FFVC
ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is a global family of funds with a 15-year track record of identifying and investing in high-potential seed-stage companies. They adhere to due diligence rigor and well-defined investment criteria, aiming to deliver strong performance to investors. ffVC enhances its competitive advantage through significant and proprietary deal flow. The firm takes a highly engaged approach, helping founders build sustainable businesses, leading to higher survivorship. ffVC invests at the earliest stages, often as the lead investor with active Board participation. They seek driven problem solvers with industry expertise and the ability to lead, building teams where ffVC can add value. They look for companies with a path to a $100 million revenue run rate and strong defensive moats. ffVC's investment approach focuses on long-term value creation, making initial investments of $300,000 to $700,000 for 8-10% of a company with a post-money valuation target of less than $10 million. They lead rounds and gain board participation, following on through pre-money valuations of approximately $50 million. ffVC invests in only 5% of the 3,000 deals reviewed annually. Beyond capital, ffVC provides extensive resources to help companies grow, including access to their exclusive accounting firm, a network of 35,000+ founders and investors, and an investment team that advises on product development, sales & marketing, and revenue generation. In addition to their USA fund, ffVC has a European fund based in Warsaw, Poland, focused on Tech + Gaming innovations from Series Seed through Series B. This initiative is a partnership with Totalizator Sportowy, PFR Ventures, and the Polish National Center for Research and Development to invest and nurture companies in the Central European region. The European fund targets founders with a Polish footprint deploying products globally in e-commerce, fintech, gaming, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and AI/big data, with investments ranging from PLN 1m – PLN 12m.
FIBAN
FiBAN (Finnish Business Angels Network) is a non-profit association of private investors focused on inspiring private investments in Finland and beyond. Their vision is to make Finland the best country for growth-company investing. They aim to achieve this by matching startups with investors, offering certified investor education, and representing the public interests of private investors. They are one of the largest and most active business angel networks in the world, with over 600 members and a significant track record of investments. FiBAN's strategy revolves around facilitating early-stage funding for startups, particularly those seeking up to 300,000 euros. They offer startups access to a network of experienced angel investors through application processes and pitching opportunities. The organization also actively promotes angel investing by producing research and insights on the Finnish angel investment landscape and providing a platform for investors to connect and co-invest. FiBAN also supports specific areas of investment, as demonstrated through their "Creative Angels" initiative. This initiative focuses on unlocking the investment potential of the creative industries and connecting investors with creative entrepreneurs. The initiative addresses the gap in funding for creative companies by fostering cross-industry collaboration and providing support for scalable growth. FiBAN joined the Advisory Board of Creative Economy of Finland to shape national growth strategy. Furthermore, FiBAN emphasizes collaboration within the investor community and strives to create long-term impact through shared learning and practical decision-making that supports a strong Finnish business ecosystem. They also provide educational and networking opportunities for their members to continuously learn and improve their investment strategies.
FRC Capital
Invests in bold founders and early-stage startups, supporting visionary entrepreneurs navigating uncertainty and challenges in building innovative ventures.
Feast Ventures
Feast Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing at the intersection of agriculture, food, and health, with the goal of enabling a new nutrition epitome. They aim to back founders who are delivering on a mission to create a more sustainable and regenerative food system. The firm believes that the food and agtech industry is a cornerstone of global economic, planetary, and individual health. Feast Ventures' investment strategy revolves around supporting entrepreneurs and management teams in achieving their ambitions within the agrifoodtech space. They dedicate themselves to supporting companies that demonstrate the potential to address shortcomings in today's food system. They aim to position agrifoodtech as a cornerstone of global economic, planetary, and individual health equally. The firm takes a thesis-driven, sector-specialized approach, working with founders and innovation partners who share their values and ambition to solve the food industry’s biggest challenges. They focus on opportunities in (Pre)Seed stages. They are backed by a selection of food entrepreneurs, family offices and selected thought leaders.
Female Founders Fund
Founders Forum Group is a global community and group of businesses empowering entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys. They champion entrepreneurial innovation and prioritize the needs of founders through networking & events, education, professional services, investment, and philanthropy. The group's vision is to create an environment for collaboration among founders, investors, CEOs, and leaders to discuss the future of tech-enabled industries, new technologies, and evolving business models. The organization convenes invitation-only forums in various locations to unite successful founders, thought leaders, and investors to address significant questions. They aim to be key drivers of the startup ecosystem, enabling connections, deal-making, and supporting entrepreneurs through various stages of their company lifecycle, from pre-seed to post-exit.
Fiedler Capital
Fiedler Capital is a pre-seed VC firm focused on funding breakout companies on the peripheries of Europe. They aim to be the first check investor for overlooked founders from these ecosystems. They back founders who are defying the odds and building significant companies.
Fifty Years
Fifty Years backs scientists and engineers building massive businesses to solve humanity’s biggest problems (e.g., climate crisis, disease, connectivity, malnutrition) by leveraging deep tech and capitalism as a force for good. The firm emphasizes founder-centric support and a network of founder-backers.
Final Frontier
Final Frontier is a Nordic VC fund focused on backing visionary founders building critical space and defence tech to help Europe regain control of its future. They believe Europe has the potential to lead again in these sectors, and their investments reflect this ambition. They aim to support startups across the space and defence technology value chain, from satellite systems and propulsion to drones, cybersecurity, and autonomous platforms. The fund focuses on pre-seed and seed stage companies, preferring teams with working prototypes ready for real-world deployment. They are particularly interested in companies that contribute to European sovereignty and address critical needs in the space and defence sectors. Their long-term strategy involves scaling up fund sizes over time to continue supporting companies as they grow.
FireID
FireID helps skilled 'makers' build businesses to solve meaningful problems, focusing on innovative solutions in fintech, insurance, developer tools, and education.
Firgun Ventures
Firgun Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in Series A/B quantum computing companies. They aim to address the funding gap that often occurs at the Series A/B stage in the quantum technology sector, where most capital is directed towards early seed rounds. The firm seeks to partner with exceptional quantum entrepreneurs and help them scale their companies into category leaders, delivering significant economic impact. Firgun brings years of quantum investing experience and a network of world-class advisors to identify and support promising companies. Firgun's investment approach is underpinned by conviction, expertise, and strong values, with a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and advancing access to capital for female entrepreneurs.
First Check Africa
FirstCheck Africa is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on backing exceptional female-led startups in Africa. They address the gender funding gap by providing high-conviction "first checks" to diverse teams building for scale and sustainability. Their mission is to empower female founders with the financial, social, and belief capital needed to build category-defining companies. The firm is sector-agnostic, welcoming applications from founders in any high-growth industry. FirstCheck Africa aims to be an early believer in a generation of African women in tech, investing in companies across various sectors. They are committed to helping female entrepreneurial talent in Africa build great companies and play a meaningful role in shaping the continent's tech landscape. They recognize that the early-stage funding ecosystem often disadvantages women and are working to correct this imbalance. The firm's investment approach focuses on economics, rather than solely on social impact, recognizing that women-led startups tend to perform better. They are creating a community of millennial and mid-career women to become angel investors themselves, further supporting female founders in the African tech ecosystem. FirstCheck Africa acknowledges the biases female founders face and aims to address them by providing early-stage capital and support. They understand that female founders often have to work harder to achieve the same level of success and are committed to being a part of their journey, recognizing that the next generation of visionaries will stand on their shoulders.
First Spark Ventures
Investing in foundational technological insights across Advanced Compute, Digital Biology & Biotech, and Cyber-Physical Systems to drive scalable productivity and societal impact.
Flat6Labs
Flat6Labs is an entrepreneurship platform focused on accelerating the future in emerging markets. They empower entrepreneurs by providing the resources to build, launch, and grow transformative ideas through acceleration programs, ecosystem development, and innovation services. Flat6Labs has established a regional presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a strong focus on fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems and offering support to startups in various countries. Their strategy involves offering programs, such as seed programs and accelerators, tailored to the specific needs of each region while also connecting founders with a wider network of investors and mentors. Flat6Labs also prioritizes contributing to local economies and fulfilling national visions by providing access to opportunities and enabling startups to reach regional and global markets. Flat6Labs focuses on creating ideal business environments for startups through resources such as lowering startup costs and providing tax incentives. The organization's expansion throughout the MENA region, with presences in countries such as Egypt, KSA, Bahrain, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq, UAE, Palestine and Pakistan, reflects their commitment to supporting the growth of the startup ecosystem within each region. They have various programs tailored to the needs of each specific location.
Flori Ventures
Flori Ventures is a seed-stage fund investing in entrepreneurs building the future financial system and climate crisis solutions. They aim to back founders and leaders who tap into financial and climate innovation to solve real-world problems at scale. The firm believes in supporting founders from pre-seed to pre-series A stages. They have backed 80+ startups with $30M+ to help founders solve impactful problems in big markets.
Forbion Capital Partners
Forbion is a global venture capital firm focused on building and scaling innovative biotech companies and sustainable solutions to improve human and planetary health. They invest across multiple fund strategies, covering all stages of (bio-)pharmaceutical drug development. They leverage their biotech expertise beyond human health to address planetary health challenges through their BioEconomy fund strategy, which invests in companies developing sustainable solutions in food, agriculture, materials, and environmental technologies. Forbion aims to select impactful investments that will positively affect the health and well-being of people and the planet, as well as meet its financial return objectives. Their human health investment strategy includes Ventures, Growth, and Formation (spin-outs/company creation). The Ventures strategy builds and supports pre-clinical and early clinical companies. The Growth strategy focuses on providing capital for clinical stage drug development, primarily as private growth capital, and selectively as crossover and public investments. The Formation strategy runs a joint venture with BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) for early-stage investments, particularly in Benelux and Germany. Forbion's Planetary Health strategy focuses on innovative companies that leverage biotechnology to clean and feed the planet across four sectors: Food, Agriculture, Materials, and Environmental Technologies. The BioEconomy fund enables and grows companies in Series A+ rounds. Forbion seeks to identify companies with strong science, experienced teams, and clear paths to meaningful impact. They aim to shape category-defining therapeutics with global impact.
Founder Lake
FounderLake is a 'talent investing' firm focused on helping founders find the right co-founders to build successful companies, primarily in Germany. They aim to address the difficulties and inefficiencies of the co-founder search process, offering an alternative to traditional company builders and accelerators that often require mandatory bootcamps, offer low valuations, and have large, potentially dilutive intakes. They source co-founders through their network and active search, handling initial interviews and supporting candidates and founders throughout the process. Their model prioritizes quality over quantity, working with founders who have proven professional experience. FounderLake differentiates itself by offering co-founder matching in exchange for equity. If the co-founder search is successful, they become a shareholder in the company. They charge EUR 60,000 for the successful search, which is then invested into the company through a convertible note with a cap of EUR 2 million. If the company has already raised a round, they are open to investing at the terms of that round. Founded by individuals with experience at McKinsey, BCG, Barclays Capital, TUM, LSE, INSEAD, and the Studienstiftung, FounderLake aims to support exceptional talent in building companies in Germany. In addition to their co-founder matching services, they also work with leading scaleups, growth companies, and DAX 30 companies on their digital hiring needs, bringing valuable expertise to the talent ecosystem.
Founders AS
Founders AS focuses on early-stage investing and company building, particularly in the healthtech and fintech sectors. Their approach is highly specialized, focusing on pre-product and pre-market stages. They prioritize working with a limited number of companies at a time to provide concentrated support. They emphasize identifying market opportunities, investing early in exceptional founders, and actively helping them achieve initial traction. They aim to invest like founders, rather than simply providing capital. They believe that early-stage investing has become too focused on broad access and exposure, lacking the deliberate approach needed to build category-defining companies. Founders AS believes the best way to invest is to identify great founders and get involved early, building from zero to traction.
Founders Forum Group
Founders Forum Group (FFG) operates as a global community and a group of businesses aimed at empowering entrepreneurs across all stages of their journey. Their core strategy revolves around building and leveraging a peer-to-peer network of inspiring founders, pioneering investors, inventive CEOs, and impactful leaders. FFG facilitates connections, knowledge sharing, and deal-making through invitation-only forums held in iconic locations worldwide, addressing critical questions facing the tech industry. They are not solely an investment firm but provide investment opportunities, educational programs, professional services, and philanthropic initiatives. They aim to be key drivers of the startup ecosystem and provide opportunities for making friends, doing deals, and celebrating life, according to testimonials on their website. The group focuses on creating an environment where founders can openly discuss challenges and build relationships that can lead to business transactions. They support entrepreneurs from pre-seed to post-exit, evidenced by the range of services and businesses within the Founders Forum Group ecosystem, including venture studios, seed programs, and accelerator programs through Founders Factory. Their geographical footprint spans across Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA). They also highlight specific locations such as London, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Paris, and Hong Kong. FFG also operates London Tech Week through a joint venture and spearheaded the relaunch of Tech Nation. They operate multiple sub-businesses and events and support entrepreneurs with a variety of needs. Their approach combines networking events, early-stage investment (through Founders Factory and firstminute capital), and community building to create a comprehensive platform for entrepreneurial success. The quotes from founders in various stages and industries emphasize the impact of the network on their journey and how it acts as a place where business relationships and deals are fostered. They aim to be more than just investors, as they also prioritize building relationships and supporting the personal and professional growth of their members.
Fraunhofer Technologie-Transfer Fonds
Fraunhofer Venture accelerates the commercialization of Fraunhofer research by supporting spin-offs, startups, and corporate collaborations. It provides end-to-end support—from ideation to exit—with access to seed capital, internal funding, and a network of industry and VC partners. Specializes in translating cutting-edge research into scalable, market-ready solutions.
Freedom Fund VC
Freedom Fund VC is a U.S.-based venture capital firm that focuses on investing in audacious founders who are developing transformational, field-proven solutions. Their investment thesis centers around enhancing resilience, strengthening security, and ultimately saving lives in a world facing increasing volatility. They look for companies whose innovations can address critical challenges and contribute to a safer and more secure future.
Future Planet Capital (Ventures) Ltd
Future Planet Capital is an impact-led VC firm founded in the UK with a global outlook. Their investment strategy is to back high-growth companies that are benchmarked against top universities and innovation centers globally. The firm's mission is to invest in companies solving global challenges in a profitable way, mapping their investments against the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which include climate change, education, health, security, and sustainable growth. They manage over $460M in assets for public and private investors and have deployed an additional $200M through co-investment initiatives. Future Planet Capital has a track record of managing deep tech funds for entities like the UK government, British Business Bank, sovereign wealth funds, and local government pension funds. They leverage a proprietary algorithm that tracks over 500,000 inputs to systematically score and benchmark innovative companies worldwide. The firm emphasizes originating and benchmarking deals from founders and scientists emerging from leading universities and innovation centers. They provide seed, venture, and growth investment, sharing their experience, global reach, and network to help these companies realize their full commercial and impact potential. Future Planet Capital also focuses on creating innovative routes for pension investment into high-growth UK businesses, exemplified by the British Co-Investment Fund (BCF) in partnership with Mobius Life. This fund aims to channel pension investment into the UK's most innovative and impactful businesses, unlocking pension capital to invest in UK private markets and support significant fast-growing companies.
Future Planet Capital Regional
Future Planet Capital is an impact-led venture capital firm founded in the UK with a global outlook. Their investment thesis centers around backing high-growth companies that are addressing global challenges aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as climate change, education, health, security, and sustainable growth, with the expectation of generating profitable returns. They focus on companies emerging from top universities and innovation centers, providing seed, venture, and growth investments to help them scale. The firm aims to connect the biggest investors with the brightest minds by offering pension scheme managers access to UK venture investment across the whole of the UK, with the potential for higher long-term returns for savers.
Futuristic.vc
Futuristic.vc, led by Christian Jantzen, operates as an early-stage angel investor primarily focused on European tech startups. The firm distinguishes itself by providing backing from the very first round, often participating with initial checks of $50,000 to $100,000. Christian Jantzen's investment approach is generalist, meaning he doesn't limit himself to specific themes or industries. This allows him to invest in a diverse range of companies, from payroll automation software to mixed-reality games. The firm's strategy centers around collaborating closely with founders at the earliest stages of their ventures. Christian aims to serve as a supportive and knowledgeable sounding board, offering strategic advice and assistance, particularly in securing follow-on funding from larger venture capital firms. He leverages his experience and network to help founders navigate the challenges of early-stage growth. Futuristic.vc emphasizes a strategic and honest approach to investing. While not offering extensive operational support like hiring large teams or securing numerous customers, Christian focuses on providing valuable insights and guidance to help founders make informed decisions and build sustainable businesses. The firm's portfolio includes a variety of companies operating in diverse sectors, showcasing its commitment to supporting innovative startups across Europe. The key value proposition of Futuristic.vc lies in its early-stage involvement, generalist approach, and dedication to providing strategic support to founders during critical stages of growth. By offering flexible funding and experienced guidance, the firm aims to contribute to the success of its portfolio companies and help them attract top-tier investors for future rounds.
GF BRYCK Ventures Fund
GF BRYCK Ventures Fund, formerly known as Gründerfonds Ruhr, is an early-stage venture capital firm empowering founders and driving innovation with a focus on the Ruhr region and beyond. They invest in B2B-tech seed stage companies that solve relevant customer problems and have the potential to become market leaders. The firm provides not only financial capital but also entrepreneurial expertise and access to an international network of corporations. Founded in 2017 as an initiative of Initiativkreis Ruhr and NRW.BANK, the initial fund was established to address the capital gap for early-stage startups in the Ruhr region, a technology hub with significant entrepreneurial and industrial potential. The first fund, Gründerfonds Ruhr I, had a volume of €34M. After successfully completing its investment cycle, the firm reorganized and operates as an independent venture capital fund. Their strategy involves partnering with startups by providing financial resources and offering support through expertise, access to industry connections, and hands-on guidance. They aim to be a trustworthy partner, assisting startups with the resources needed for success. The firm's second fund, Gründerfonds Ruhr II, closed in October 2024 with an initial fund volume of €31M and invests across Germany with a focus on the Ruhr region. The firm leverages its location in the Ruhr region to access a rich ecosystem of 22 universities and colleges, research institutions, and international corporations. The team of experienced investment professionals is passionate about empowering innovations and providing hands-on support.