Crane Venture Partners is a London-headquartered venture capital firm investing at inception and seed stage in enterprise and foundational technology companies. It backs startups working on artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, developer tooling and security, and operates from offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Singapore and Bangalore. Portfolio companies include Encord, Cyberhaven and Laminar.
Investment thesis
Early-stage enterprise, infrastructure and deep tech investor backing founders at inception and seed across Europe, APAC and the US
Crane Venture Partners invests at Seed. Its focus is AI and Deep tech, across Europe, United States, Asia. Reported fund size: USD 484M raised across four vehicles (Crane III, APAC I, US I, Opportunity Fund I), EUR 419M. Sesamers tracks 2 portfolio companies across 2 rounds, 1 of them as lead investor. Its most recent tracked deal: IMMIX, Oct 2026.