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

Last updated: Jan 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 January 2025

Investor	Wine And Spirits Europe investments
Club Italia Investimenti 2	4
Angels Den	3
Italian Angels for Growth	2
Midlands Engine Investment Fund	2
LAUNCHub Ventures	2
Demeter Partners	2
Loyal VC	2
Alexander Edward Chesterman	2
Beringea	2
Business Growth Fund	2
Atomico	2
Angelsquare	2
Max Ventures	2
JamJar Investments	2
Pente Capital	2
P101	2
Caixa Capital	2
Whiterock Finance	2
Cabiedes & Partners	2
HBAN	2
Michal Berski	1
Epicure Wines	1
Christian Mruck	1
Nick Penny	1
Fraser T. Smith	1
Jad Benabdelkhalek	1
Melanie Pfister	1
QVentures	1
South East Angels	1
Will Greenwood	1
John Magnier	1
Milo Mitchum	1
Nils Glagau	1
Global Founders Capital	1
Connie Schwaderer	1
HSBC UK	1
Founders Capital	1
Kickston Partner	1
Kima Ventures	1
Serena Cordero	1
SFC Capital	1
James Murphy	1
Simon Blake OBE CCMI	1
Comhar Capital	1
Imbiba	1
Bertrand Jacquelot	1
Frenchfounders	1
Jim Mellon	1
New Anglia Capital	1
Edition Capital	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.

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.

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.

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 — Edept empowers students with global opportunities and academic excellence, bridging industry and academia to develop skilled citizens.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

JamJar Investments is a venture capital firm that invest in high growth consumer brand businesses in both digital and non-tech.Its combination of operational, commercial and brand experience was honed over 14 years taking innocent from scratch to sale to Coca Cola for north of half a billion £. That journey means the company understand thejourney of entrepreneurs, the highs the lows, the challenges and some of the solutions. JamJar is the consumer Venture Capital fund run by the innocent drinks founders.

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.

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

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

Loquis — La prima piattaforma per ascoltare e raccontare il mondo tramite podcast geolocalizzati
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.

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.

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
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.
Drinksology Kirker Greer — Drinksology Kirker Greer produces trusted spirit brands across an eclectic range of spirit categories. Drinksology creates, produces, distributes, and manages a global portfolio of premium wine brands. Drinksology Kirker Greer is a food and drinks company.

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.

Michal Berski is the CEO & Founder of Curlsmith.He Previously worked at L'Oréal as the Senior Manager.

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.

Epicure Wines is a supplier of wines.

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.

Christian Mruck

Investment focus

Winery, Consumer, Craft Beer
Angel
Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

The Original Experience — In our unique beer exhibition, you can experience the story of beer from its history to the present, visit the taproom school, or enjoy dinner with a beer sommelier.

Project Lead

Investment focus

Winery, Consumer, Craft Beer
Angel
Czech Republic

Portfolio highlights

The Original Experience — In our unique beer exhibition, you can experience the story of beer from its history to the present, visit the taproom school, or enjoy dinner with a beer sommelier.

Fraser T. Smith is an English record producer, songwriter and musician.

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.

Jad Benabdelkhalek - General Partner @ Golden Record Ventures

Investment focus

Winery, FinTech, Payments
Series A, Funding Round
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.
Orbital — We bridge the gap between traditional and crypto financial solutions, providing a regulated, secure and frictionless experience for global businesses.

Melanie Pfister

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.

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

sqcdp — We work with manufacturing clients to make paper systems redundant, introducing smart, efficient systems to capture production data through your teams.
PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.

A group of credible Hight Net Worth individuals based in the South East of England looking to invest in ambitious founders.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Easology — New easy to use tablets - Samsung Galaxy easology. Easology makes your tablet easy with large text, big buttons, clear menus + more.
Evidenced — Evidenced is your interviewing copilot, guiding your team to the most accurate hiring decision with fewer interviews.
Toolbox — London-based startup simplifying the renovation experience for homeowners. We take care of every step of the process. Free bathroom design consultation, fixture and fitting sourcing & installation of your dream bathroom.

Will Greenwood

Investment focus

Winery, Snack Food, Organic Food
Series A, Equity Crowdfunding
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.
Fearne & Rosie — Hello! Berry nice to meet you. Our mum says it's really important that we eat the berry best food. So we squish together natural ingredients to make tasty, fruity jams, honeys and spreads. MORE FRUIT, LESS SUGAR Just for you! Love, Fearne and Rosie x

John Magnier is Ireland's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside the horse-breeding industry.

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.

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.

Nils Glagau

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Personal Health
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, Austria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zeedz — Gaming for a green future. Zeedz is a monster collectible game that targets real-world climate change. Discover a world of plantified magic, made in Berlin.
BIOTherma-Pad — BIOTherma-Pad is a completely biological cooling pad made of seaweed rather than the typical chemicals; it may cool little children's injuries or offer warmth if needed.
Taste Religion — Taste Religion offers plant-based products that are devoid of toxic ingredients and allow to quickly create restaurant-quality cuisine.

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

Papaya — Papaya is the quickest way to order and pay in restaurants and bars and enjoy a seamless ordering and payment experience with personalized offerings. Restaurants and bars turn tables faster, experience increased basket sizes, and better understand their customer base.
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.
Jupiter — Getting access to Jupiter before others. 100% digital banking with no pain. Zero balance accounts, no hidden fees. Master your money, reap rewards on Jupiter app - partnered with an RBI licensed bank for max trust.

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.

SFC Capital, the UK's most active seed investor (PitchBook, 2020), provides capital and support to British startups. By combining its Angel Network and Seed Funds, SFC has created a unique model that allows investors to get exposure to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, either directly or through a diversified portfolio curated and managedby SFC’s expert team. In 2020, SFC received a £10m allocation from Business Investments as part of the Regional Angels Programme in support of SFC's mission to back promising early-stage companies from every corner of the UK.SFC Capital is an Appointed Representative of SFC Capital Partners Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 736184).

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Convie — We engage select members of our community to work alongside us in developing innovative and unique skincare and make-up formulas. We only create products that the community truly wants and needs. All our formulas are made with +90% of ingredients from natural origin, 100% vegan, cruelty-free and clean.
Enturi — 'We are developing off-grid wind-powered distributed energy systems to make significant contributions towards net-zero goals'
Marble Aerospace — Marble Aerospace builds hardware and software to protect maritime environments. They use UAV technology to monitor coastal areas for illegal fishing, human, and trafficking. They provide operations, local integration, technology development planning, and deployment services.

James Murphy is the Founder/CEO at New Commercial Arts.

Investment focus

Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United Kingdom

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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.

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.

Investors in leisure, entertainment & lifestyle growth brands.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Restaurants, Family
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

F1 Arcade — F1 Arcade UK offers a best-in-class, full-motion racing simulator experience. Experience the thrill of F1 at our state of the art venues today.
Little Houses Group — Creating a family of clubs that parents and children will love. Little Houses will be a new kind of family club. Open to both members and pay-and-play guests.
OTHERWORLD — OTHERWORLD is a virtual island paradise in the cloud, home to VR’s best experiences across entertainment, arts, education and wellness, reached through unique, multi-sensory ‘immersion pods’ in its growing network of city centre venues.Since opening its first site in Shoreditch, East London in 2019, over 50,000 people have experienced OTHERWORLD,including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. The team have won plaudits at the FRAME Awards 2020 and a nomination for the VR Awards 2020.

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

FrenchFounders provides its members with a networking platform for premium business profiles.

Investment focus

SaaS, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
France, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Flitter — Flitter is a neo-insurance company that provides pay-per-mile insurance and connected technology.
Albert — The most powerful, collaborative and user-friendly Strategic Workforce Planning solution. The Future of your Workforce starts now.
French Bloom — French Bloom is a retail store that provides alcohol-free wines.

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.

Investment, advice and expertise for the entertainment and leisure industry

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Events, Restaurants
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Farmer J — Farmer J serves honest food, that rolls with the seasons, is mindfully sourced, is bursting with flavour and most importantly, is scratch cooked on-site.
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.
Lean Kitchen Network — Lean Kitchen Network is a developer of a virtual kitchen network.

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