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Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in Europe in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Wine and spirits startups based in Europe. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Wine and spirits companies from Europe. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in Europe in February 2025

Investor	Wine And Spirits Europe investments
Club Italia Investimenti 2	4
Angels Den	3
Business Growth Fund	2
Cabiedes & Partners	2
HBAN	2
Max Ventures	2
Whiterock Finance	2
Italian Angels for Growth	2
Midlands Engine Investment Fund	2
LAUNCHub Ventures	2
Loyal VC	2
JamJar Investments	2
Atomico	2
Angelsquare	2
Pente Capital	2
Caixa Capital	2
Demeter Partners	2
Alexander Edward Chesterman	2
P101	2
Beringea	2
Milo Mitchum	1
Global Founders Capital	1
Connie Schwaderer	1
HSBC UK	1
Founders Capital	1
Kickston Partner	1
Kima Ventures	1
Serena Cordero	1
Simon Blake OBE CCMI	1
Comhar Capital	1
Bertrand Jacquelot	1
Jim Mellon	1
New Anglia Capital	1
Ferovinum	1
Sam Plunkett	1
Partech	1
Ben Bilboul	1
Charlie Carroll	1
Ann Elliott	1
Benjamin Darnault	1
Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee	1
Damien Byrne	1
Ian Wright	1
Jonathan Warburton	1
Distill Ventures	1
Brandenburg Kapital	1
Sente Ventures	1
Heinz-Werner Nienstedt	1
Stephen Fitzpatrick	1
Paul Walton	1

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Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
Paragraph — Powerful stories and powerful storytellers. Each week find seven of the world's best shorts in text, audio, and video: http://bit.ly/1usXQd5
La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!

Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
OnCare — Home care software | care management system
SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sulmara — Innovation for a sustainable energy future | Sulmara
Besseges — ValvesTubesFittings.com launched in 2015 as the online arm of Besseges VTF and has become one of the leading online pipeline suppliers.
Miracle Design & Play — Miracle Design & Play specializes in designing and installing playgrounds for children.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Spain, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Laagam — We craft attainable high fashion for your everyday special occasions. Bold fashion for dazzling people. Discover our collection. Drops every Wednesday. Instant shipping.
Shalion — Shalion enables ambitious brands to navigate their journey to digital shelf excellence with a unique, unified digital shelf & retail media insights solution.
Tutrocito — Tutrocito is an online store that sells decorative supplies and custom-made furniture.

HBAN is dedicated to raising the profile of business angel investment as an asset class on the island of Ireland and to promote the creation of business angel syndicates.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
Educatly — We help you get into the University of your dreams. We are the only platform with all the information you need to Study Abroad
Quantmatix — Improve the quality, efficiency and timing of your investment decisions. Quantmatix is a systematic tool for professional investors to evaluate instruments, dynamically shape portfolios and drive performance.

Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer tech and health-tech companies. Max Ventures primarily invests in digital commerce, digital media, fintech, and digital Health. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Sweden, Canada

Portfolio highlights

UnityAI — At UnityAI, we specialize in developing innovative AI solutions that drive business success. Our state-of-the-art technology and expert team empower companies to optimize operations, enhance decision-making, and unlock new opportunities. Discover how UnityAI can transform your business with our comprehensive suite of AI services. Partner with us to turn your vision into reality.
Adonis — Adonis is the first revenue intelligence and automation platform that delivers AI-driven insights to help your medical practice, hospital, or digital health clinic beat revenue KPIs.
Hello Patient — Healthcare AI that gets your team off the phone & in front of patients

Growth Loan Fund Invest NI and NILGOSC.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, Manufacturing
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axial3D — Leading the way with the latest 3D imaging, models, and devices
RE-KKUR — Re-Kkur are market leader in PVC recycling and innovators in durable PVC plaster bead products for the UK and EU construction industry.
Solarfix — Solarfix NI Ltd is a leading One-Stop Solar Specialist. Commerical, Domestic, New Build, Self Build, Agricultural and Off-Grid Solar PV solutions. Tesla Powerwall, PureDrive, StorEdge, SolarEdge, Zappi, Eddi, Myenergi, Duracell, Repairs & Upgrades, Solar Panel installation in Northern Ireland.

IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Series A
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ALKemist Bio — ALKemist Bio provides cell treatment to cancer patients.
Rubedo Life Sciences — Rubedo Life Sciences is the Premier Longevity Company. Rubedo discovers and develops medicines to keep you biologically young.
Restorative Neurotechnologies — Siamo un'azienda di dispositivi medicali certificati per la riabilitazione cognitiva ed il trattamento di disturbi cognitivi post ictus.

MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity 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 Enterprise Partnerships(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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Capri Healthcare Ltd — Capri Healthcare is an organization driven by the vision of turning NHS Digital first strategy into reality by bringing digital innovation into the working of GP Practices. We lead healthcare organisations into the Digital Era by redesigning and developing patient centric online channels, reducing the NHS burden. We pride ourselves in offering arange of technology-driven innovative solutions to the healthcare industry driving your digital agenda.
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.
School of Coding — School of Coding, We teach coding through our after-school clubs and at our education Centre. We teach coding to children from the age of 6

LAUNCHub is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

AMPECO — AMPECO enables large-scale EV charging providers to launch and scale their business operations under their own brand. The company offers a white-label and hardware-agnostic EV charging management platform to cover all business cases - public, private, and home charging. Advanced energy management, flexible billing and subscription management,automatic maintenance algorithms, and inter-operator roaming are some of the platform’s key components. With security and scalability at its core, the platform allows large-scale operators like energy companies, oil and gas, fleets, hardware manufacturers and installers to achieve quick go-to-market in a few months with a ready-made platform combined with unmatched flexibility and extensibility via APIs. AMPECO supports more than 110 charging network operators in over 45 markets and has been globally recognized by Frost & Sullivan for its superior technological innovation and strategic development with the 2022 Global Product Leadership Award.
Colossyan — We make video creation simply and stressless. AI video technology allow us to crate video in just a few minutes. Ty out here.
Dataworks Research SRL — Soleadify provides business data enrichment with unprecedented coverage of SMBs, accurate classification and in-depth insights based on real-time updates.Always driven by the complexity of AI and Machine Learning, we build more efficient ways of getting more data and get more out of it. Urged on reliability and complete-ness, our datasets haveyet to be beaten in terms of accuracy and classification by industry mammoths.

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Edept — Career-Led Education for Global Career Outcomes - edept
UTOBO INC. — utobo is the one-stop platform for educators and coaching services to take live classes, create courses and test series, and sell them online in just 30 minutes.
The Leaf Protein Company — Unlocking Earth's most abundant source of proteins - green leaves.

We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

XOXO Soda — XOXO Soda is a plant-based drink with prebiotic fiber that is low in sugar and calories.
Bibbi Parfum — SIGN UP TO THE BIBBI UNIVERSE
With Nothing Underneath — WNU is all about simplicity - paired back, laid back, timeless, effortless shirts - just like the woman who wears them. Our shirts are not about trends or fleeting style moments, but about a wardrobe essential in which to live a life.

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

R.grid — Research Grid is the automation engine for admin-free clinical trials. Research Grid has developed two industry-leading products that leverage its AI-powered automation engine.
Raycast — A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.
Dexory — BotsAndUs is a London-based startup that develops robotics and AI solutions. They combine social sciences with human-centered design and cutting edge engineering and make sure robots seamlessly integrate into day to day life.

Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising. From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds…

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Pongo — Pongo has created for you the first intelligent marketing assistant that communicates with your customers and increases your Google referencing, without you having to lift a finger
Orosound — Superior headsets for work. Advanced quality signed by Orosound -the French expert in active noise control, audio intelligence, and durability.
Remotebase — Get thoroughly vetted software developers from all over the world with expertise in AI, ML, back-end, front-end and more. Risk-free trial available!

At Pente, we invest in entrepreneurs and operators who aim to build great businesses. The teams we partner with are true builders, whether they work with wireframes, code, physical products or ideas.We see the emergence of a kinder and more sustainable world, powered by a new generation of businesses. A world where life's luxuries areredefined as design being the central determinator of quality. We are working with the most promising founders and businesses to catalyze change with radical, empathetic visions for a better future.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria

Portfolio highlights

WatchHouse — Cosy, unique coffee spots & eateries in London. We make great coffee and exceptional food within beautifully bespoke environments tailored around our local community. It is as simple as that. | Never worry about running out of coffee supplies again. The Modern Coffee experience from the comfort of your own home.
Pentire Drinks — Made from unique plants native to the Cornish coastline, Pentire is a new botanical non-alcoholic spirit drink. A gin style drink that harnesses the power, beauty and immense flavour of plants, without the after effects. Buy online now.
Mytos — The Infrastructure for Cell Manufacturing

Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Portugal, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.

Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
France, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

ICTYOS — Ictyos is a startup that creates marine leathers using a circular and sustainable economy logic. It recycles fish skins from the culinary and catering industries.
Upciti — Upciti provider of precise, localized and real-time data for smart cities and smart retailers. we produce and make available data at the service of man to make cities smarter and more pleasant to live for all on a daily basis.
Hyperplan — Hyperplan is a SaaS company whose mission is to assist industrial companies in dealing with crop production's increasing volatility. Hyperplan is a live, real-time software platform for crop and harvest management for all crops.

Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Zefir — Zefir aims to expand the realm of possibilities for millions of European homeowners. We make home-selling simpler, faster and more certain by buying the property directly from you. Selling a home is now just a few clicks away.
Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients either the same day or next weekday
Vyne Technologies — Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.

P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Italy, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mundimoto — Mundimoto is a motor cycle trading platform.
Carol — Carol is a tech-enabled healthcare provider delivering membership-based primary care services, on a mission to make high-quality healthcare accessible and affordable for everyone. To achieve this goal, Carol leverages a highly scalable technology, combined with high quality clinical operations and a salaried provider model.
Cyber Guru — Cyber Guru operates as a cybersecurity awareness training platform. Cyber Guru serves to educate employees around the dangers and pitfalls of information security. The solutions use stimulating and educational learning paths to cater to those who do not hold specialist roles in the field of Cyber Security.

Beringea is an international investor in high growth US & UK businesses. With expertise in multiple sectors we are at the forefront of emerging trends.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

MOTH: — MOTH: is a beverages company that provides ready-to-drink cocktail for family and friends.
Gorilla — We empower Energy Retailers in pricing, forecasting and reporting with data-driven solutions in boosting speed and flexibility.
ATLAS Space Operations — ATLAS Space Operations provides Secure Space Access Anytime, Anywhere. Ground Software as a Service on a global federated network.

Milo Mitchum is a Los Angeles-based British music manager and Partner at Three Six Zero, an entertainment company responsible for selling tens of millions of records Worldwide, and guiding some of music’s biggest stars. Milo’s career in management, promotion, and as a record label executive, has given him an intricate understanding of today’sentertainment landscape at the highest level. He is known for his entrepreneurial approach to artist management, and has a client roster of some of the industry's most important cultural icons.

Investment focus

Gaming, Winery, Online Games
Seed, Pre-Seed
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rumor Rose — Rumor Rose offers premium rosé produced and bottled in Flassans-sur-Issole, the heart of the South of France Provence Region. It blends delicate citrus and fruit aromas with a well-rounded crisp and dry finish, suited for celebrations.
Genpop Interactive — Genpop Interactive is a global consortium of top-tier software engineers, game designers, artists, and competitive gamers working together to create an original next-generation team shooter.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Distru — Seed-to-Sale Cannabis ERP that helps operators manage their inventory, orders and customers from a single interface, while staying compliant with Metrc.
Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Headway — Headway is a mental healthcare system provider based in New York. It develops a health insurance advisory platform designed to connect patients with therapists and provides administrative support to therapists who don’t typically accept insurance. The company was founded by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan in 2019.

Connie Schwaderer

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

HSBC UK provides financial products and services and long-term general and industrial credit services.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Food and Beverage
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Dexter House — Dexter House offers packages that include a workstation that comes with a desk, an operator's chair, a telephone handset, storage space, and more. The company also provides outbound calls including mobile and international, high-speed broadband data circuit, direct dial telephone number, business phone at home, and teas and coffees.
Global Metcorp — Global Metcorp is an import and export company that specilizes in scrap metal, waste rubber, and waste paper wholesale supply.
Offset Print & Packaging — Offset Print & Packaging offers printed cartons and greeting cards. They provide their products for the industries, which include food and beverage, toiletries and cosmetics, technology and electronics, homeware and gifts, entertainment and multimedia. Their products include solid board printed cartons, litho laminated corrugated boxes,computer games packaging, food and drink packaging, household goods packaging, confidential trade services, and brc accredited.

Founders Capital is An early-stage fintech focused investment firm based in London, UK.Their investment objective has been to identify and capture opportunities in the following emerging key alternative finance and FinTech areas:Market Place Lending (MPL) – invested in a range of market place lending companies including those focusingconsumer finance (Bondora), real- estate (EstateGuru) and SME lending and invoice finance (Investly) Secondary Market for Private Shares – creating a market place / secondary market where investors / founders can offload private shares (SharesBook) Balance Sheet Lending (BSL)- capitalising on the changing regulatory landscape in the the EU and backing up new types of ethical alternatives to payday lending (Credio) MPL Robolender – setting up a buy-side MPL operation that would give investors a single entry-point to market place lending across multiple platforms (PeerCap) ETF Roboadvisors – disrupting the mainstream wealth management space and offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional wealth managers and independent financial advisors, initially by focusing on the expat market (WealthPat)

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Communities
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Vietnam, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cooky.vn — The community loves food, cooking and baking. Join the community to share recipes and cooking tips.
Freja — Award-winning bone broths from Freja Foods. Responsibly sourced and conveniently packaged, Freja bone broth is available online and via leading retailers.
Winefi — Invest in collections of fine wine and spirits at low cost. Expertly-curated, diversified and managed for you from sourcing to sale. Only with Winefi.

Kickston Partner is a corporate Banking Company specialized in Technology. We are building a bridge between industrial companies and start-ups. Our mission is to help industrial companies executive to diversify and grow through start-ups. To do so, we help you address the technological market by selecting the best startups and setting up the rightrelation from partnership to investment and acquisition. On the other hand, our entrepreneur state of mind push us to help the one who wants to grow faster by raising their first round of financing.

Investment focus

B2B, B2C, Gift
Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Cuvée Privée — Cuvée Privée allows wine lovers and companies to adopt vines in prestigious French vineyards for one year. 1 - Select your vines from among Cuvée Privée's exceptional wineries. 2 - Receive bottles from your parcel and a certificate of adoption. 3 - Follow your vines for a year under the tutelage of the winemaker 4 - Get 6 bottles of thefollowing vintage, featuring your name on the label!

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cube AI — Cube AI boosts back-office logistics efficiency, allowing teams to handle more loads and focus on human relationships.
Entroview — Entroview is a deep-tech startup specializing in battery software diagnostics.
Nova Carbon — Carbon fiber recycling

Serena Cordero

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

Simon Blake OBE CCMI is the Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England.

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Hands on business and capital investment support - Comhar Capital focuses upon direct capital investment for companies run by forward-thinking growth-orientated owner-managers.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Analytics
Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TaperedPlus — TaperedPlus is a leading supplier of flat roof design, building services, and insulation board solutions. See how our expert consultants can help you today.
Panintelligence — Expand ARR and accelerate your product roadmap with engaging, secure, embedded analytics and reporting designed specifically for SaaS.
The Lakes Distillery — Pushing boundaries in pursuit of flavour creation, The Lakes Distillery's artistic ethos is at the intersection of art, science and nature. Discover the award-winning Lakes Single Malt Whisky, and our unique collection of gin, vodka, whiskies and gifts from The Lake District.

Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bolk — Bolk provides autonomous bowl-making robotic canteen which producing warm meals, cold dishes and desserts from precooked ingredients.
Arkania — B2B API solution for brands to create and sell online NFTs directly on their platforms
Starton — Integrate blockchain technology this week. Focus on your vision, we handle blockchain complexity

Jim Mellon is an international investor with interests in several industries. After leaving Oxford, where he studied PPE, (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) he worked in Asia and the United States for two fund management companies, GT and Thornton, before establishing his own business in 1991. His business operations include two components, alisted fund management company called Charlemagne Capital, and an Asian mining group, Regent Pacific.In addition, Mr. Mellon is Co-Chairman of West African Minerals Corporation and Regent Pacific Group. He is on the board of a number of public quoted companies, including Brazilian Gold Corporation, Charlemagne Capital Limited, Manx Financial Group, Plethora Solutions, Polo Resources, Port Erin Biophara Investments Limited, and the Speymill plc. He is the life tenant of a trust which owns the Burnbrae Group, which has substantial assets in the biotechnology, financial services, property, mining and leisure sectors. Mr. Mellon spends most of his time working on startup ideas and investing. His book, “Wake Up!” was published in 2005; his second book "10 Investments for the Ten Years Ahead" was published in 2008. In 2012, he co-wrote "Cracking the Code" which focuses on the biotechnology sector and how to profit from it. Mr. Mellon lives in the Isle of Man, Brussels and Ibiza and is an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Voxia — Amy collects and analyzes information from all over the web and provides actionable insights about your leads, prospects and clients, all in one click.
Monaco Foundry — We are a team of Serial Entrepreneurs, former Senior Government Advisors and Fortune 500 Executives. A global venture accelerator that invests in early to mid-stage companies and their growth through a unique sweat equity model.
The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership are transforming the economy by securing funds from government to help businesses grow in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, iOS, Clean Energy
Seed, Grant
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CROSSIP — Great tasting non-alcoholic spirits with a kick. Made from natural botanical ingredients, no added sugar. 0% alcohol drinks perfected by TV's Carl Anthony Brown.
Cellexcel — Cellexcel is a biomaterials research company that develops technology for enhancement of water resistance of biomaterials.
One Planet Pizza — One Planet Pizza is a vegan food company, dedicated to creating good food. It distributes a range of frozen pizzas and redi-meals through local retail outlets and via home delivery in Norwich, Cambridge, and Ipswich. One Planet's pizza currently come in 4 Italian style pizza's and can be found in most of the major high streetsupermarkets.One Planet Pizza is owned by a group of vegan and veggie business people, including Mike Hill (co-owner of River Green Café), Jan Wise (owner of The Beggie Red Lion Pub) and Tanya Chapman (owner of Luvegan Cakes in Leicester). The company is also supported and backed by a number of vegan bloggers and activists.

We are a technology enabled supply chain financing partner for the wine and spirit industries. Our platform funds wine producers, whisky distillers, bottlers and merchants.

Investment focus

Distillery, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Corporate Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Holyrood Distillery — Holyrood Distillery is an award winning Gin & Whiskey Distillery located in the heart of Edinburgh offer a memorable experience with Spirits.

Sam Plunkett

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
Quibim — Leading radiomics company pioneering quantitative imaging biomarkers and medical applications in precision medicine.
Shippeo — A global leader, and European specialist, in supply chain visibility, giving companies instant access to predictive and real-time information for all their deliveries.

Ben Bilboul - Chief Executive Officer @ Karmarama

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Charlie Carroll is Founder at Flat Iron.

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Ann Elliott

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Benjamin Darnault

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

Damien Byrne is the Founder at HUX.

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Ian Edward Wright MBE is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer.

Investment focus

Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

Jonathan Warburton

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.

Distill Ventures provide investment and support for spirits entrepreneurs who want to create the global drinks brands of the future. They are an independent venture built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs – because they believe the most exciting innovation in the drinks industry is coming from founder-led brands.They created Distill Ventures tobe the perfect partner for ambitious entrepreneurs who are creating the global brands of the future. Between them, they have years of experience working with businesses of all types and they have a deep understanding of, and passion for, drinks. They know the challenges facing founder-led businesses and they are committed to using this experience to support your founding team and grow your brand.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery
Pre-Seed, Seed
United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pimentae — Pimentae is here to liberate the way you enjoy tequila. Premium tequila cocktails delivered straight to your door. Need a new margarita recipe? Our spicy Margarita is the perfect balance of sweet and spicy.
Lodestar — Lodestar is a pre-launch American Whisky created by relatives and members of the entertainment business.
CASA J Tequila — CASA J fine tequila blanco was established to recognize the creative, self-sufficient individuals who promote our culture and is owned by Mexican women. CASA J strives to modernize the tequila tradition with a contemporary feminine perspective dedicated to excellence in quality and craft while promoting our artisan communities in Jalisco.

With a track record of over 20 years in venture capital and experience from more than 200 investments in numerous companies BFB Brandenburg Kapital GmbH (BFB) is the most active equity investor in Brandenburg. BFB invests in fast-growing technology-orientated companies throughout the whole life-cycle. Target sectors are ICT/Digital Economy,Life Science, MedTech, Proptech, Industrial Applications. BFB invests in companies based in or with facilities in Brandenburg. The current VC fund is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) an Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB).

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

IQONIC.AI — Creating AI Solutions for Skin, Hair & Inner Balance
ThinkSono — ThinkSono is a company at the cutting edge of medicine and technology.
Captain T Cell — Captain T Cell is a start-up project that develops T cell-based immunotherapies for cancer patients. The company identifies novel high-efficiency TCRs for the development of T cell immunotherapies. It focuses on CMC- and preclinical development for their lead candidates.

Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

KFOBIX — KFOBIX offers nano-composite materials to prevent freezing and contamination of solar panels, wind turbines, and automobile glass.
DRONEQUBE — DRONEQUBE provides an innovative SaaS solution that empowers drones to monitor and defend vineyard health autonomously, addressing pressing concerns brought about by the climate crisis and increasing labor challenges.
Kybele's Garden — Algae Biotechnology for Agrifood & Cosmetics Solutions

Heinz-Werner Nienstedt - Chairman @ Nienstedt

Investment focus

SaaS, Rental, Travel
Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

VRdirect — VRdirect is the Virtual Reality platform that enables enterprises to create use case-driven VR solutions that truly support real-life business processes and deliver concrete business value.
Vicampo — Vicampo GmbH engages in online sale of wine. The company is based in Mainz, Germany.Vicampo operates a marketplace for wines that allows users to buy directly from wineries. The company has selected over 25,000 experienced and emerging winemakers from Germany who ship their wines directly to customers. The quality of wines is tested not only by thecompany’s experts but also by the customers who are asked to reviewproducts.
Zizoo — Zizoo is a leading boat holiday platform. Zizoo is digitalising and transforming the boat rental industry (worth an estimated €33 billion), which is 10 years behind any other travel sector. They are building a global digital booking platform and website connecting suppliers (charter companies) to travelers worldwide, similar to “Booking.com forBoats”. Zizoo also provides charter companies with a powerful inventory management tool and business intelligence.They are making boat holidays affordable and accessible to everyone (bookings starts from €20 a day).Zizoo is a boat rental marketplace where you can select a boat in a location of your choice and book it as easily as a hotel room. They are not an agent; they simply connect holidayers with charters for an amazing experience on the sea. No booking fees, a simple online booking process, real time availabilities, a professional service – without the additional hassle of contacting several companies.

Stephen Fitzpatrick is founder and CEO of Vertical Aerospace and OVO Energy. Recognising the potential of EVTOLs to transform air travel, Fitzpatrick resolved to bring together the best technologies from aviation, energy and automobile industries. Today, the company is closing in on its mission of decarbonising flight.A serial entrepreneur,Stephen Fitzpatrick believes in the power of human ingenuity, directing his attention to forming businesses that solve the world’s biggest problems.In 2009 he founded OVO Energy, overseeing its growth to the biggest independent provider of power in the UK, offering customers energy that is cheaper, cleaner and simpler than rivals.Stephen Fitzpatrick’s expansive experience, as founder of an energy company and former owner of F1 team, Manor Racing, led to his setting up Vertical Aerospace. In 2021 the company announced conditional pre-orders for 1,350 aircraft from American Airlines, Avolon, Virgin Atlantic, Marubeni Corp, Iberojet and Bristow Group for an estimated $5.4bn. In December of that year, Vertical Aerospace listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Today the company is poised to launch the most advanced aircraft of its type ever designed, the VX4, with test flights expected to run in 2022.

Investment focus

Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Social Network
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
Handl — We deliver car care services to you. Order from professional valets, oil, adblue, washer and care services and subscribe to monthly services to save money.
Just Venue — Just Venue is an online platform that aims to socialise event space booking, by connecting event hosts and organisers with space owners and managers. Just Venue aims to connect event hosts and organisers with venue owners and managers.The website has taken inspiration from other community platforms like AirBnB, Uber and TaskRabbit.

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