Investors · by stage
Pre-seed investors in Europe
We track 48 European funds actively deploying in this segment, with 77 verified deals in the claim graph. Median ticket midpoint: €760k. The first-cheque market: decisions in weeks, priced on team and prototype - and angels and syndicates compete here directly.
Funds48
Verified deals77
Median ticket€760k
Generated from the investor directory and the claim graph · deals are verified, not self-reported
48
Active funds
77
Verified deals
€760k
Median ticket
48
Also do pre-seed
The funds - Pre-seed
48 shown · ranked by verified deal count
Serena
Paris, France · Europe, United States
Serena is a Paris venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Marc Fournier, Philippe Hayat and…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Ticket EUR 100k–EUR 15M
Fund EUR 1B raised across four funds
ISAI
Paris, France · France, United States
ISAI calls itself the French Tech entrepreneurs' fund. Founded in 2009 by Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Geoffroy Roux…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Ticket EUR 100k–EUR 3M
Fund EUR 1.1B across four strategies
Breega
Paris, France · Europe, Africa
Breega is a European venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Francois Paulus, Ben Marrel and…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Fund EUR 700M
Bpifrance
Paris, France · France
Bpifrance is France's public investment bank, created in 2013 from the merger of OSEO, CDC Entreprises,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Series B
Ticket EUR 10M
Fund EUR 10.5B into venture 2013-2023; Large Venture EUR 2.5B
Emblem
Paris, France · Europe
Emblem is a Paris venture firm investing at pre-seed and seed in European founders, with portfolio…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund $100M
Oxford Science Enterprises
Oxford, United Kingdom · United Kingdom
Oxford Science Enterprises is an independent investment company and venture builder based in Oxford and partnered…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Fund £1.4B
Angel Invest
Berlin, Germany · Europe
Angel Invest is a Berlin super angel fund making about 75 investments a year at angel,…
Pre-seed
Ticket
Apollo Health Ventures
Berlin, Germany · Europe, North America
Apollo Health Ventures invests in and co-founds early-stage biotechnology companies targeting aging and age-related disease. Working…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Blackwood Ventures
Copenhagen, Denmark · Europe
BlackWood Ventures is a Copenhagen venture firm investing at pre-seed and seed across Europe, with initial…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Butterfly Ventures
Oulu, Finland · Nordics, Baltics
Butterfly Ventures is a Finnish seed fund founded in 2012, with offices in Oulu, Helsinki, Stockholm,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund €77M
Calm/Storm Ventures
Vienna, Austria · Europe, United States
Calm/Storm Ventures is a Vienna-based pre-seed and seed investor in health technology, covering digital health, well-being,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund €20M
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Cambridge Enterprise Ventures
Cambridge, United Kingdom · United Kingdom
Cambridge Enterprise Ventures is the investment arm of Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge's commercialisation office.…
Pre-seed
Seed
Crowberry
Reykjavík, Iceland · Nordics
Crowberry Capital is a Reykjavík-based seed investor active across the Nordics, with partners working from Iceland,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Fund €90M
Czech Founders VC
Prague, Czechia · Central and Eastern Europe
Czech Founders VC is a pre-seed fund run by founders for founders, with offices in Prague…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
DSW Ventures
Manchester, United Kingdom · United Kingdom
DSW Ventures is a Manchester-based investor backing seed and Series A companies in software, spin-outs and…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket £100K–£3M
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Demium
Valencia, Spain · Spain, Central Europe
Demium, rebranding as Mission, is a Madrid-based pre-seed and seed investor with a talent-first model, backing…
Pre-seed
Ticket
Empirical Ventures
London, United Kingdom · Global
Empirical Ventures is a London pre-seed and seed fund with 50 million pounds under management, investing…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund £50M
Eoniq
Madrid, Spain · Spain
Eoniq is a Spanish pre-seed and seed fund based in Madrid with offices in Valencia and…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Fund €30-50M
Global Founders Capital
Berlin, Germany · Global
Global Founders Capital invests early and across sectors, backing technology founders from day one and following…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Hexa
Paris, France · Europe
Hexa, founded in 2011 as eFounders, is a startup studio that co-builds companies with founders rather…
Pre-seed
Seed
IBB Ventures
Berlin, Germany · Berlin, Germany
IBB Ventures invests in Berlin-based founders from pre-seed to Series A across three areas: technology, covering…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Ticket
Innovestor
Helsinki, Finland · Nordics, Europe
Innovestor is a Helsinki-based investment group founded in 2014 that runs venture capital, real estate and…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund €400M
InsurAngels
Paris, France · France, Switzerland, Europe
InsurAngels is an international business angel network founded in 2023 that invests at seed stage in…
Pre-seed
Seed
Iron Wolf Capital
Vilnius, Lithuania · Baltics, Ukraine
Iron Wolf Capital is a Vilnius firm investing at seed and Series A in deep tech,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Ticket
Kost Capital
Copenhagen, Denmark · Europe
Kost Capital is a venture capital fund investing in companies working on human energy. It sits…
Pre-seed
Seed
Maki.vc
Helsinki, Finland · Nordics
Maki.vc backs Nordic founders from day zero through Series A, leading or joining first rounds of…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Ticket
Fund €260M
Merantix Capital
Berlin, Germany · Europe
Merantix Capital partners with AI founders from pre-idea to seed stage. It runs a venture studio…
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Fund €103M
Metavallon VC
Athens, Greece · Greece, Europe
Metavallon VC is a Greek early-stage fund founded in 2018 that invests from pre-seed through seed+…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Mission VC
Madrid, Spain · Spain
Mission, formerly Demium, is a Madrid pre-seed firm that backs people rather than finished ideas: solo…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Fund €35M
Nation 1 VC
Czech Republic
Nation 1 is a Czech pre-seed and seed investor that describes itself as a full-stack venture…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
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OpenSeed VC
London, United Kingdom · Europe, Africa
OpenseedVC writes angel cheques of up to $150K into operators turned founders at the stage before…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket $150K
Fund $10M
Purple Ventures
Brno, Czech Republic · Central and Eastern Europe
Purple Ventures is a Brno-based pre-seed and seed fund founded in 2019 that invests in purpose-driven…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Reflex Capital
Prague, Czech Republic · Europe, North America
Reflex Capital is a Prague-based venture firm with a San Francisco office, investing in early and…
Pre-seed
Seed
Rockstart
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe, Latin America
Rockstart invests from pre-seed to Series B in energy, agrifood and emerging technologies, working from Amsterdam…
Pre-seed
Seed
Satgana
Luxembourg, Luxembourg · Europe, Africa
Satgana invests at pre-seed and seed in what it calls earth tech: energy, mobility, food and…
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Seed
Ticket
SeedX
Schaan, Liechtenstein · Europe
Seed X Liechtenstein is an early-stage venture firm investing from pre-seed to Series A in fintech,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Soulmates Ventures
Prague, Czech Republic · Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, North America
Soulmates Ventures is a Prague-based seed and Series A investor in sustainability, backing companies in air…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Fund €62M
Tenity
Zurich, Switzerland · Europe, Asia
Tenity is a Zurich-based early-stage investor and innovation platform focused on fintech, covering payments, insurtech, AI…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket $100K–$1.5M
Fund $140M
The Conduit Impact Fund
London, United Kingdom · United Kingdom
The Conduit Impact Fund is a London EIS fund investing from pre-seed to Series A in…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund £2.5M
Tiny VC
London, United Kingdom · Europe
Tiny VC, formally the Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, backs companies while they are still very small,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
True Ventures
Palo Alto, United States · United States
True Ventures is an early-stage investor that writes first cheques and stays with companies through later…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund $4B
Ultra Ventures
Paphos, Cyprus · Europe
Ultra Ventures, which trades as ULTRA.VC, is a Cyprus-registered impact investment company with an in-house accelerator…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket $50K–$300K
Unconventional Ventures
Copenhagen, Denmark · Nordics, Europe
Unconventional Ventures is a Denmark-based pre-seed and seed investor backing startups led by founders who identify…
Pre-seed
Seed
Value Factory Ventures
Ridderkerk, Netherlands · Netherlands, Europe
Value Factory Ventures is a Dutch pre-seed and seed investor based in Ridderkerk, backing agri- and…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
Ventures Together
London, United Kingdom · Europe
Ventures Together is an invite-only angel community in which founders and operators invest as a group.…
Pre-seed
Ticket £50K–£250K
Vireo Ventures
Berlin, Germany · Europe
Vireo Ventures is a Berlin-based pre-seed and seed investor in the energy technology stack, covering electrification,…
Pre-seed
Seed
Ticket
YZR Capital
Munich, Germany · Europe
YZR Capital is a Munich investment firm backing European healthcare founders at pre-seed, seed and Series…
Pre-seed
Seed
Fund €100M
ZAS Ventures
Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine
ZAS Ventures is an early-stage fund investing in SaaS and cloud infrastructure companies across Central and…
Pre-seed
Ticket $50K–$200K