France · 11 investments in the past 12 months
GO CAPITAL is a management company approved by the AMF and a member of AFIC. It is based in Rennes, and manages more than 130 million of assets by investing primarily in western France in innovative companies with high growth potential.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • France, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Genevos — Genevos specializes in integrating hydrogen and fuel cell systems in the maritime industry.
  • Biosency — BIOSENCY is a medical device company focused on developing smart healthcare solutions. Our first product, a connected PPG sensor system using smart data is a monitoring and prevention solution dedicated to respiratory insufficiency. Our company is based in Rennes, France. We work closely with doctors and researchers to bring to the medicalcommunity the best possible tools to help patients.
  • Sweetch Energy — Sweetch Energy is created to leverage most recent academic discoveries in nanotechnologies and materials in the blue osmotic energy field and combined them with the efficiency of the private sector.
Sofimac Investment Managers VC Fund · Clermont-ferrand, Auvergne, France
Acteur incontournable du capital risque de proximité, SOFIMAC PARTNERS accompagne depuis maintenant plus de 30 ans les PME régionales dans le financement de leur développement à moyen / long terme. Répondant à la problématique de sous capitalisation des PME françaises, SOFIMAC PARTNERS intervient en fonds propres aux côtés des chefsd’entreprises quelle que soit leur problématique : Création, Développement, Transmission. Gérant 200 M€ d’actifs au travers de 16 fonds (FCPR, FCPI, SCR, FIP,…), notre groupe réalise ses investissements sur une grande variété de secteurs, couvrant aussi bien les activités traditionnelles que technologiques (chimie verte, éolien, chaudronnerie aéronautique, e-commerce, édition de logiciel, médecine nucléaire etc…)
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • France, Italy, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Blue Valet — Blue Valet is a provider of valet parking-parking at airports and train stations.
  • Mob-Energy — Mob-Energy is a privately held company specializing in the development of mobile and innovative charging solutions. It designs autonomous charging robots capable of moving energy where it is needed, optimizing the site's existing infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
  • Snowleader — Votre boutique en ligne (qui sent bon le reblochon) spécialiste des sports d’hiver, outdoor et street.
The FSE Group VC Fund · Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Amutri — Visually communicate design and engineering with high quality 3D experiences that are instantly useful.
  • Seriously Low Carb — Award Winning. Consumer brand of choice. Real food that's Keto and Low Carb friendly. The home of the Seriously Low Carb Loaf, the Seriously Low Carb Pizza and now lots of other products too.
  • Luxury Cottages — Find a luxury holiday cottage to rent in the UK. Our handpicked holiday homes at Luxury Cottages are carefully selected by our luxury travel experts.
bmp Ventures VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany
bmp Ventures is an innovative Venture Capital Company from Berlin. Since 1997 we’ve been investing Smart Money in Early Stage and Growth Startups. We finance ingenious business models with outstanding teams, who build fast-growing and sustainably profitable enterprises.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Germany, United States, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Neotiv — Enabling cognitive health
  • RAYDIAX — We are Raydiax.Interventional only.Our goal is to reinvent computer tomography that is focussed on treatment.
  • InLine-Med — Radiologists perform safe, precise & easy interventions with the InLine-Med surgical tools and assistance devices.
Oxford Science Enterprises VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Oxford Sciences Innovation is the world’s largest university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companiestaking on challenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
  • Navenio — Navenio is a software technology company that provides location-based services for indoor environments via mobile applications. Its solution provides an improvement on other indoor localization technologies, having the ability to locate people without the need for implementing, managing, or surveying any new building hardware such as beacons orwi-fi. Navenio’s intelligent workforce solution unlocks significant improvements in the efficiency and workflow of staff and teams through automation that is carefully driven from real-world best practice.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Oxford, England.
  • Sitryx Therapeutics — Sitryx is a biopharmaceutical company focused on regulating cell metabolism to develop first-in-class disease modifying therapeutics in immuno-oncology and immuno-inflammation. The company was co-founded by a team of world-leading scientists from the United States and Europe who have contributed significantly to the field of immunometabolism.Sitryx was founded in 2018 with seed funding from SV Health Investors and raised $30 million Series A funding from an international syndicate of specialist investors including SV Health Investors, Sofinnova Partners, Longwood Fund and GSK. The company has a pipeline of projects at multiple stages of drug discovery. Sitryx is headquartered in Oxford, UK.
  • Oxford Quantum Circuits — Oxford Quantum Circuits developing technology using the power of quantum to do things which have never been achieved before, from enabling life-changing drug discoveries to developing new battery technologies.
Midlands Engine Investment Fund VC Fund · Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · 10 investments in the past 12 months
MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity and debt investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local EnterprisePartnerships (LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Manufacturing, Software
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Thailand
Portfolio highlights
  • Ostique — Innovative game-changers in the ostomy world, Ostique provide products for ostomates that rebalance your everyday life. | Unique ostomy care
  • CyberQ Group — Work with an award winning cyber security service provider and ensure your business remains resilient to any cyber attacks.
  • Silverback Gym Wear — Shop Silverback Gymwear the home of men's & women's gym clothes designed for strongman & bodybuilding. Exclusive artist designs & supreme quality gym clothing.
Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 11 investments in the past 12 months
The Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) is a public corporation under the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which promotes innovation and technological development of Spanish companies. Is the entity which channels requests for funding and support to projects I + D + i of Spanish companies in the national andinternational levels. The CDTI has a staff of more than 300 people formed three quarters of engineers and graduates. Although the bulk of the infrastructure of the CDTI is located in Madrid, the Centre offers Spanish companies a strategic network of offices and representatives abroad (Japan -SBTO (Spain Business and Technology Office) - Belgium -SOST (Spain Office of Science and Technology) and Permanent Secretariat Eureka-, Brazil -FINEP (Financier of Studies and Projects) -, Korea, Chile, Morocco, China, India, Mexico and USA) to support them in their technological activities of type int .
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Funding Round, Seed, Grant
  • Spain, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Ailin — Ailin offers digital health monitoring solutions with home self-sampling kits analyzed by Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
  • Affirma Biotech — Affirma Biotech develops new orally available immunotherapeutic drugs for the treatment of severe infections and cancer
  • KUMUX — Next generation smart-light devices
Starquest Capital VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Starquest Capital is a venture capital firm based in France that helps accelerate the growth of entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • France, Singapore, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
  • Cailabs — Cailabs is a French deep tech company, based in Rennes, which designs, produces and sells photonic solutions to fully exploit the industrial potential opened up by the shaping of light.Cailabs develops and produces a unique range of optical components based on its know-how and its patented technological innovations, in particular Multi-PlaneLight Conversion (MPLC).
  • Hello Watt — Hello Watt is a digital enthusiasts and developers who help you reduce your energy bills while improving your comfort.
  • Caeli Énergie — Caeli Énergie develops and manufactures next-generation air conditioners with great energy efficiency and a minimal carbon impact.
Venrex VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
  • KittyCAD — Zoo creates infrastructure for hardware design. We're laying the foundation for a modern hardware design toolkit, so that you can create new design tools never before possible.
  • Niyyah — The goal of Niyyah is to give consumers a guided approach to comprehending the Quran in a way that is understandable, significant, and useful. With its short material, tailored suggestions, and gamified elements like leaderboards and prizes, it fits in easily with its users' everyday routines and gives them insight into the Quran'steachings and practical application of faith.
  • OurSky — OurSky is a modern developer platform for space applications. We provide real-time observational data and analysis of objects and activities in space. Built as an open, community-driven resource for the new space age engineer.
Paca Investissement VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Paca Investissement is specializes in investing in startups and developmental stages. The fund invests in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • France
Portfolio highlights
  • GANGZ — Gangz is the first digital platform for talent recruitment: Models, hosts, extras and actors.
  • SailEazy — The SailEazy community offers all sailing enthusiasts the choice of freedom. A shared professional fleet, bases between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean ... discover a disruptive and innovative way of navigation. Throughout the year, 7 days / 7 and 24 hours a day, you can book and discover the high-performance sailboats of a professionalfleet, entirely managed by SailEazy. Subscriber, or punctual browser, autonomous or not, you have the choice. You freely determine your niche of reservation, without constraint time or duration, you choose your base of departure and your sailboat, according to your program (short exit, cruise, regatta, coastal, wide ...). Hourly pricing includes a 360 ° service keychain beyond the cost of the lease, including insurance, fuel, cleaning and equipment. Compulsive veiled, expert or contemplative, all members of the community have their way of navigating.
  • C4Diagnostics — C4Diagnostics developed a fast, reliable detection of microorganisms. Our Click-chemistry technology is at the core of our portfolio of diagnostic tests.
Galia Gestion VC Fund · Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France
Galia Gestion is a private equity and venture capital firm. GALIA Gestion is a “management company” approved by the AMF, with majority shareholder Alliance Entreprendre.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • France, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Wizaly — Unlock the Power of Marketing Analytics at Wizaly.com: Optimize Your Marketing Campaigns, Maximize ROI, and Understand the Customer Journey. Discover actionable
  • Agenium — Agenium offers career perspectives in an international and tech environment. They offer this through the specific expertise of their business units. They offer solutions to the business and of the defense, industry, and space sectors.
  • Germitec SAS — Germitec is a world leader in UV-C high-level disinfection. Fast, safe, chemical-free, one-button UV-C high-level disinfection for ultrasound probes.
Chalmers Ventures AB VC Fund · Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden · 17 investments in the past 12 months
We are a leading tech investor & venture builder in the Nordics. Taking deep tech from lab to market.WELCOMEINVESTMENTS
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Energy
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • Sweden
Portfolio highlights
  • Vesiro — Vesiro enables companies to scale their databases with increased performance.
  • Vividye AB — Vividye's technology makes it possible to apply all sorts of colors and designs to textiles, which can later be removed to re-apply new ones. In other words, we take sustainable fashion beyond green.
  • ReVibe Energy — ReVibe Energy® was founded to provide sensors and monitoring systems with a power source that is both sustainable and reliable – something that hasn’t been possible before. Through a unique vibration energy harvesting technology, our products offers our customers the possibility to convert vibrations that exist in most industrial environments toelectricity to fully power their sensor and monitoring system
Lifeline Ventures VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Mjuk — Marketplace for pre-owned, unique design furniture
  • Risk Ledger — Risk Ledger ensures your supply chain security by providing tools to run and respond to cyber security-led, third-party risk management programmes at scale.
  • 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.
Techstart Ventures VC Fund · Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Techstart Ventures is a leading investor of seed capital across Scotland and Northern Ireland. they are a trusted partner to ambitious founders on their journey to success.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • Enzai — Enzai's AI governance platform allows you to build and deploy AI with confidence. Measure your progress in AI responsibility, and get actionable steps with our 3-minute maturity assessment.
  • Sensoteq — We specialise in wireless sensor solutions for remote machine health monitoring. Sensoteq's technology enables predictive maintenance of industrial applications, preventing costly downtime and increasing efficiency.
  • Continuum Industries — Continuum Industries is a developer of Optioneer, the leading software for linear infrastructure optioneering.
Cambridge Angels group VC Fund · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 2 investments in the past 12 months
The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • zeroRISC — ZeroRISC operates as a stealth start-up making hardware security foundations transparent and trustworthy.
  • Albotherm — Smart transitioning coating technology - A bright idea for shade.
  • Five Alarm Bio — Five Alarm Bio is a drug discovery company. Five Alarm intends to use discoveries to provide secure and efficient remedies for a variety of age-related illnesses and limitations. Five Alarm Bio is creating a small molecule strategy to strengthen the body's defense against aging.
MIG Capital VC Fund · München, Bayern, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Zusammen gestalten wir die Unternehmen von morgen.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Germany, Austria, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • AMSilk — AMSilk produces and distributes high-quality silk biopolymers for use in textile products, medical devices, and cosmetics.
  • HawkCell — A plug-and-play solution turning human MRI into the first animal-dedicated imaging enhanced with AI algorithms. A unique MRI solution.
  • Look Up Space — Lookup space is the next global leader for space safety, security and sustainability
Oxford Science Enterprises VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Oxford Science Enterprises a university-partnered venture firm, investing in early-stage life science, AI & software, and deep tech.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
  • Archangel Lightworks — Archangel Lightworks is integrating space and air assets using laser communication.
  • Grey Wolf Therapeutics — By targeting the ERAP proteases in the antigen presentation pathway Grey Wolf aims to change the neoantigen repertoire in cancer.
  • Quantum Motion — One Hundred Qubits is Interesting. One Million is World-changing
Butterfly Ventures VC Fund · Oulu, Oulu, Finland · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Butterfly Ventures is a seed-stage focused VC in the Nordics, investing in deep tech, hardware, and hardware interfacing software. The company prefers to get involved with companies early on; 80% of Butterfly Ventures portfolio companies don't have any revenue at the time of their entry. Butterfly Ventures was founded in 2012 and ever sincethen it has been one of the most active early stage VCs in the region. The company has offices in Oulu, Helsinki and Stockholm.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Finland, Sweden, Norway
Portfolio highlights
  • RiACT — Software for robots. Real-time development platform for creators and users of flexible robot applications.
  • Embedl AB — Efficient Deep Learning by Deep Learning model optimization
  • EmbeDL — Efficient Deep Learning for Embedded Systems
BeAble Capital VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 7 investments in the past 12 months
BeAble Capital is a Science Equity Fund, therefore it is a pre-seed, seed and early stage venture capital management company specialized in the identification, valuation, launch and development of technologies in the sectors of advanced materials (nanotechnology and biotechnology), photonics, micro and nano electronics and Information andcommunications technologies (ICT) platforms.It acts as the link between scientific, entrepreneurial and investing worlds to promote the transfer of technology, the creation and the development of technology-based companies (start-ups) from private equity. The company is focused on strong intelectual property and long R&D background projects. Their work provide value at different stages of development by offering support in strategic points such as the identification of technologies, valuation, transfer, companies creation, fundraising, marketing, internationalization and administrative and managerial expertise.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • Spain, Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • KUMUX — Next generation smart-light devices
  • Materials Invisible to Oxygen — Materials Invisible to Oxygen (MITO) is a materials science company that develops corrosion control methods for metal surfaces. Their key products include technology that protects metal surfaces from harsh environmental conditions like humidity, high temperatures, and salinity.
  • A4CELL — A4CELL is a company that develops SPAchip (Suspended Planar-Array Chips) that helps to monitor living single cell.
Finnvera Venture Capital VC Fund · Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Finland, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Enfuce — Enfuce is a cloud-based financial services provider that specializes in card issuing and payment processing services. It helps banks, fintech, and financial institutions become and remain fully PSD2 compliant, and helps them give third-party service providers access to digital accounts.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered inEspoo, Finland.
  • Nordcloud — Nordcloud is a European leader in public cloud infrastructure solutions and cloud-native application services. Since 2011 we have completed more than 500 deployments to help our enterprise customers gain the maximum benefits of the cloud, including security, agility, scalability and overall cost-savings.
  • Aurealis Pharma — Multi-target cell and gene therapies for unmet medical needs. Developing therapies for chronic wounds, cancer and inflammatory diseases.
Scottish Enterprise VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 13 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Grant, Funding Round, Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Itza — Itza offers digital learning media and technology business focused on teens.
  • ilosta — Ilosta specializes in developing novel technology to reduce the cost, time, and dangers associated with monitoring the health of engineering structures and extending their lifespan without requiring human intervention.
  • QuickBlock — Interlocking blocks is the best way to summarise how QUICKBLOCK works to a novice. Our interlocking blocks click together to build desired structures.
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance VC Fund · Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Mercia Equity Finance is a regional investor that focuses initially on uncovering the hidden value. It uses both of its managed funds and its proprietary capital to invest across four distinct asset classes: venture, private equity, and debt, referred to as their 'Complete Capital Solution’. It aspires to be the first choice for investors,investees, and employees, and, by aspiring to be the first choice, they believe that Mercia will deliver superior returns for business owners, shareholders, and fund investors alike.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Suiso — Suiso is developing a breakthrough microwave-driven pyrolysis process which generates Hydrogen by decarbonising Natural/Bio Gas. Ventured backed and based in Sheffield UK, Suiso is a winner of the BEIS Low Carbon H2 Supply scheme. It plans to deliver shipping container sized Hydrogen generators, with a capacity to provide of up to 1,000kg ofHydrogen daily. A competitive benchmarking exercise, in the BEIS study, has confirmed that Suiso will have the lowest cost of H2 in a number of key H2 applications and lower Carbon emissions than grid powered electrolysis. By producing Hydrogen at the point of use, Suiso eliminates the expensive distribution costs incurred by large scale centralised H2 producers, one of the primary obstacles to the widespread adoption of Hydrogen. Suiso’s process reduces CO2 emissions by 97%+ versus steam methane reforming, utilizes 80% less energy than electrolysis and has very low equipment capital costs making it one of the most affordable Hydrogen production technologies. Suiso captures the Carbon in the Natural/Bio-Gas in the form of solid Carbon Black which has significant commercial value in the production of tyres, batteries, inks, other applications.
  • Envoke — The engagement Platform for your Virtual Instrument.
  • Invincibles Studio — We're an independent games studio, making exceptional football games for mobile devices that have been downloaded over 50 million times.
Kelvin Capital VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
We invest venture capital in to globally ambitious companies which have the potential to deliver a significant return to our investors
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • novosound — Novosound is an award winning Scottish sensors company utilising thin-film processes to eliminate conventional limitations in ultrasound sensors.
  • Snappy Shopper — Order your favourite products from your local convenience store, for delivery from as little as 30 minutes with Snappy Shopper. Your every day essentials are only a click away - order your grocery delivery online or through our app.
  • Sofant Technologies — Sofant is developing a low cost RF MEMS technology that solves power consumption and heat problems in high frequency phased array antenna systems.
Karista VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm created in 2001 investing in Health, Digital, Tech, and NewSpace.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • France, United States, Norway
Portfolio highlights
  • Bfore.AI — Starting from patented technology developed in years of research, BforeAi is the prediction service that looks for newly registered or morphed domains, and score their maliciousness looking at metadata and links to other bad guys.
  • Exotrail — Exotrail is an end-to-end space mobility operator. Our mission is to enable small satellites to move in space, optimise their deployment, increase their service performance, and reduce space pollution.
  • Look Up Space — Lookup space is the next global leader for space safety, security and sustainability
Maven Capital Partners VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 10 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Carcinotech — Carcinotech is a MedTech company manufacturing 3D printed mini tumours developed from patient-specific cancer stem cells, primary cells and established cell lines.
  • Metrion Biosciences — Metrion Biosciences is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) that is located in the world renowned Cambridge biocluster.
  • McKenzie Intelligence Services Ltd — We deliver actionable intelligence on a global scale, empowering informed decision making for insurance and commercial clients across the world
Inventure VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
  • Leya AI — Feel and sound like an English native in 3 months
  • UltiHash — Data powers breakthroughs. UltiHash is the storage foundation to accelerate them: blazing fast, highly efficient, and built for sustainable long-term growth.
  • Reveel — Say goodbye to paper maps, brochures, and outdated audio guides. Reveel offers digital solutions for destinations such as UNESCO sites, sights, museums, cities, hotels and parks, taking the visitor experience to the next level. Become part of the smart destination movement, enhance the visitor experience, and discover the future of travel.
ZGI Capital VC Fund · Riga, Riga, Latvia
ZGI Capital is the fund management company that manages "ZGI fund”, that was founded to support entrepreneurs lacking start-up capital for their business. The total amount of assets available for venture capital investments is of EUR 7.4M. Combined with bank financing, this will allow to finance investment projects with total assets of up toEUR 30M. The fund acts on behalf of various investors including the State.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, Consulting
  • Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
  • Latvia, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • eAgronom — eAgronom helps farmers generate additional revenue streams, improve soil quality, and access better financing.
  • KOOL Latvija — "KOOL Latvija" is a new concept gas station created in Latvia, which at the same time is also a convenient fast shopping place.
  • Bioreactors.net — Biotechnical center is an innovative company and we provide solutions for industrial biotechnology processes, bioreactor manufacturing and industrial automation. We manufacture bioreactors for laboratory, pilot and industrial scale.
Enterprise Ireland VC Fund · Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · 13 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Lative — Lative automates capacity planning, maximizing profitable sales growth & revenue efficiency for high-performance revenue teams.
  • Cytidel — Cytidel helps security teams reduce breaches, save time, and stay secure. Vulnerability Management and Cyber Risk Management, and Threat Intelligence Specialists
  • Positive Carbon — Positive Carbon provides an innovative solution for businesses to track, manage, and reduce food waste. With real-time analytics, CO2 calculation, and a comprehensive learning platform, we help you save costs and achieve sustainability goals. Request a demo today to start making a positive environmental impact.
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS VC Fund · Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
eCAPITAL is a venture capital investor that provides early to growth stage funding to technology and deep tech companies.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Germany, United States, Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • BeeOLED — BeeOLED’s technology enables OLED displays with significantly improved efficiency, brightness and operational stability at lower overall costs due to a less complex device structure.
  • Build38 — Build38 is a global provider of mobile application protection solutions. Its solution represents a new generation of app-hardening technologies and service that protects apps from known and unknown attacks and opens the market to new digital business models. Build38 protects applications across various industries including automotive, financial,public transport and health care. Build38 is headquartered in Munich with global offices in Barcelona and Singapore. The company is a spin out of Giesecke + Devrient and ranks among the best IT Security startups in Germany. Build38 is an official GARTNER In-App Shielding Market Guide Vendor since 2019 and the first to combine: In-App Shielding + In-App Monitoring + AI-based In-App Reaction.
  • QuoIntelligence — Our finished intelligence will significantly reduce your operational risks and allow you to make informed security decisions.
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