VC-Verzeichnis

Growth VC-Firmen Verzeichnis

Kuratierter Index aktiver Venture-Capital-Fonds in Europa und Israel. Verfolge Investoren, Phasen und Ticketgrößen.

Prediction Capital

Santa Venera, MT

Prediction Capital focuses on partnering with pioneering early-stage ConsumerTech and FinTech startups. Their core objective extends beyond financial investment, aiming to actively support the progress of their portfolio companies with their expertise and network. They seek to be at the forefront of change, co-creating a future with better livelihood for all. The firm emphasizes a strong understanding of current and future technological challenges, providing solutions through their business mentality and pioneering spirit. They value founders with bold visions and the ability to build functioning teams. Their investment philosophy revolves around identifying innovative ventures and providing strategic partnerships, including connections to key industry players, thus directly impacting growth and fundraising. The firm aims to form independent conviction and move decisively to back founders' visions, offering clear, confident thinking. They prioritize genuine collaboration, a strong network, and trust as crucial elements in their partnerships. Founders highlight Prediction Capital's ability to quickly understand businesses and challenges, emphasizing their role as a strategic partner for growth. Prediction Capital positions itself as more than purely financial investors, actively supporting their portfolio companies. The team brings both a business mentality and pioneering spirit to the table when collaborating with founders. They aim to make diligent investment decisions and offer profound support with a variety of competencies through their team and advisory board.

Early-Stage, Pre-Seed, SeedConsumerTechFinTech

Raison Asset Management

Lisbon, PT

Raison Asset Management operates as a global wealth management platform offering a range of investment solutions to high-net-worth individuals (HNWI). Their core strategy involves providing exclusive access to private deals, structured products, public markets, and digital assets. They emphasize a personalized approach to investment, tailoring solutions to individual client needs. A significant part of their strategy revolves around pre-IPO access to promising companies, leveraging expertise to analyze hundreds of opportunities and select only the most promising ones for their clients. They aim to provide clients with opportunities to invest in high-growth tech startups and established companies before they go public. The firm also facilitates investments in various asset classes including stocks, bonds, structured products, and crypto-assets. This diversification aims to provide a balanced portfolio and cater to different risk appetites. In the venture capital space, Raison invests in top-tier VC funds, making these funds' exclusive investment opportunities available to their clients. They have demonstrated a focus on tech-driven companies and funds, with investments in areas such as AI, fintech, and deep tech. Raison's investment decisions are backed by a team of experts who analyze market trends and identify potential investment opportunities. Raison highlights its years of investment experience and significant assets under management as indicators of its credibility and successful track record. They provide a transparent ecosystem for investors, aiming to simplify the investment process and offer a comprehensive view of investment options. Their investment strategies appear to be focused on delivering high returns while managing risk through diversification and expert analysis. The firm's focus on pre-IPO opportunities and VC fund investments suggests a strategy of capitalizing on early-stage growth potential in innovative companies. They cater specifically to HNWI, providing them access normally reserved for institutional investors.

Pre-IPO, Series B/C (through fund investments)Private dealsstructured products

SNGLR

Zug, CH

SNGLR Capital invests in European early-stage tech startups with exponential growth potential, focusing on two thematic funds: **Longevity & Vitality** and **Smart Mobility & Smart Cities**. The firm provides hands-on support through its team’s combined experience as founders, investors, board members, advisors, and mentors, along with specialized engagement models and deep technology expertise via its XLabs tech gurus.

Early-stageExponential tech startups leveraging AIBlockchain

Samos Venture Capital

London, Großbritannien

Samos Investments backs high-growth European startups with a focus on disruptive innovation, scalability, and strong market potential. The firm targets companies that leverage cutting-edge technology (AI, biotech, fintech) to solve pressing challenges across sectors like healthcare, consumer goods, and enterprise software.

Seed to Series B+High-growth European businesses across early-stage to growth-stage investmentswith a focus on innovative

Skyfall Ventures

Oslo, NO

Skyfall Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Nordic tech startups. They seek companies with explosive growth potential, operating in sectors that are undergoing a tectonic shift due to major market changes, new technologies, or shifts in customer mindset. They emphasize 'catching the right wind' or 'riding a huge wave.' The firm is sector-agnostic, but areas of interest include artificial intelligence, energy tech, blockchain, robotics, and cybersecurity. Skyfall's investment strategy centers around backing 'fearless founders' who are building in the face of transformative opportunities. They invest at the earliest stages, typically pre-seed and seed, and are often the first institutional investor on the cap table. They are comfortable with high uncertainty as long as the ambition is large enough. This includes backing teams before product-market fit and sometimes even before product. Their approach combines early capital with operational experience, aiming to support founders from day one. The team emphasizes speed and agility as competitive advantages for startups, believing that momentum is crucial for survival. Skyfall highlights the importance of founders leading their businesses, while they provide support and believe founders know their business best.

Pre-seed, SeedArtificial IntelligenceEnergy Tech

Square Peg

Tel Aviv, IL

Square Peg is a venture capital firm focused on backing founders early and repeatedly across APAC’s fastest-growing technology markets, particularly in fintech. They emphasize founder-friendly support, strategic guidance, and long-term partnership to help scale global businesses.

Early-stage to growth-stageEarly-stage and growth-stage technology companiesparticularly in fintech and borderless opportunities across APAC markets

Startup Leiria

Leiria, PT
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Supports innovative, technology-driven startups by providing mentorship, resources, and an enabling ecosystem to transform ideas into scalable businesses, focusing on disruptive problem-solving and exponential growth.

Early-Stage (Mentorship & Acceleration)Early-stage startups with disruptive technological solutions

Target Global

Berlin, Deutschland

Target Global is passionate about empowering growth by investing in transformational technology. They support entrepreneurs who are making a positive impact on the world. Their portfolio page showcases a wide range of companies across different sectors and stages, but based on the available data it's difficult to provide a more detailed and nuanced summary of their overall investment thesis.

Business SoftwareMobility

Telia Ventures

Solna, Schweden

Telia Ventures invests in companies that align with Telia Company's strategic priorities and can benefit from Telia's assets, capabilities, and market position. They seek opportunities to accelerate growth through strategic partnerships and potential integrations within the Telia ecosystem. Their investment strategy focuses on identifying and supporting innovative companies that are shaping the future of connectivity, digital services, and sustainable technologies. They prioritize investments that create synergies with Telia's existing businesses and contribute to long-term value creation. Telia Ventures actively seeks companies demonstrating strong potential for scalability and market disruption. They look for ventures with differentiated technologies, innovative business models, and strong management teams. A key part of their strategy involves leveraging Telia's extensive network, infrastructure, and customer base to help portfolio companies expand their reach and accelerate adoption of their solutions. They aim to foster collaborative relationships with their portfolio companies, providing them with access to expertise and resources to drive growth and innovation. They are dedicated to creating a positive impact beyond financial returns, and look for investments that support sustainable development and contribute to a more connected and inclusive society. This includes companies that promote digital inclusion, environmental sustainability, and responsible business practices. Their investment decisions are guided by a commitment to long-term value creation and a belief in the power of technology to improve lives and transform industries. Ultimately, Telia Ventures aims to generate both financial and strategic returns by investing in promising companies that are poised to capitalize on the evolving digital landscape. They play an active role in supporting their portfolio companies' growth, fostering innovation, and creating lasting value for both Telia Company and the broader ecosystem.

Not explicitly mentioned, but likely early to growth stage given their strategic partnership approachConnectivityDigital Services

The Moon Venture

Paris, Frankreich

The Moon Venture focuses on selecting and supporting promising startups. They provide dedicated team support, access to a network of prominent leaders and successful entrepreneurs, and follow-on investment in subsequent rounds. They highlight their operational team's commitment to regularly engaging with founders, monitoring key performance indicators across business, finance, and treasury aspects, analyzing growth, profitability, and cash flow, and providing guidance on management, business, product, and financial challenges. Their approach aims to increase the sustainability of companies, citing a 70% increase in the five-year survival rate for supported businesses. They provide financial support and operational mentoring.

Series ASaaSFintech

Tilia Impact Ventures

Prague, CZ

Tilia Impact Ventures invests in mission-driven startups with scalable business models that deliver measurable environmental and social impact. They provide patient capital, operational support, and impact measurement expertise to align stakeholders toward maximizing systemic change. Focus areas include sustainability, social equity, and technological innovation in the CEE region.

Early-stage to growth-stage startups (patient capital, tailored financial instruments).Impact-driven startups with scalable business models addressing environmental and social challenges in the Czech Republic and Central/Eastern Europe (CEE).

TokePortal.com

Valletta, MT

TokePortal.com's investment thesis centers around democratizing the European capital market by disrupting the traditionally institutional top-down approach with bottom-up, retail-based, organic growth through equity crowdfunding. They envision a consolidating pan-European capital market where startups and SMEs can raise capital from a wider pool of investors in exchange for tradeable securities, such as equity, debt, or convertible loans. This model, facilitated by the European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation (ECSPR), allows them to manage public capital raising up to €5M per annum and enable secondary trading. The firm believes that crowdfunding serves as a powerful acceleration tool and interconnected ecosystem builder, contributing to a sustainable and crisis-resistant economy. They aim to make fundraising, branding, and market entry more effective, accessible, and engaging for startups. The platform operates as a marketplace connecting projects (campaigns) with investors, enabling informed investment decisions through Key Investor Information Sheets (KIIS) and interactive forums. TokePortal positions itself as a regulated and supervised platform, ensuring investments are securely managed during campaigns. They emphasize constant support for startups, including education, campaign design, and execution. Their value proposition includes faster funding compared to traditional methods, offering an investment capacity of approximately EUR 0.5M/month as of August 2024. Moreover, they see their work as being part of a broader ecosystem including associations like Eurocrowd, of which a co-founder holds a board position, aiming to foster a collaborative and transparent environment for crowdfunding in Europe.

Early Stage (Startups, SMEs)StartupsSMEs

V3 Ventures

London, Großbritannien

V3 Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on backing founders building the consumer brands of tomorrow. They invest in fast-growing early-stage consumer businesses with purpose-driven brands and innovative technologies. The firm emphasizes building communities of fanatical customers and focuses on long-term investments to support founders in realizing their vision. They bring a founder-centric approach, leveraging their own experiences as consumer business builders to guide portfolio companies. Their global perspective, with dedicated teams in the US, Europe, and India, enables them to invest in brands across the globe. V3 Ventures believes that strong brands have long-term competitive advantages. They leverage a proven legacy of building iconic brands, supported by Verlinvest, a family-backed global investment fund with nearly 30 years of experience. Portfolio companies gain access to a world-class network of consumer brand experts, receiving unwavering support from early stage through growth and beyond. The firm aims to empower visionary entrepreneurs to redefine industries and create a lasting impact, indicating a commitment to supporting founders through various stages of their growth.

Early stageWellness & beautyFood & Drinks

VGC Partners

London, Großbritannien

VGC Partners is an early-stage private equity investor focused on the Attention Economy – industries where human attention is the primary driver of economic value. They specifically target B2B companies that are shaping how attention is acquired and monetized. VGC combines the discipline of private equity with the potential of early-stage ventures, employing a highly selective and hyper-focused approach. The firm invests in companies across three key sectors: Sports & Entertainment, Content & IP, and Marketing Services. Within Sports & Entertainment, they look at businesses that excel at engaging audiences and monetizing attention, including fan engagement platforms, sports data analytics, talent representation, event technology, gaming, and merchandising. In Content & IP, they target companies creating, owning, or distributing content and intellectual property, such as podcasting platforms, video production studios, creative agencies, and IP licensing platforms. The Marketing Services focus encompasses agencies and platforms that help businesses capture attention effectively, like creative automation tools, performance marketing agencies, analytics platforms, influencer marketing solutions, and brand strategy firms. VGC aims to operate in the "overlap" – the intersection of network and know-how. They provide access to a wide network of industry contacts and offer operational expertise to support the growth of their portfolio companies. The firm recognizes the increasing importance of capturing and retaining attention in today's noisy world and seeks to back companies that are at the forefront of this trend.

Early-stage, GrowthSports & EntertainmentContent & IP

Varsity VC

Paris, Frankreich

Varsity is a European VC fund focused on backing ambitious founders at the seed stage. It provides not just capital but conviction, network, and hands-on support to help founders make critical decisions, challenge their judgment, and drive growth through continuous knowledge exchange between partners and founders. The firm emphasizes long-term engagement, acting as a working ecosystem to support CEOs through every stage of growth.

Seed-stageEarly-stage European startups

Verge Healthtech Fund

London, Großbritannien

Verge HealthTech Fund focuses on investing in transformative healthtech companies that aim to extend healthspan and improve healthcare accessibility, quality, and efficiency. They believe that healthtech can amplify the current health system by connecting traditional sectors with non-health sectors, reaching billions of people. The fund supports visionary founders who are creating transformative healthtech companies and addresses large unmet needs in health through platforms that can reach millions. They provide active expertise, access to a global ecosystem, and portfolio synergies to help companies scale from early to growth stage.

Seed to Series AAI and Data AnalyticsNext Gen Diagnostics

Viola Ventures

Tel Aviv, IL

Viola is Israel’s leading technology investment group with over $6 billion assets under management. They enable Israeli entrepreneurs to build transformational technology companies. Viola is a multi-strategy investment house with focused, separate investment arms. They partner with companies from inception to growth. Each partnership operates independently with a dedicated investment team, investors, pool of funds, and portfolio companies, but shares access to added-value services, best practices and insights. Viola operates through several focused funds including Viola Ventures (early-stage VC), Viola Growth (expansion-stage capital), Viola Credit (alternative credit for tech companies), Viola FinTech (cross-stage FinTech investments), and Viola Partners (access to Viola Group funds). Viola Ventures empowers early-stage startups to become category leaders. Viola Growth focuses on investing in global companies at the expansion phase. Viola Credit provides multi-credit products to growing technology companies. Viola FinTech invests in global FinTech companies alongside leading venture investors, aiming to accelerate the modernization and digitization of financial institutions and support the growth of FinTech companies. Viola aims to transform global industries through its investments, supporting companies across various sectors with capital and strategic guidance. The firm also publishes "Viola Notes," which appear to be thought leadership pieces or market analyses.

Inception, Early Stage, Growth, Expansion PhaseVenture CapitalGrowth Capital

Viola-Group

Tel Aviv, IL

Viola Group partners with Israeli and global entrepreneurs to build transformational technology companies, with a specialized focus on FinTech. The firm operates as a multi-strategy investment house, supporting companies from early-stage inception to growth through dedicated investment arms, shared resources, and added-value services.

Multi-stage (from inception to growth)Cross-stage venture investments in global FinTech and technology companieswith a focus on financial modernization and digitization

Vitosha Venture Partners

Sofia, BG

Vitosha Venture Partners is an early-stage VC fund investing in innovative businesses in Bulgaria. They aim to provide more than just funding, offering their investment experience, global network, and market access to help turn entrepreneurs into champions. The firm focuses on resourceful founders, ideas that matter, and strong execution. They look at deals on an ongoing basis and make decisions quickly. They specifically target companies based in or related to Bulgaria. While the website doesn't explicitly detail a sector-specific thesis, the portfolio demonstrates an interest in RegTech, EnergyTech, Traveltech, E-commerce, FinTech, and SaaS companies, all demonstrating innovative business models. Vitosha Venture Partners positions itself as more than just a capital provider. They bring to bear investment experience, a global network, and market access to accelerate the growth of their portfolio companies. Their team has deep connections within the Bulgarian startup ecosystem and international networks, allowing them to connect founders to relevant resources and expertise. They also provide operational support. The firm emphasizes quick decision-making and continuous deal evaluation. This suggests an agile and responsive approach to venture investing, tailored to the dynamic needs of early-stage companies. Vitosha Venture Partners invests between EUR 25,000 and EUR 1,000,000.

Early-stage, Growth-stageRegTechEnergyTech

XPRESS Ventures

Berlin, Deutschland

XPRESS Ventures invests in founders transforming the industrialized world, focusing on startups at the beginning of their journey. They believe that success in the industrial world depends on industry expertise, infrastructure access, and clients, and they aim to help startups bridge to these critical assets. They empower founders with capital and expertise early, providing advice rather than control, and leverage their network to supercharge startup growth. This includes helping startups navigate corporate collaboration challenges, connecting them with key industry players, and engaging their network of investors to foster advancements that build on industrial knowledge.

Pre-Seed, SeedReal estateinfrastructure

Xplore by Épopée Gestion

Brest, Frankreich

Xplore, formerly West Web Valley, is the venture capital arm of Épopée Gestion. Their investment thesis centers around accelerating innovation within specific territories, particularly the Arc Atlantique region of France. They aim to finance, support, and accelerate innovative companies to create economic, ecological, and social value at a local level. Xplore focuses on investments at the intersection of technological innovation and major societal challenges. They prioritize sectors undergoing rapid transformation, reflecting concerns about sovereignty, sustainability, and performance. Xplore offers tailored support, leveraging their in-depth expertise and understanding of local ecosystems, to help ambitious and scalable projects emerge. Their goal is to foster the growth of companies that will contribute to regional development and address significant global challenges. Xplore emphasizes building a strong local network and actively supporting portfolio companies' growth ambitions. They describe themselves as demanding yet supportive partners, offering more than just capital, including mentorship and guidance from experienced entrepreneurs.

Not explicitly mentioned, but the portfolio indicates investments in seed and Series A stages.IA appliquée à la santéproptech

YES!Delft

Delft, Niederlande

YES!Delft is Europe's leading tech incubator, empowering startups to transform innovative ideas into successful companies. We offer comprehensive services, including accelerator programs, funding support, and talent acquisition, all without taking equity. Our extensive ecosystem connects entrepreneurs with experts, mentors, partners, and investors, fostering growth in sectors such as Robotics, AI, Quantum technologies, MedTech, and Energy Transition.

Idea or Patent, Prototype, Early Revenue

building10 Servicegesellschaft mbH

Berlin, Deutschland

b10 is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. They claim to have invested 10 Million Euros and provided 10,000 days of operational support to 10 companies. The firm seems to focus on helping companies grow and has a team with experience in fundraising, sales, finance, legal, and international growth. They appear to offer operational support, as indicated by the "10K Days Ops Support" mentioned on their homepage. Furthermore, considering the team composition, which includes roles such as Head of Design, Head of Content, and Head of Talent, it's likely the firm provides hands-on support in various functional areas. The firm's portfolio demonstrates a preference for innovative companies, including those in autonomous vehicles (ENWAY), smart building technology (Sensorberg), and digital publishing (Pressmatrix). Furthermore, the portfolio is a mix of companies they have directly invested in and companies that partners of b10 have been involved with individually. Given the investment focus and team expertise, b10 likely seeks startups with strong growth potential and innovative business models, where their experience and operational support can accelerate development and market penetration. The exits to date highlight their ability to identify early stage promising startups and help them navigate the path to successful exits. The team's experience in specific areas like fundraising, sales, and international growth indicates a targeted value proposition for portfolio companies facing these challenges.

Early-stage startupsAutonomous vehiclessmart building technology

i&i Prague

Prague, CZ

i&i Prague is a biotech incubator and venture builder focused on helping groundbreaking ideas in drug development, diagnostics, medical technologies, and other life sciences move from the lab to the market. They specialize in supporting startups in the early stages of development, providing expert consulting in scientific, legal, business, and other areas essential for successful growth. They aim to build a unique network of startups, investors, industrial partners, and biotechnology experts, enabling effective collaboration and knowledge sharing. Their incubation program offers step-by-step support in setting up a company, including market analysis and information, gaining early-on industry feedback, obtaining initial funding, and investor contacts. They seek to identify new inventions in Drug Discovery, Diagnostics, MedTech, and other Life Science fields, connecting innovation with capital and expertise to create growth opportunities. Their team leverages decades of know-how and experiences gathered in academic institutions, technology transfer, and industrial companies. i&i Prague's strategy involves actively sourcing biotech projects originating in academia and finding commercial partners for them. They acquire intellectual property rights from research institutions and collaborate with industrial partners for product development, manufacturing, and market entry. This collaborative approach allows them to bring scientific discoveries closer to real-world applications, as exemplified by their partnership with the Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ÚHKT) to commercialize an innovative liquid microextraction technology. Overall, i&i Prague aims to bridge the gap between academic research and commercialization by providing comprehensive support, facilitating collaborations, and leveraging their expertise in the biotech sector. They support scientific discoveries that can fundamentally improve patient care and believe in supporting scalable and beneficial technologies.

Early stagesDrug developmentdiagnostics