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↑Coherence Quantum €2.8M Seed round led by Lifeline Ventures ↑Plinto €2.9M Pre-seed round led by People Ventures ↑Huppa €1M raises a Pre-seed round ↑XRlabs €7.3M Seed round led by Playground Global ↑Nouscom €120M Series D+ round led by M Ventures ↑Linkener €7.5M funding round led by Klima Energy Transition Fund (Alantra) ↑CoComply €2.3M funding round led by NPIF II - Mercia Equity Finance ↑Vessla €3.0M Pre-seed round led by Seedcamp ↑Neonomics €3.6M raises a funding round ↑unravel health €3.0M Pre-seed round led by Conduit EIS Impact Fund ↑Microbiotica €42.7M Series C round led by British Business Bank ↑Elevatry €3M raises a Pre-seed round ↑OMass Therapeutics €276.1M Series C round led by Bain Capital Life Sciences ↑Goodweek €10.7M funding round led by Adara Ventures ↑Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech €19.6M raises a Series A round ↑Ambio €5.1M Seed round led by Lifeline Ventures ↑Duvo €28.5M Series A round led by Balderton Capital ↑Salience Labs €111.4M Series B round led by Bullhound Capital ↑Wavo €10M funding round led by Eurazeo ↑Cofrai €2.6M funding round led by DFF Ventures
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Investor directory

The funds actively deploying in European startups - thesis, ticket size, geography and the rounds they've actually led. Sourced from our round tracker, not self-reporting alone.

1,008
Funds tracked
€4.4B
Est. dry powder *
3
First-time funds
32
Countries
Ranking Most active investors in European tech Leading right now: Vento, Headline, British Business Bank
1,008 funds shown · 1,008 tracked · Most Active 50 →
HAX
HAX
Newark, United States
Backs pre-seed founders solving hard problems with hard tech across energy, advanced compute, transportation, health tech and manufacturing, pairing capital with an embedded global…
Global
Ticket $550,000–$550,000
E44 Ventures
E44 Ventures
Givatayim, Israel
Builds and invests in companies tackling humankind's most critical climate challenges, spanning energy, carbon management, synthetic biology and agriculture technology, across early stage investing,…
Israel
V
Venture Kick
Basel, Switzerland · Founded 2007
Venture Kick is a Swiss non-profit funding programme rather than a classic VC fund, run by the charitable Kick Foundation through Venturelab. It awards…
Switzerland
Y
Y Combinator
San Francisco, United States · Founded 2005
Y Combinator runs four three-month batches a year and invests USD 500,000 per company, structured as USD 125,000 for 7 percent on a post-money…
Series AGlobal
i
imec.xpand
Leuven, Belgium
imec.xpand is an independent global venture capital fund that targets transformative semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations where imec's expertise and contributions can have a determining…
Series AGlobal
Ticket
I
Innovation Industries
Amsterdam, Netherlands (also Eindhoven and Munich)
A European deep tech venture capital fund investing in ground-breaking technologies across high-tech systems and materials, health tech and digital technology, backing companies with…
Series AEurope
Ticket
S
Somerset Capital Partners
Series A
B
Brightlands Venture Partners
Limburg, Netherlands (Brightlands Campuses) · Founded 2004
Brightlands Venture Partners backs outlier founders building scalable companies with breakthrough, proprietary technology that strengthens essential societal systems, focused on health, agrifood and renewable…
SeedEurope, United States
Ticket
A
Alpine VC
Series A
E
Euregio+
Bolzano, Italy
Euregio+ SGR positions itself as the partner of reference for public and private investors supporting the growth of its territory, offering financial solutions for…
Series ATrentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol, Italy
F
Fund F
Series A
A
Amena Ventures
Dublin, Ireland
Amena Ventures backs early-stage companies, from pre-seed to Series A, building systems that help countries, institutions and critical industries sense, protect, operate and control…
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
S
Shilling VC
Portugal
Shilling VC backs driven founders with global ambitions, offering hands-on support at every milestone drawn from firsthand entrepreneurial experience, with a strong track record…
Europe
Ticket
S
Sustainable Forward Capital
Kifisia, Greece
Sustainable Forward Capital (SFC VC) is a venture capital fund that invests in technology-related startups.
Greece, Europe
I
Ireon Ventures
Nicosia, Cyprus · Founded 2018
Ireon Ventures is an investment firm and the corporate venture capital arm of Motor Oil Hellas, making strategic investments in mobility, energy and technology-driven…
Europe
T
Trill Impact
Stockholm, Sweden · Founded 2019
Trill Impact exclusively makes investments that deliver attractive financial returns while generating measurable, positive impact for current and future generations, spanning a Northern European…
Northern Europe (also emerging and frontier markets via impact credit)
E
ETF Partners
London, UK · Founded 2005
Founded in 2005, ETF Partners is Europe's authentic leader in sustainable investment, believing innovation offers compelling answers to the most pressing problems facing the…
Europe
L
Lightrock
London, UK
Lightrock is a global impact-driven growth investor backing technology-enabled companies that address pressing global challenges across three themes: People, Planet and Productivity.
Global (Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa)
P
Peter Frankopan
Series A
I
Ian Fujiyama
Series A
I
Ilyas Khan
Deep-tech investor focused on quantum computing and cybersecurity; founded Cambridge Quantum Computing in 2014, which merged with Honeywell Quantum Solutions in 2021 to form…
Series A
C
Coalition Capital
Series A
A
Access Ventures
Louisville, KY, USA
Impact investment firm using catalytic, blended-finance capital to back founders and funds that combine financial return with social impact, with a focus on underrepresented…
Series AUS and Latin America
T
TEL Venture Capital
Fremont, CA, USA
Invests in innovative technologies with synergy to Tokyo Electron, notably ultra-small and real-time sensors for semiconductor and display production; 55 portfolio companies across 13…
Series AGlobal

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