# Top 50 Mobile Advertising Startup Investors in Europe in June 2026 ## Galvanise Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Marketing Galvanise is an angel investor syndicate making investments in disruptive early stage tech businesses typically within the martech, adtech and data and analytics spaces. ## Ascension - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet Pre-seed and seed investors backing 300+ ambitious founders from day one. ## SyndicateRoom - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical SyndicateRoom is fintech company made up of data-scientists, investment professionals, software developers and marketers with one mission: to be an early investor in every British startup success story.To do this – and make fund investors money – we don’t try to spot the next Big Thing.Instead, we apply a data-driven model to portfolioconstruction; a repeatable process designed to maximise returns and minimise risk for fund investors. As such, we build startup portfolios that don’t attempt to predict the future; they work to stack the odds in investors’ favour.Our fund, Access EIS, aims to build investors a diversified portfolio of 50+ companies by co‑investing exclusively with some of the UK’s best-performing angel investors. ## Richard Fearn - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Advertising, Internet Richard started in his career in advertising but has since shifted his attention to start-ups. As an investor/advisor to over 50 early stage companies, including Sofar Sounds, Blaze, Dojo & What3Words, Richard has learnt a lot about what it takes to launch & grow a start-up. He also the co-founder of the ‘Friday Club London,’ a‘non-profit’ events company aimed at providing start-ups free access to senior marketing expertise. Since launching, over 250 start-ups have benefitted from the programme. And in exchange for their advice, industry mentors have had access to the UK’s brightest founders. In 2013 & 2014 Richard was named in BIMA’s ‘Hot 100’ list and in 2016 and 2017 short-listed for the Europas ‘Investor of the Year’ award. ## Lorenz Bogaert - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Lorenz is co-founder and CEO Ghent-based start-up studio StarApps. He also co-founded early stage investment fund Pitchdrive. He previously created Netlog, Twoo (exit to Tinder), Realo (exit to Axel Springer), Delta (exit to eToro) and Rydoo (exit to Sodexo). ## Toon Coppens - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Sales Automation Toon Coppens (Belgium, 1981), graduated as a Master of Science in Informatics at the University of Ghent.In june 2000, during his first year at university, he successfully launched the first Belgian social networking site, which later became Redbox.be.He is the co-founder of Massive Media, the social media company behind the successfuldigital brands Netlog.com and Twoo.com. Massive Media enables members to meet nearby people instantly. Today, Over 80 million people have joined our sites on web and mobile.Toon lives in Ghent (Belgium) and London (UK), loves snowboarding and used to deejay and play volleyball a lot.>> Toon's personal Netlog (dutch)>> Twoo.com (dutch) ## Mercuri - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning London based Venture Capital fund leading pre-seed and seed stage funding rounds for UK companies at the intersection of the media and entertainment technology sectors ## Ballpark Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Advertising, Mobile, Advertising Platforms Ballpark Ventures is a small, boutique fund investing in early stage technology startups. Their partners are all successful entrepreneurs and at this stage, investing their own money. ## James Fong - Type: Angel - Location: Jingan, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Marketing, Advertising James Fong has been the CEO of Oriental Dreamworks. James joined Amazon in 2012 and is responsible for leading its Merchant Services and Advertising businesses, including “Selling on Amazon”, “Fulfillment by Amazon”, “Global Selling” and “Advertise on Amazon”.Prior to joining Amazon, James was a Managing Director of China Tongyin, a boutiquemerchant bank in Greater China, responsible for its TMT practice; a Managing Director of Strategic Investments at NBA China, responsible for its arena, internet and league investments and business development efforts; a General Manager at Microsoft China, responsible for sales and marketing for 17 provinces and 32 cities; and the Managing Director of Microsoft’s $165 million China equity investment fund.James holds an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. ## GMG Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software London based Venture Capital Fund Manager investing in UK seed stage companies at the intersection of media and technology ## Ascension Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Clarkton, Missouri, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device Strategically investing in smarter technologies, bigger data, better alternatives, and healthier futures. ## Blackfinch Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS We're passionate about supporting the UK's most talented founders of high growth technology businesses. ## NGP Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet We help exceptional founders turn their big ideas into companies that shape a better future. ## Estag Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Payments Estag Capital is a private investment company based in Berlin.It invests venture capital in young, up-and-coming companies and concepts, in particular in the areas of renewable energy / cleantech, Web 2.0 and gaming.With the aid of seed or early-phase financing and a network of experts, young entrepreneurs or start-ups are supportedfrom their foundation onwards in the implementation of their promising business models.estag | Capital AG is a capital provider, financing partner and adviser in all forms of entrepreneurial activity. ## Industrifonden - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology Industrifonden is a Nordic evergreen venture capital firm with a fund size of $600m, that focuses on early-stage technology and life science companies with international potential. The company works long term with the entrepreneurs we invest in, and have a strong track record of building game changing companies. Industrifonden-backed companiesinclude tech companies Qlik, Arcam, Soundtrack Your Brand, Fishbrain, and life science companies CellaVision, Oncopeptides and AMRA. ## Rheingau Founders - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Rheingau Founders is a Berlin&Munich based Venture Capital firm active since 2011. Focusing on pre-seed to Series A investments in Europe, predominantly B2B in the fields of Marketplaces, Software as a Service, InsurTech, and eHealth. Rheingau targets start-ups that have the potential to sustainably disrupt existing processes and value chains.Besides the financial investment, we offer strategic support through the mentorship of our partners. ## Nauta Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile We support visionary founders across Europe as they build the next generation of B2B software companies. ## Shilling VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet Shilling is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders from the start.Shilling invests in a wide range of verticals and seeks out the biggest opportunities across all B2B and consumer categories. Leveraging the concept of Founder LPs, Shilling brings much more than capital and offers through its Shilling Platform, directaccess to successful founders and executives of leading companies. This platform supports entrepreneurs in validating and developing their ventures, which then accelerate their growth into global markets. ## Kite Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, SaaS Kite Ventures is a global investment company that specializes in marketplace and transactional network investments for startups and early stage companies. It focuses on high technology and internet investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies in Europe and New York.Kite Ventures is a Russia-based company that was founded in 2008 by EdwardShenderovich. ## Berlin Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Advertising, Apps, Mobile As business angels investing in young, innovative companies and support and encourage for years its successful development.Their portfolio companies benefit from their extensive network of contacts and their know-how in the construction, development and sale of companies.Operationally, they support the founders in particular in the field ofonline marketing (search engine marketing, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, conversion optimization, etc.). ## LC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We’re an early stage European venture capital firm partnering with globally minded founders.We’re supportive, founder focused, and aim to work together with you as a close and collaborative team of independent thinkers. Along with the support of our entire network, each member of our team brings their own personal experience to the table. Thefirst ticket is up to 200K€ and the total investment in a given startup can be up to 1M€.We decide investments quickly, allowing the founders to get back focusing on growing the business. Our team and network of international mentors help young startups to scale quickly and to prepare for the next rounds.Our partners have been investing in tech-based startups since 2000 and have a portfolio of more than 100 companies in the USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. ## Passion Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators who are applying our experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. We are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe, and we believe that the criticaldifferentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders. We take pride in the calibre and success of all of our founders and teams including but nowhere near limited to GoCardless, Tray.io, Mendeley, Digital Shadows, Adzuna, Smarkets, Ravelin, Tide, Marshmallow, Butternut Box, PolyAI, Lendable and Monzo Bank ## Angels Den - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software Join 21,000+ investors backing the top 4% of UK startups. Access vetted, tax-efficient (SEIS/EIS) investment opportunities and exclusive pitch events. ## Taronga Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Construction, Energy Taronga Ventures is an investment firm that invests in emerging innovation, technology, and business. Taronga Ventures is headquartered in Australia. ## Hasso Plattner Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in fast-growing, information technology-driven companies in Europe and the USA on behalf of Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of software giant SAP. The support we offer reaches beyond financial commitments. Our multifaceted work includes acting globally as a strategic partner for our informationtechnology growth companies. In Germany, our commitment has taken also the form of a seed program for information technology startups coming out of the Hasso Plattner Institute.After retiring from the operative business of SAP in 2003, Hasso Plattner was appointed Chairman of the company’s Supervisory Board. He has devoted his time to the promotion of science, innovation and entrepreneurship ever since.To further these goals, Hasso Plattner founded Hasso Plattner Ventures on July 1st, 2005 in Potsdam, Germany. Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa launched as an affiliate in 2008, operating from Cape Town, South Africa.Hasso Plattner Ventures manages four funds. HP Ventures I started in 2005, focusing on early stage software companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2008, HP Ventures II and HP Ventures Africa launched, looking for investment opportunities in startup- and expansion-stage companies across the USA, Europe, Israel and South Africa.As of 2015, HP Ventures III, a €150 million fund, focuses on fast-growing enterprise and infrastructure software companies mainly in Germany and the Silicon Valley. ## Porsche Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology Porsche Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in frontier technology to advance the industrial sector. ## Amoi Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Video, Mobile A investment company that invests in startups, property development projects and help to build businesses in UK and Europe. ## Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software 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 . ## Venista Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce Venista Ventures backs aspiring founders in pre-seed and seed rounds with a strict geographical focus on Germany. ## Tjaart van der Waalt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Marketing, Advertising Tjaart van der Walt is the Co-founder & Director at Tyme. He attended Stellenbosch University. ## Jon Claydon - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Jon Claydon ## Mercia Fund Managers - Type: VC Fund - Location: Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit. ## Delin Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology We are partnering with remarkable entrepreneurs and scientists on the mission of our lives: elevating humanity. ## Seedrs - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs. ## Force Over Mass Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Point Nine - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages. ## Techstart Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Techstart Ventures is a first-cheque investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities. ## Gestion De Capital Riesgo Del Pais Vasco - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Gestión de Capital Riesgo del País Vasco SGECR, S.A. is a venture capital entity management company founded in 1985 by the Basque Government as part of the Sociedad para la Promoción y Reconversión Industrial (SPRI), with the aim of promoting and developing venture capital activity in the Basque Country. ## Startupxplore - Type: VC Fund - Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage, Big Data Startupxplore is a premium startup investment platform that allows unexperienced and time-savvy investors to diversify their portfolio by co-investing with a group of top-level investors with a proven track record on startup investment. ## Kibo Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Kibo Ventures is a European tech investment platform created to support entrepreneurs with bold ideas. We invest in early-stage startups and help them scale globally. ## TLcom Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Information Technology TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds. TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge. We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs. ## SoftBank Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Software, Advertising SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and investacross a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages. Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!. ## James Hilton - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Apps, App Marketing, Business Intelligence James Hilton is the Founder & Global CEO at M&C Saatchi Performance. He previously worked at Weight Watchers Online as Marketing Director. ## Alameda Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech investor ## Cabiedes & Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion Cabiedes & Partners is a Spanish venture capital firm that provides seed funding and early-stage and later-stage investment services. Cabiedes & Partners was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. ## Root and Shoot Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Root and Shoot Ventures is an open-ended early-stage venture capital fund. ## Semapa Next - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Information Technology, PaaS, Mobile Apps Semapa Next is a venture capital firm that invests in teams of exceptional founders from Series A to late-stage funding. ## Golden Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas. ## Foundation Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence For 30 years we've backed extraordinary founders from day zero. ## Finnvera Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology 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.