# Hydra

> Hydra is a VC fund in Amsterdam backing Retail Technology, Video and Beauty. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hydra-ventures-uk-limited/
- Website: http://www.hydra-ventures.com/

Hydra is a VC fund in Amsterdam focused on Retail Technology and Video. Hydra is the corporate venture arm of Adidas AG and is based in Amsterdam in Netherlands. It seeks to invest in companies that develop new consumer brands and trends in the apparel, footwear, mobile and internet applications related to sports. It began operation in 2011.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail Technology | 2 | 25% |
| Video | 1 | 13% |
| Beauty | 1 | 13% |
| Retail | 1 | 13% |
| Big Data | 1 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Series D | 1 | 13% |
| Series E | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| Italy | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cubbit | Cubbit is more than a cloud provider; it’s the 1st geo-distributed cloud Enabler. With just a few clicks, you can customize a hyper-resilient cloud object storage under your own sovereignty. Cubbit’s DS3 (Distributed S3) software runs anywhere - on your existing resources, in the cloud or at the edge - creating a seamless single data domain foryou. No upfront investment is required, and you can reduce storage costs by up to 80% as well as minimizing your cloud carbon footprint. Ideal for traditional use cases like backup and unique to address new needs driven by Edge, Multi-cloud, and Data Sovereignty requirements. As a company or a Service Provider, with Cubbit you can get back full control on data, infrastructure, and costs. In minutes.In one claim: Your Cloud. Your Rules. Anywhere. | $12.5M | Seed | Jul 16, 2024 | https://www.cubbit.io |
| FINDMINE | FindMine is the world's leading company helping iconic brands scale their editorial point of view. FindMine's Content Engine saves retailers and brands 90% of their time while dynamically generating exponentially more high-quality, "on-brand" content. FindMine enhances sell-through, and boosts gross margins and customer lifetimevalue (by over 150%!) for customers such as Rent the Runway, Revolve, Land's End, Vineyard Vines, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, and many more. FindMine's solutions power best-in-class customer experiences across ecommerce, email, chat, marketing channels, and stores. FindMine is a Gartner Cool Vendor, and LVMH Maison des Startups member, winner of VIP Award's Best SaaS/Cloud provider and is an Inc. Magazine Top 200 Most Dynamic Women Entrepreneurs company. | $8.9M | Series A | Apr 30, 2024 | http://www.findmine.com |
| Tourmaline Bio | Tourmaline Bio is a clinical biotechnology company developing transformative medicines to dramatically improve the lives of patients and prevent immune diseases. |  | Seed | May 01, 2022 | https://www.tourmalinebio.com |
| Carbon | Carbon brings together innovations in software, hardware, and molecular science to deliver industry-leading digital manufacturing solutions. With proprietary Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology and family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory,and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and speeding time to market.Carbon was founded by Dr. Joseph DeSimone and Philip DeSimone in 2013. | $260M | Series E | Jun 25, 2019 | http://carbon3d.com |
| Stuffstr | Stuffstr makes recommerce a part of every retail transaction | $2.9M | Seed | Apr 18, 2019 | http://www.stuffstr.com |
| Keyto | Keyto improves and simplifies the tracking of ketones - changing a messy, intrusive, and painful experience into one you'll be excited about. They break down the science, so your body can break down the fat. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 27, 2018 | http://www.getkeyto.com/ |
| Carbon | Carbon brings together innovations in software, hardware, and molecular science to deliver industry-leading digital manufacturing solutions. With proprietary Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology and family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory,and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and speeding time to market.Carbon was founded by Dr. Joseph DeSimone and Philip DeSimone in 2013. | $200M | Series D | Dec 20, 2017 | http://carbon3d.com |
| 360fly | 360fly creates products and software for interactive 360º video experiences. The company has delivered a line of unique panoramic video cameras to market which include the 360fly HD and the 360fly 4K cameras. From the extreme sports enthusiast to parents shooting their children's birthday party. Their users see and share videos in a way thatcaptivates and engages audiences like never before. | $40M | Series C |  | http://www.360fly.com |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baillie Gifford](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baillie-gifford) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fashion For Good](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fashion-for-good) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fidelity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Johnson & Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johnson-johnson-innovation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JSR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jsr-corp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Madrone Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrone-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Hydra invest in?

Hydra invests primarily in Retail Technology, Video and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hydra last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hydra closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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