# Monte Carlo Capital

> Monte Carlo Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and FinTech. See 67 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Monaco, Germany
- Total investments: 67
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 34%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monte-carlo-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ian_sosso?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- Website: http://montecarlocap.com/

Monte Carlo Capital is a multistage venture capital firm investing in seed-stage disruptive technology companies and building positions over multiple rounds. Based in Monaco, MCC invests in the U.S., U.K., and EU, targeting tech-driven firms with strong market potential. Initially started by Ian as an angel investment vehicle, MCC has evolved intoa venture capital firm with a dedicated team. The first fund is managed by Ian as a solo General Partner, supported by his team, leveraging experience from running over 50 syndicates previously.Ian founded Monte Carlo Capital (MCC) in 2009, initially as an angel investor to invest his own capital. Before launching MCC, he worked across Paris, London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong at some of the world’s biggest investment banks. Until 2009, Ian was the regional Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets in Asia for Commerzbank, overseeing activities in equity derivatives, credit, precious metals, foreign exchange, debt capital markets, and the treasuries of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai.He is a winner of the 2019 "Best European Angel Investor" award and serves on the boards of EBAN—the Brussels-based pan-European angel organization representing the European angel community—and the Monaco Venture Capital Association. Ian has been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences globally and was an adjunct professor for venture capital and entrepreneurial finance at the International University of Monaco until 2021. A citizen of Monaco, he leads MCC's team based in the Principality.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $375k–$9.3M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 9% |
| FinTech | 5 | 7% |
| Software | 5 | 7% |
| Medical Device | 5 | 7% |
| Medical | 4 | 6% |

90 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 26 | 39% |
| Series A | 11 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 4% |
| Series B | 3 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ian Sosso | Founder and Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-sosso |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scout AI | Scout AI is building the robotic foundation model for defense. | $100M | Series A | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Ratio | Ratio is a fintech platform that provides customers with flexible payment options, simplifying the procurement process. Ratio provides buy now, pay later services that integrate payments, predictive pricing, analytics, and finance, allowing B2B SaaS companies and other recurring revenue businesses to increase sales while gaining access to the valueof new contracts. Ratio allows businesses to leverage their recurring revenue streams to unlock new non-dilutive capital. | $15.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Algorized | Algorized is a Swiss-based start-up developing advanced sensing and perception technologies. Impact-driven, its mission is to accelerate human sensing technologies to protect life. The solution is designed for human presence and objects detection, tracking and positioning as well as vital signs monitoring, even through obstacles, and includescomplex processing algorithms for ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radar sensors. Algorized technology is built for application in a variety of fields from people safety, greener buildings and life-saving technologies through to autonomous vehicles, human machine interaction and consumer electronics. | $13M | Series A | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Samara Aerospace | Samara Aerospace provides spacecraft design and satellite control technology services. The company develops the Hummingbird satellite bus, leveraging its proprietary MSAC (Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control) system to achieve precise attitude control and active jitter cancellation without traditional reaction wheels. It supportsintegration of solar-panel–embedded piezoelectric actuators for high-precision pointing in Earth observation and optical‑communications missions. |  | Seed | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| Streetbeat | Streetbeat’s Wealth Copilot is a transformative B2B solution for wealth managers and brokers globally, combining advanced portfolio management, stock market analytics, and CRM integration to enhance client engagement and advisory. Designed with an agentic AI architecture, Wealth Copilot empowers wealth managers to serve 2 to 4 times more clientseffectively, delivering real-time insights and personalized strategies that elevate both decision-making and portfolio management capabilities. Streetbeat’s platform synthesizes macroeconomic analysis, real-time trading signals, and adaptive portfolio management, accessible through a conversational UI that integrates into existing dashboards or operates as a standalone terminal (desktop and mobile). This flexibility enables wealth professionals to engage clients through familiar interfaces, optimize portfolio allocations, and provide responsive, data-driven guidance. Brokers benefit from increased revenue potential through upselling Streetbeat’s AI tools and Robo Advisor capabilities, while investors see significantly improved performance with AI Copilot-managed portfolios compare to self direct trading. Critically, Streetbeat’s architecture operates entirely within the financial institution’s perimeter, ensuring compliance, data security, and seamless integration into institutional frameworks—setting a new benchmark for efficiency, client service, and investment outcomes in wealth management. | $15M | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Metreecs | Metreecs helps retailers plan and allocate products efficiently with AI forecasting, driving sales and reducing waste. | $3.2M | Seed | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| TRIVER | Triver develops online and digital tools to assist and support various financial services. It is based in London, England. | $18.9M | Series A | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Scout AI | Scout AI is building the robotic foundation model for defense. | $15M | Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| TastyUrban | TastyUrban is in the process of developing a new generation of restaurant usage and strategy. | $7.1M | Series A | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Starcloud | Starcloud is building a network of megawatt-scale data centers in space, scaleable to gigawatt capacity. Falling launch costs allow Starcloud to take advantage of the abundant energy, passive cooling, and high-speed connectivity in space. | $10M | Seed | Feb 26, 2025 |  |

10 of 67 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Monte Carlo Capital invest in?

Monte Carlo Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 67 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Monte Carlo Capital's check size?

Monte Carlo Capital typically joins rounds of $375k–$9.3M at Seed and $1.3M–$100M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Monte Carlo Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Monte Carlo Capital?

Public channels for Monte Carlo Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Monte Carlo Capital?

The team at Monte Carlo Capital includes Ian Sosso (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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