European VC Funds

Telefónica Ventures, formally Telefónica Innovation Ventures (TIV), is the corporate venture capital arm of Telefónica, the Spanish multinational telecommunications group. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Madrid with an office in Silicon Valley, it invests and builds strategic partnerships aligned with Telefónica's global strategy. It runs a dual model: making direct investments in technology startups and acting as a limited partner in a network of leading venture capital funds in key Telefónica markets, 12 funds in total, including Alter Venture Partners in Silicon Valley, Vintage in Israel, four funds in Spain and three in Brazil. Its current portfolio comprises around 10 directly held startups plus more than 80 companies reached through those fund commitments. Investment scope spans Europe, the United States, Israel and Latin America, and thematic focus areas include 5G and next-generation communications, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, IoT, cloud, edge, video, gaming, fintech and digital transformation, with growing interest in Web3 for telecoms. Across tracked direct activity it has made roughly 28 investments with about 4 exits and only a handful of lead positions, typically co-investing in larger rounds. Notable and recent direct investments include AI search company Perplexity in December 2024, Barcelona-based Mitiga Solutions in 2024, embedded-insurance startup Weecover, and cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks. Telefónica Ventures sits within a broader corporate innovation ecosystem that also includes the Wayra accelerator, Telefónica Venture Builder and the cybersecurity-focused Telefónica Tech Ventures. By combining direct investments with a fund-of-funds network across its key markets, Telefónica Ventures connects the group to global technology innovation.

10vc is a venture capital firm based on the West Coast, co-founded by Ben Patterson and Daniel Ramirez in 2022. The firm focuses on investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies that are building breakthrough technologies. Their investment strategy emphasizes early-stage startups in areas such as synthetic biology, AI/ML, energy transition, and advanced manufacturing. They aim to back founders with transformative ideas that can scale into impactful platforms. Notable companies in 10vc's portfolio include Remitly, Luminar, Aurora Solar, Maxwell, and Anduril, showcasing their ability to identify high-potential startups across diverse industries. Their typical investment ranges around $1 million, and they actively work alongside founders to help accelerate growth and de-risk their companies. 10vc’s model leverages a global network of partners, including research labs, accelerators, and industry leaders in sectors like fintech, healthcare, and cybersecurity. With a collaborative approach, they provide startups with not just capital but also strategic guidance and access to critical expertise in growth, marketing, and technology. Based in Millbrae, California, 10vc has quickly built a reputation for supporting innovative founders and helping them scale from the earliest stages to IPOs.

TEN13 is an innovative venture capital firm based in Fortitude Valley, Australia, co-founded by Stew Glynn and Steve Baxter in 2019. TEN13 operates on a deal-by-deal investment model, allowing its network of over 500 investors to choose specific deals they want to back. This model offers flexibility and targeted investment opportunities, enabling investors to allocate capital more precisely. TEN13 focuses on early-stage investments in diverse sectors, including fintech, health and wellbeing, education, and AI. Notable portfolio companies include Clipchamp, an online video editing platform acquired by Microsoft, Go1, an online learning platform that recently raised $200 million from Softbank, and Chipper Cash, a leading African fintech app. The firm has seen significant growth, deploying over $70 million across 32 startups since its inception. TEN13 is known for its supportive approach, providing more than just capital. They offer strategic guidance, network connections, and operational support to help startups scale effectively. This hands-on approach has been a key factor in their success, with several of their portfolio companies achieving substantial growth and recognition. TEN13’s team includes experienced professionals like Sophie Robertson, who was recently promoted to Partner, and Joel Pobar, who joined as a Venture Partner to strengthen their AI investments. The firm continues to expand its presence, recently building connections in Southeast Asia and North America to support and discover new opportunities.

Tengelmann Ventures (TEV) is the corporate venture capital arm of the Tengelmann Group, a long-established German retail conglomerate. Founded in 2009 and based in Munich, the firm invests primarily in consumer-centric B2C and B2B businesses across the DACH region, backing entrepreneurs whose missions align with three themes: preserving life and the environment, simplifying everyday life, and individualizing products and services to changing needs. It concentrates on Seed through Series A and B rounds, with sectors spanning consumer internet, e-commerce and retail, digital marketplaces, fintech, software and technology, and emerging consumer-facing categories, and it is willing to lead. As of mid-2025 the firm had invested in roughly 56 companies, and its track record includes three unicorns, Scalable Capital, SumUp and Cabify, nine IPOs and 21 acquisitions, with notable holdings and exits including SumUp, Scalable Capital, Delivery Hero, Lazada Group, Global Fashion Group, Masterplan and Edurino. The team comprises about ten people including four partners, with managing directors Götz Müller, Patrick M. Schaich and Werner Stütz. The firm positions itself as a reliable, long-term and sustainability-minded partner that builds relationships with founders early. Its most recent disclosed investment was a Series B in digital education platform Edurino on July 3, 2025. By combining patient, retail-rooted capital with a clear consumer thesis, Tengelmann Ventures backs founders across commerce, fintech and software in German-speaking Europe and beyond.

Tensor Ventures is a Prague-based, Luxembourg-domiciled deep-tech venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests in frontier technologies and sustainable innovation across Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The firm focuses on sectors it describes itself as fluent in: artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, computational biotech (techbio), semiconductors and sustainable and space technology. It participates in Seed and Series A rounds, sometimes leading and sometimes co-investing with trusted partners, and sources deals through proprietary methods including university referrals and partnerships with corporates such as Intel and NVIDIA. Tensor's first fund deployed roughly EUR 18.5M to EUR 20M into about 20 startups over four years and ranked in the top 20% of VC funds; in October 2024 it announced a second EUR 50M deep-tech fund, with the European Investment Fund committing EUR 20M, allocating roughly half its capital to Czech startups and half globally. Seed investments have averaged about $1.66M round size and its three Series A rounds around $16.5M. Across a portfolio of about 27 companies, notable holdings include Heartbeat.bio, Stacktape, Quantagonia, Antiverse, Anari.ai, Beit, QC82, DYNANIC and exits Neuronix and ultimate.suit. The firm is led by founders and general partners Martin Drdul and Roman Smola, with Petr Ulvr leading business development. Its most recent disclosed deal was leading a roughly $4M seed round in London-based enterprise-app modernization startup AppFactor, announced in January 2026. Tensor Ventures pairs deep-tech specialization with strong university and corporate sourcing across the CEE region.

Tera Ventures is an Estonian early-stage venture capital firm, founded in 2016 and based in Tallinn, that backs born-global digital startups. Estonia is its home market, but it invests broadly across the Nordics and CEE, including Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic. AI-powered innovation sits at the core of its thesis, with the team having invested in the space for more than 15 years, applied across pure enterprise SaaS as well as robotics and deep-tech, with fintech and security as priority sectors. Tera is a hands-on, founder-friendly lead investor that supports companies through follow-on rounds and has helped portfolio companies expand into the US, UK and Japan. It currently invests out of a EUR 45M second fund, with limited partners including the European Investment Fund, LHV and Mistletoe Venture Partners International alongside Estonian high-net-worth individuals; typical tickets range from about EUR 200K to EUR 1.5M. Across roughly 46 portfolio companies it has recorded one IPO and six acquisitions, with notable names including Lingvist, Realeyes, Avokaado, Miros, SportIQ, Reconeyez, Twice Commerce and 10Lines, plus exits Monese, GrabCAD and Brainbase. The founding and managing partners include Andrus Oks, a founding partner with five exits including GrabCAD, Eamonn Carey and Stanislav Ivanov. Recent activity includes leading Miros' $6.53M seed round and a seed investment in Monetari in January 2026. Tera Ventures pairs an AI-centric thesis with hands-on support for Nordic and CEE founders building for global markets.

Tet Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on rebuilding the global food system through bold innovation and sustainable solutions. Founded in 2020 by Neeraj Berry, Tet invests between $50K and $250K in foodtech startups worldwide, particularly across the U.S. and Europe. With a mission to solve some of the most pressing issues facing food production and sustainability, their portfolio includes pioneering companies like Arkeon, which uses CO2 to create food ingredients, and Impetus Ag, which develops novel agricultural technologies. Although primarily focused on foodtech, Tet occasionally backs startups in other sectors if they align with their vision of generational entrepreneurship. The firm actively seeks out businesses that are not just high-growth but built to last, supporting founders with capital, strategic mentorship, and access to an extensive network of experts. Tet Ventures operates from Berlin and frequently collaborates with other investors to accelerate the growth of early-stage companies. In addition to their investments, Tet fosters a community-centered approach, encouraging meaningful dialogue around sustainability and food system innovation. Startups are encouraged to approach Tet Ventures with a clear, impactful vision, as the firm emphasizes long-term potential over quick returns. With a strong belief in generational change, Tet Ventures aims to be a key player in driving forward a more sustainable, equitable future in global food systems, all while maintaining the flexibility to support projects with transformative potential outside the food sector.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) is a highly influential podcast and venture capital fund created by Harry Stebbings, combining media and venture capital in a unique way. The podcast, featuring interviews with top VCs and entrepreneurs like Reid Hoffman and Daniel Ek, is known for its fast-paced, insightful discussions about funding, scaling, and leadership. With millions of downloads, it has become a go-to resource for aspiring founders and investors. The 20VC Fund, launched by Stebbings, focuses on pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments. The fund has built an impressive portfolio, including companies like Sorare, Hopin, and Ledgy. It targets disruptive startups with scalable potential across various sectors such as SaaS, fintech, and marketplaces. The fund actively leads early-stage rounds, offering both capital and strategic support to founders. With a West Coast and London presence, the 20VC Fund typically invests globally, particularly in the U.S. and Europe. Harry Stebbings is not just an investor but also a media personality, using his platform to amplify the stories of founders and venture partners. His fund emphasizes the importance of personal connections, often engaging deeply with founders through the podcast and network before investing. Startups interested in pitching to 20VC are encouraged to demonstrate market traction and scalability while aligning with the fund’s vision of backing bold and innovative entrepreneurs at the earliest stages.

The Fund VC, established in 2018, is a unique venture capital firm that operates a community-driven investment model. It focuses on early-stage startups across a variety of sectors including technology, consumer goods, and healthcare. The Fund VC operates through a network of micro-funds spread across different cities such as New York, Los Angeles, London, and Sydney, each managed by a group of local investors with deep expertise in their respective markets. The Fund VC has made notable investments in companies like Tia, a women’s health tech company; Parsley Health, a holistic health startup; and Bravely, a platform providing on-demand professional coaching. This portfolio reflects their commitment to backing innovative solutions that address significant market needs. The firm leverages its extensive network of founders, operators, and investors to provide not just capital but also mentorship and strategic support to its portfolio companies. This approach helps startups navigate early challenges and scale effectively. The Fund VC is particularly known for fostering a strong community among its portfolio companies, encouraging collaboration and shared growth​

The Helm is a New York City-based early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to invest in female-founded companies and redefine the venture landscape by focusing on gender-lens investing. Founded by Lindsey Taylor Wood, The Helm has become a prominent player in supporting women-led startups across various industries including healthcare, sustainability, and technology. Notable portfolio companies include Tia, a modern healthcare provider for women; Venus Aerospace, pushing the boundaries of hypersonic transportation; and Rebellyous Foods, revolutionizing plant-based meat production. The Helm’s investment strategy emphasizes identifying undervalued companies that demonstrate significant promise early on, ensuring they have the capital to achieve their potential. Their average check size varies, but they are known for leading funding rounds and maintaining active engagement with their portfolio companies. Startups seeking investment should highlight innovative solutions and robust business models that align with The Helm’s focus on female empowerment and sustainability. The team at The Helm includes Lindsey Taylor Wood, who leads the fund’s strategy and fundraising efforts; Julie Weber, COO and General Partner, with extensive experience in fund administration and operations; and Olivia Fleming, Partner, who directs the fund’s sustainability initiatives and angel investor network. This experienced team supports a diverse portfolio of over 20 companies and maintains a strong community of investors and founders committed to advancing female entrepreneurship.

The Moon Venture is a French venture capital investors club based in Rennes, Brittany, founded in 2018 by Matthieu Jarry as 'Le Club des Prophètes' and rebranded to The Moon Venture; it operates as a brand of Soul Invest, a crowdfunding platform authorized by France's AMF. The firm finances startups from seed to Series A, typically investing EUR 250K to EUR 1M in seed rounds and up to EUR 4M in Series A, with a focus on digitalization and automation businesses, and it is willing to lead. Its model combines 'smart money' from a community of more than 160 senior executives and successful entrepreneurs, including figures such as Laurent Boillot, President of Hennessy, and Bruno Witvoet, former President of Unilever France and Africa, alongside more than 1,200 individual investors. A team of three VC analysts reviews over 1,500 startups annually, selecting 20 to 30 opportunities, and a dedicated four-person operational team monitors portfolio companies monthly. The firm has deployed over EUR 50M in five years, more than EUR 12M in 2024 alone, and financed or accompanied around 35 startups, including Axonaut, an all-in-one SaaS for SMEs, BuyBox, a digital gift-card fintech, Elmut in pet food, Ramdam in AI and UGC adtech, and Otami. Governance was strengthened in 2025 with Jean-Yves Hocher, former CEO of Crédit Agricole CIB, as Board President and Caroline Servant as Director General, while Matthieu Jarry remains Founder and CEO. The Moon Venture targets exceeding EUR 150M in assets under management by 2027 and supporting 30 startups per year.

TheVentureCity, founded in 2017, is a global early-stage venture capital firm focused on product-centric startups across the US, Europe, and Latin America. The firm manages over $150 million in assets, investing from pre-seed and seed stages up to Series A, with investment sizes ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. TheVentureCity's diverse portfolio includes companies such as Sidekick in financial services, Tiny Health in biotechnology, and Moonflow, a SaaS platform for debt collections. These investments highlight their commitment to sectors like AI/ML, cybersecurity, FinTech, and SaaS. Operating with an operator-led model, TheVentureCity provides both financial backing and strategic support to help startups scale globally. This approach has led to successful funding rounds and the growth of companies like Fixme Connect, BrandLovrs, and Plexigrid. Key team members, including founders Laura González-Estéfani and Clara Bullrich, leverage their extensive experience in technology investment and international scalability to drive the firm’s success and support portfolio companies effectively.

Third Prime is an early-stage venture capital firm focusing on financial and industrial technology sectors. Established in 2016 by Keith Hamlin and Wes Barton, the firm leverages their extensive backgrounds in M&A law, private equity, and hedge funds to identify and invest in paradigm-shifting startups. Notable investments include companies such as Moonware, which automates aviation ground operations, and Paywatch, which offers financial wellness services in Asia. The firm prioritizes close partnerships with entrepreneurs, offering both capital and strategic guidance. With a keen eye for early insights and a commitment to optimizing outcomes for both founders and investors, Third Prime has built a diverse portfolio. This includes companies like Halborn, providing blockchain security, and Inspiren, using AI to enhance patient safety in healthcare​. Third Prime's team is composed of seasoned professionals with backgrounds in law, investment banking, and technology. Key members include Mike Kim, with over a decade of investment experience, and Jenny Bloom, a former corporate associate at Wilson Sonsini. This experienced team supports Third Prime's mission to drive success through independent thinking, focus, and rigor.

Thomson Reuters Ventures (TR Ventures) is the corporate venture capital arm of Thomson Reuters, the Toronto-based professional information and software company. It launched its first $100M evergreen fund in 2021 and announced a second $150M fund in February 2025, part of Thomson Reuters' 'Build, Partner, Buy' strategy. The firm is an early-stage enterprise-technology investor backing companies at the seed and Series A stages across legal technology, tax and accounting, fintech, risk, fraud and compliance, insurtech and news and media, with a strong emphasis on generative-AI applications that embed into the daily workflows of legal, tax and financial professionals. Led by Managing Director Tamara Steffens, who started the unit in January 2022, TR Ventures takes a 'financial returns first' approach, requiring every deal to stand as a top-tier VC opportunity independent of strategic fit; Fund 2 writes checks of roughly $4M to $7M and plans 20 to 25 investments over three years. The first fund made 23 investments; total portfolio activity is around 30 deals, with the latest being Greenlite's Series A in May 2025. Portfolio companies include Blaze in enterprise AI marketing, Zamp AI in sales-tax automation, HerculesAI in insurance AI workers, Detected, Noetica and Wisedocs. A standout outcome was Materia, an agentic-AI company TR Ventures backed and that Thomson Reuters subsequently acquired to enhance its AI capabilities for tax, audit and accounting professionals. By pairing financially disciplined investing with the strategic reach of a major professional-information company, TR Ventures backs the AI tools reshaping professional workflows.

Thrive Capital, founded in 2009 by Joshua Kushner, is a prominent venture capital firm based in New York City. Specializing in internet, software, and technology-enabled companies, Thrive has made significant investments in high-profile startups like Instagram, GitHub, Spotify, and Twitch. They focus on early to late-stage ventures, recently closing their eighth fund at $3 billion, with $500 million dedicated to early-stage and $2.5 billion to late-stage investments. Their investment strategy emphasizes a hands-on approach, providing operational support and often taking board seats in portfolio companies. Thrive's notable exits include Affirm, Nubank, and Warby Parker, showcasing their knack for scaling successful businesses. Thrive typically writes substantial checks and is known to lead investment rounds, with an average check size varying by stage. Key team members include founder Joshua Kushner, who brings a wealth of entrepreneurial and investment expertise. Thrive prefers to build strong relationships with founders, encouraging innovative ideas and long-term growth. They are open to various approaches but value clear, compelling pitches that demonstrate potential for substantial impact and growth. For startups seeking investment, Thrive Capital is an ideal partner for those looking to leverage expertise in scaling and achieving market dominance in the tech sector​

Tiantang Ventures was a boutique digital-strategy advisory firm founded in 2015 by Patrick Böert, operating as a small team of entrepreneurs across Hong Kong and Berlin and registered as Tiantang Ventures GmbH in Berlin. Rather than functioning as a traditional, capital-deploying venture capital fund, it acted as a hands-on advisor to a small number of selected clients, private equity funds and their portfolio companies, selected digital ventures, and digitally-minded teams inside larger corporates, and positioned itself as a bridge between the Asian and European technology ecosystems. Its engagements ranged from due diligence and 100-day post-investment programs to C-level initiatives such as equity fundraising, company building and M&A. The firm focused on digital verticals including financial services and fintech, e-commerce and ad-tech, and counted experience with high-growth digital businesses such as Zalando, which grew into a large public company. Founder and Managing Partner Patrick Böert previously worked in the marketing and sales management team at Berlin-based fashion e-commerce giant Zalando SE and brings more than eight years of leadership experience in fast-growing technology ventures across Europe and Asia. The firm is now permanently closed, and there is no public record of a portfolio of direct fund investments made under the Tiantang Ventures name. This profile reflects its history as a cross-border digital advisory practice rather than an active institutional fund, and most quantitative investment details do not apply given its advisory, non-deploying model and subsequent closure.

Tiger Global Management, founded in 2001 by Chase Coleman III, is a leading investment firm that focuses on internet, software, consumer, and financial technology companies. The firm has made significant investments in some of the most notable high-growth companies globally. Among its prominent investments are Alibaba, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Spotify. More recent investments include companies like OpenAI, Roblox, Square, and SentinelOne​​. Tiger Global's investment strategy is characterized by its aggressive approach to deal-making, often moving quickly to close deals and providing substantial funding to its portfolio companies. This strategy has helped the firm build a diverse portfolio, which includes a significant number of unicorns and high-profile public companies​. The firm has also been involved in substantial funding rounds for tech startups, such as OpenAI's $11.3 billion funding round, which has significantly impacted the AI industry. Their ability to identify and support innovative companies early has been a hallmark of their success.

Tilia Impact Ventures is an early-stage impact venture capital fund based in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 2018 and widely described as the first social impact fund in the Czech Republic. It backs purpose-driven founders from the Czech Republic and the wider Central and Eastern Europe region who are driving systemic environmental and social change at a global scale, investing exclusively in companies where impact is inherent in the business model and protecting that mission through tailored term-sheet incentives. The firm provides patient, mission-aligned capital in the form of equity and convertible debt, writing initial tickets of roughly EUR 0.3 to 1.5 million into sector-agnostic, impact-driven companies across themes such as climate, education, healthcare, circular economy and food, and it is willing to lead. Tilia emphasises capital-efficient climate, education and healthcare solutions, and brings more than six years of impact-measurement expertise, helping portfolio companies set business-driven impact KPIs. Its second vehicle, Tilia II, raised EUR 32 million, and as of late 2025 the fund had backed around 15 companies. The firm was co-founded by Silke Horakova, a private-equity veteran and co-owner of Albatross Media, and Petr Vitek, a former nine-year Deloitte consultant, who serve as its General Partners. Portfolio companies include Arbonics, BioCraft, NOLD, Munch, Cyrkl, MIWA and The Village (BLISKO). By embedding impact into every investment and protecting it contractually, Tilia Impact Ventures backs CEE founders building scalable solutions to environmental and social challenges.

TIM Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Telecom Italia (TIM Group), founded in 2014 and frequently cited as Italy's first corporate venture capital vehicle. Headquartered in Milan, with TIM itself based in Rome, it identifies and supports startups and SMEs offering digital solutions aligned with TIM's business strategy. Its areas of interest span network, cloud, internet of things, cybersecurity, payments, education and sustainability. At launch the programme committed EUR 4.5 million of seed investments over three years and sought to attract a matching EUR 4.5 million from other national and international investors. The firm typically completes between two and six deals per year, with individual cheques usually in the range of roughly USD 100,000 to USD 1 million, generally as a co-investor, and also invests directly through the Northgate and UV T-Growth funds, of which it is the promoter and main investor. To date TIM Ventures has made on the order of 27 investments and recorded three exits, its latest exit being Askdata in July 2022. Its CEO is Carlo Blefari Melazzi, leading a small team. Selected portfolio companies include Satispay, a payments scale-up whose round TIM Ventures co-led, alongside Weschool, Askdata, Pedius, Webidoo, Wallife and ORAN. By aligning its investments with Telecom Italia's strategic priorities across connectivity, cloud and digital services, TIM Ventures supports Italian and international startups whose technologies complement the group's business while pursuing financial returns.

To.org is an impact-driven investment firm that focuses on tackling some of the world's most pressing social and environmental challenges. Their mission blends venture philanthropy and strategic investment, seeking to create lasting change through innovative solutions in sectors like renewable energy, sustainable fashion, and social justice initiatives. The firm is known for investing in ventures that emphasize regenerative and circular economies. To.org has backed projects ranging from sustainable construction in refugee camps to ventures aimed at tackling plastic waste. Their approach combines traditional investment with philanthropy, ensuring both social impact and financial return. One notable investment includes their work with "The Norrsken Foundation," supporting ventures in East Africa focused on social and environmental goals. Headquartered in Switzerland, To.org's geographic focus extends globally, with a strong emphasis on supporting underdeveloped regions. The firm takes a hands-on approach with founders, often providing mentorship and resources beyond just capital. This unique hybrid model allows them to support both nonprofit initiatives and for-profit startups, with a strategic focus on long-term sustainability and measurable social impact.

Tomahawk.VC is an entrepreneur-led, early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Pfäffikon in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, though it operates as a remote-first, office-less firm with a global mandate. It invests in fintech, DeFi and broader blockchain companies, as well as enterprise software, backing what it calls 'global-first' startups: ventures that think and act globally from inception, hire the best talent from anywhere and build a remote-inclusive culture from day one. The firm typically invests at the pre-seed, seed and Series A stages, writing cheques of roughly USD 250,000 to 1.5 million per transaction and up to about USD 2 million per company, and it is willing to lead; its inaugural fund was approximately USD 20 million. As of March 2025 it had backed around 36 companies, with its portfolio spanning enterprise applications, its largest sector, and blockchain technology, and producing one unicorn and three acquisitions. Tomahawk.VC was founded by serial entrepreneur and General Partner Cédric Waldburger, who has been building companies since the age of 14, holds an electrical-engineering degree from ETH Zurich and co-founded DFINITY; he is joined by Partner Massimo Schäppi, who brings expertise across fintech, enterprise software, big data, agritech and foodtech, and by Claude Donzé. Notable portfolio companies include DFINITY, the portfolio's unicorn, MENU, Locatee, acquired by Tango in March 2024, Pabio and Pods. By backing globally minded, remote-first founders in fintech, blockchain and enterprise software, Tomahawk.VC invests at the earliest stages across borders.

Transamerica Ventures was the corporate venture capital arm of the Aegon Group and its US subsidiary Transamerica. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the roughly $140 million fund invested in early-stage, high-growth technology companies across the United States and globally, providing seed, venture and growth-stage capital to innovators in fintech, enterprise IT and internet sectors. Its investment thesis centered on technology that impacts the insurance value chain, the broader financial world, global enterprises, and employee and customer wellness. Over time its portfolio spanned enterprise applications, fintech, insurtech, consumer and vertical SaaS, typically as a co-investor. The fund's top sectors were enterprise applications and fintech, with reported average round sizes of about $4.1 million at seed, $8.8 million at Series A, $19.5 million at Series B and $28.5 million at Series C, and common total deal sizes in the $10 to 50 million range. Notable portfolio companies included Policygenius, Quantemplate and Coverfox. In April 2021, Transamerica sold its corporate venture portfolio of nearly twenty financial and insurance technology companies to Swiss private equity firm Montana Capital Partners; the transaction was structured as a spin-out of the existing management team, led by Georg Schwegler and Andrew Pitz, who formed a new firm, HighScale Ventures, with HighScale Ventures Fund I acquiring the Transamerica Ventures Fund. As a result, Transamerica Ventures is no longer an active investment vehicle under the Transamerica and Aegon umbrella, though its insurance-and-fintech portfolio lives on under the successor manager.

Transition Global is a London-based venture capital firm focused on driving the climate transition by investing in early-stage startups that tackle environmental challenges. Founded by Ari Helgason, the firm operates with the belief that climate solutions aren't confined to a single sector but span across industries, including energy, tech, and sustainable solutions. Their mission is to leverage expertise from various fields—such as science, engineering, and corporate strategy—to foster innovations that align with the global push for decarbonization and environmental resilience. The firm typically invests in Seed and Series A companies, with a focus on projects related to renewable energy, carbon reduction technologies, and energy transition. With a typical investment size of €3 million or more, Transition Global aims to back startups that offer long-term solutions to climate change, creating both social impact and financial returns. Their portfolio includes companies like Waterplan, a software company addressing water-related challenges, and Electricity Maps, which focuses on energy grid optimization. The interdisciplinary team at Transition Global brings a blend of optimism and pragmatism, working closely with their portfolio companies to ensure growth while addressing some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. The firm's dedication to a sustainable future is evident in their active involvement with companies that have a meaningful impact on the climate transition, demonstrating their commitment to transforming industries for a greener tomorrow.

Tribe Capital, established in 2018, is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm manages over $1.6 billion in assets, focusing on investments from seed to growth stages across various sectors, including technology and cryptocurrency. Tribe Capital employs a data-driven approach to identify and amplify early-stage product-market fit, aiming to invest in companies with the potential to become category leaders. Founded by Arjun Sethi, Jonathan Hsu, and Ted Maidenberg, Tribe Capital leverages the extensive experience of its founders, who have previously built and invested in notable companies like Facebook, Gusto, and Slack. The firm emphasizes a bottom-up investment strategy, aiming to be the best capital allocators by iterating rapidly and maintaining a strong focus on product-market fit. Tribe Capital's portfolio includes companies such as Carta, Relativity Space, Shiprocket, Kraken, and Bolt. The firm also has a strong presence in the cryptocurrency market, investing in projects like Berachain, Akash, and Cyberconnect.

Trind Ventures (Trind VC) is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, with additional offices in Helsinki and Munich. The firm backs European software startups that have a strong consumer or community component, including marketplaces, consumer tech and B2B companies pursuing product-led growth, and it makes metrics-driven decisions favouring enthusiastic teams, community-driven business models and defensible competitive positions, willing to lead. Trind typically invests between EUR 100,000 and EUR 1 million in seed and early-revenue-stage companies, with follow-on capacity of up to EUR 5 million per company. Although the firm's brand dates to 2016, its partners have worked together since 1999 and include figures who were early business angels and co-founders of LHV bank and New Economy Ventures, the first VC fund in the Baltics; partner Ivar Siimar is widely regarded as the father of the Baltic angel movement and a founder and former president of the Estonian Business Angel Network. In September 2022 the firm closed its second fund at EUR 55 million, backed by institutional investors including the European Investment Fund and Finnish Industry Investment (Tesi), targeting 30 to 40 startups over four years. Across its funds Trind has invested in more than 70 companies, with notable portfolio names including Neural DSP, Ready Player Me (acquired by Netflix in December 2025) and Nordcloud (exited). Key partners include Joel Aasmäe, Ivar Siimar, Taavi Lepmets, Kimmo Irpola and Reima Linnanvirta. Trind pairs deep Baltic angel heritage with a metrics-driven, consumer-and-community software thesis.

Triple Point Ventures is the venture capital arm of Triple Point Investment Management, a London-based group founded in 2004 that manages over £1.5 billion in assets across debt, infrastructure, real estate and venture strategies. Established in 2017, Triple Point Ventures is an early-stage investor backing UK and European start-ups building top-tier software or software-enabled products, typically meeting companies at the pre-seed and seed stages, often below £1 million in ARR, and looking for founders with compelling, expert teams pursuing large or fast-growing markets, willing to lead. Its sector interests span e-commerce, AI and data, platforms, healthcare, software, media and entertainment, and financial services, and the team emphasises a blend of capital and hands-on operational expertise to help portfolio companies grow at speed. The firm invests through tax-efficient VCT and EIS structures; across these the wider Triple Point group has funded more than 200 VCT/EIS companies and deployed over £465 million to date, and it has been raising a second venture fund of around £30 million for early-stage companies. Notable portfolio companies include Nory, in which it has invested a total of around £3.6 million since April 2023, Jigcar, Credit Kudos, Skin Analytics, LendInvest, Contis Group, Capital on Tap, Payment Sense, Flatfair and MWS Technology. Triple Point Ventures was co-founded by Seb Wallace, who serves as Head of Ventures and manages the investment and portfolio teams, and partner Ian McLennan. Backed by a larger multi-asset manager, Triple Point Ventures pairs early-stage software investing with operational support and tax-efficient structures.

TrueSight Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 with offices in London and Stockholm, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across Europe and the US with a particular focus on the UK and Nordic markets. The firm is largely industry-agnostic, backing technology companies across artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, health tech, edtech, marketing, marketplaces, consumer, security, data analytics, business applications, mobility and energy. TrueSight typically writes cheques in the range of roughly $50,000 to $500,000, with a sweet spot around $250,000 and reported capacity up to about EUR 1.5 million in some cases, generally as a co-investor, supporting founding teams beyond capital by advising on strategic business decisions and providing relevant industry contacts. As of early 2024 the firm had invested in around 48 companies, with a portfolio skewed toward tech, B2B enterprise, software and consumer businesses, and it has seen several exits including seven acquisitions. Notable portfolio companies include Oxwash, Dishpatch, Jump.Work and Surgery Hero, which exited in January 2025, while a recent investment was in Artificial Labs in early 2026. The firm is run by a compact team of three partners: co-founders Hampus Monthan Nordenskjöld, Igor Tikhturov and Oleg Tikhturov. By writing small first cheques across a broad set of sectors and pairing them with hands-on strategic support, TrueSight Ventures backs pre-seed and seed founders in the UK, the Nordics and beyond, building a diversified early-stage technology portfolio.

TRUMPF Venture is the corporate venture capital arm of the TRUMPF Group, the German high-tech machine-tool and laser manufacturer, established in 2016 and based at the company's headquarters in Ditzingen near Stuttgart. The unit invests globally in early-stage deep-tech startups whose technologies are complementary or adjacent to TRUMPF's core business, with a clear emphasis on photonics and laser technology, new laser concepts, optical systems, advanced and additive manufacturing, sensors and automation, connectivity and computing, electronics, quantum technologies and sustainability themes such as the circular economy and energy-conversion efficiency. TRUMPF Venture launched with an initial fund of around EUR 40 million and has since raised a second fund more than twice the size of the first. Cheque sizes typically run from roughly EUR 0.5 million to EUR 4 million for an initial investment, targeting a minority stake of between 5% and 25%, and the firm positions itself as an active, long-term partner that supports portfolio companies through subsequent financing rounds, willing to lead. Investment criteria centre on strategic fit, high innovation leverage and differentiation, an experienced management team and risk-adequate financial returns. The unit is led by Managing Director Dieter Kraft, a recognised corporate-venturing expert, and frequently co-invests, including a partnership with Unternehmertum Venture Capital. Notable portfolio companies span the quantum and photonics frontier, including Quside, kiutra, Q.ant and the optical gas-sensor startup Tunable AS, with around 28 investments made to date. By aligning its capital with TRUMPF's photonics and manufacturing expertise, TRUMPF Venture backs deep-tech founders building adjacent and complementary technologies.

Two Sigma Ventures, established in 2012 and based in New York, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. The firm focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, data science, healthcare, biotechnology, and fintech. Notable investments include companies like Recursion Pharmaceuticals, GitLab, and Ripple. They have a portfolio of 113 companies and have achieved 25 successful exits. Two Sigma Ventures typically invests between $500,000 to $5 million, leveraging its expertise in data and technology from its parent company, Two Sigma Investments, to support innovative startups​.

TX Ventures is the dedicated fintech venture capital arm of TX Group, the diversified Swiss media and digital-platforms holding company headquartered in Zurich, founded in 1893 as the publisher of the Tages-Anzeiger and rebranded from Tamedia to TX Group in January 2020. Fintech investing within the group began around 2017, when Krzysztof Bialkowski joined and built the portfolio from scratch, positioning TX as a leading fintech investor in Switzerland; in 2022 this activity was formalised into a dedicated CHF 100 million fund, structured as a single limited partnership with TX Group as its sole investor. TX Ventures invests in financial-technology startups across Europe, spanning fintech, insurtech, proptech, cybertech, crypto and digital assets, with a clear preference for the DACH region, focusing on early-stage rounds from seed to Series A and writing initial cheques of roughly CHF 0.5 million to CHF 5 million, willing to lead. The firm's mission is to support fintechs that democratise access to financial products, improve financial security and increase efficiency and sustainability. Led by Managing Partner Krzysztof Bialkowski alongside Jens Schleuniger, David Schnider and Markus Rommel, TX Ventures has invested in around 23 companies, with a portfolio including the challenger bank neon, alternative-investment platform Stableton, real-estate price-intelligence software PriceHubble, escrow-payments provider Trustap, core-banking platform SaaScada and insurtech Helvengo, plus an exit in the mortgage platform MoneyPark. By concentrating exclusively on European, DACH-focused fintech and backing it with patient corporate capital, TX Ventures supports startups making financial services more accessible, secure and efficient.

Übermorgen Ventures is a Zurich-based climate-tech venture capital firm founded in 2019, with an additional presence in London. The firm is dedicated to building a resilient, zero-carbon economy and invests at the earliest stages, predominantly pre-seed and seed, backing founders who treat climate as an opportunity to disrupt entire industries. It is agnostic across the climate-tech value chain, spanning novel science, deep-tech hardware and enabling software, with focus areas including clean energy, carbon capture and utilization, green transportation and mobility, sustainable agriculture and food technology, advanced manufacturing, resource efficiency and materials. Übermorgen typically writes initial cheques of CHF 0.3 to 1.0 million and reserves up to roughly CHF 2.0 million for follow-on rounds. The firm runs a distinctive semi-liquid, evergreen fund structure that enables long-term partnership with founders while offering flexibility to limited partners; it reached a first close of around CHF 55 million and in August 2025 launched a raise targeting CHF 75 to 100 million. Across roughly six years it has made around 49 investments, averaging about five new deals annually, with notable portfolio companies including Open Forest Protocol, Fermify, Companion.energy, Verna Earth Solutions and Ecair. The firm is led by a team of managing partners, co-founders Adrian Bührer, Alexander Langguth and Myke Näf, the founder of Doodle, alongside venture-capital lawyer Elena Walder-Schiavone, with Jonas Hornung as principal. Übermorgen backs climate founders as a hands-on, lead investor, combining early conviction with the patient capital its evergreen model allows.

Ufi Ventures is the United Kingdom's specialist early-stage investor in vocational technology (VocTech), digital tools that help adults gain the skills they need for work and help businesses improve performance by developing their workforce. It is the investment arm of Ufi VocTech Trust, a London-based charity dedicated to unlocking vocational learning with technology, and it has been investing since 2019. Distinctively, Ufi Ventures invests its own capital rather than that of external limited partners, allowing it to focus entirely on social impact alongside commercial sustainability. The fund draws on deep sector expertise and a network of educators, developers, employers, investors and policymakers to support portfolio companies, typically writing early-stage cheques of roughly £250k to £1m, historically from £75k, generally as a co-investor, backing companies that get adults learning and progressing in work, with an ambition to build a portfolio of around 20 active businesses. In November 2024 it launched a second vehicle, the Ufi Ventures Challenge Fund, aimed at early-stage companies using vocational technology to make a scalable impact on skills development for the transitioning economy. The team is led by Director of Ventures Helen Gironi, a long-time early-stage and impact investor formerly of Nesta Impact Investments, supported by an associate director, investment associate and venture partners. To date Ufi Ventures has made around 26 investments, with portfolio companies including CertChain, Gladys, Assemble You, Purlos and Learnerbly, and it co-publishes quarterly VocTech Market Reports with Tyton Partners. By investing its own charitable capital, Ufi Ventures backs the technologies that build the adult workforce's skills.

UKTV Ventures is the London-based media-for-equity investment fund operated by the British broadcaster UKTV, home to popular channels such as Dave, W and Gold, and now part of BBC Studios. Rather than deploying cash, the fund offers premium advertising airtime across UKTV's channel network in exchange for minority equity stakes in high-growth, predominantly direct-to-consumer UK start-ups and scale-ups, an 'airtime-for-equity' model designed to help young brands access the television advertising market and scale rapidly into household names. The fund has roughly £8 million of premium advertising to invest annually and additionally provides equity-free support to cover the creative production costs of advertising campaigns, which startups would otherwise fund themselves. Launched in 2018, initially as UKTV's Innovation Fund, it is led by Sheena Amin, who began her career as a venture capitalist at growth-equity firm Summit Partners and held senior media and telecoms roles including business development at Virgin Media and commercial partnerships at Dixons Carphone. Its first investment was in Hopster, the award-winning preschool learning and entertainment streaming platform, and the fund has since made around 11 investments, including a seven-figure deal with an online funeral-planning service in March 2024 and a stake in over-50s lifestyle platform Rest Less in January 2025. The fund focuses on consumer-facing businesses spanning media, streaming, e-commerce, apps and lifestyle brands seeking national reach. By trading premium TV airtime for equity, UKTV Ventures gives UK consumer brands a route to mass-market awareness while building a portfolio of high-growth companies.

Unconventional Ventures is a Copenhagen-based VC fund, focused on investing in early-stage startups led by underrepresented founders, including women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. Founded in 2019 by Thea Messel, the fund is dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusivity in the European tech ecosystem. It targets scalable impact tech companies, with a strong focus on climate, health, education, and fintech sectors. Unconventional Ventures invests mainly in the Nordics and Europe, with notable investments in startups like Meela and SciFree. Their strategy is deeply impact-driven, seeking founders who can tackle systemic issues often overlooked by traditional VCs. They typically invest at the pre-seed and seed stages, offering both capital and a robust support network, while frequently co-investing with other mission-aligned funds. The fund is active in building an ecosystem that provides not just mentorship but also tangible company-building support​. Nora Bavey, a general partner, plays a key role in shaping the fund’s ambitious vision of reshaping venture capital to be more inclusive. With an average check size in the early rounds, they aim to back diverse founders who are solving real societal challenges​.

Underline Ventures is a Bucharest-based, early-stage venture fund founded in 2022 by Romanian investor Bogdan Iordache, and is widely described as Eastern Europe's first solo-GP venture fund. The firm partners at the earliest stages, pre-seed, seed and late-seed, with Eastern European founders building high-growth technology startups with global ambitions, writing average cheques of around $500,000, and it is willing to lead. Underline closed its debut fund in November 2023 at roughly EUR 18.4 million, about $20 million, reaching its target with capital raised predominantly from successful tech founders and operators, alongside other business leaders and international funds-of-funds; operators from companies such as UiPath, Telerik and Bitdefender advise its portfolio companies. Investment themes centre on enterprise automation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, industrial and vertical software, IoT, fintech, climate and defence technologies, with a strong B2B and enterprise-software orientation. Iordache is a developer-turned-founder-turned-investor who founded the influential How to Web conference, co-founded TechAngels, Romania's first business-angel network, built and exited the email-marketing startup Conectoo, and has worked in venture capital since 2013 across Springboard, 3TS Capital Partners, MVP Academy and Gecad Ventures. To date the fund has made roughly 13 investments in startups across Romania, Croatia, Serbia and the broader Eastern European diaspora, spanning big data and AI, cybersecurity and e-commerce infrastructure. As a pioneering solo-GP fund backed by the region's leading operators, Underline Ventures gives Eastern European B2B and deep-tech founders an early, hands-on partner with global ambition.

Unicorn Growth Capital is a forward-thinking venture capital firm, established in 2020 and headquartered in New York City. The firm focuses on investing in fintech-enabled companies that are reshaping the financial services infrastructure of the digital economy. Unicorn Growth Capital specializes in bridging traditional finance (TradFi) with decentralized finance (DeFi), positioning itself at the forefront of innovation in Web3 technologies, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. This unique investment strategy aims to support the development of new financial systems that are more accessible, efficient, and inclusive. Led by Barbara Iyayi, the firm’s CEO and Founding Partner, Unicorn Growth Capital targets early-stage investments, particularly in emerging markets such as Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. The firm believes that these regions offer significant opportunities for financial technology innovations that can address longstanding challenges in financial inclusion and economic development. Unicorn Growth Capital’s portfolio is diverse and impactful, featuring companies like VertoFX, a global B2B payments platform; Bitmama, a startup driving crypto adoption in Africa; and Credrails, which is building open banking infrastructure across the continent. By backing these high-growth startups, Unicorn Growth Capital is not only driving financial innovation but also contributing to the broader goal of economic empowerment in underserved markets. With its strategic focus and expertise, Unicorn Growth Capital is well-positioned to continue leading investments in the fintech sector, particularly as the digital economy continues to evolve and expand​.

Unifier Ventures is a Berlin-based, cross-border early-stage micro-VC founded in 2018 that connects Europe and Southeast Asia. Its distinctive thesis is to give European technology startups access to talent, partners, customers and additional capital from Southeast Asia by leveraging a network of regional family offices, corporates and entrepreneurs, while also backing promising founders within Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. The firm invests at the pre-seed, seed and pre-Series A stages across the technology sector, with portfolio concentrations in enterprise applications, healthtech and consumer software, and focus markets spanning Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore and the Philippines, generally as a co-investor. Raising a fund of around EUR 25 million, Unifier writes tickets of roughly EUR 200,000 to 500,000 in Europe and EUR 50,000 to 250,000 in Asia. It is led by Managing Partner Miguel Encarnacion, who has long worked at the intersection of Southeast Asian and European venture markets and is also associated with ICCP SBI Venture Partners, supported by venture partner Kastytis Kemezys and a team of around seven. Unifier has made roughly 11 to 20 investments, with notable portfolio companies including the Philippine cryptocurrency exchange PDAX and logistics-software provider RoseRocket, alongside Otis AI, Ovom Care and Sunhat; its portfolio has already produced acquisitions including Bunch and Jobpal. By bridging European and Southeast Asian ecosystems and giving startups in each region access to the other's talent, customers and capital, Unifier Ventures backs cross-border early-stage technology founders.

Unilever Ventures is the corporate venture capital and private-equity arm of consumer-goods giant Unilever, founded in 2002 and headquartered in London with a significant investing presence in Mumbai. The firm provides strategic capital and operational expertise to founders building the next generation of consumer brands, commerce technologies and B2B and enterprise solutions, leveraging Unilever's global scale, supply chain and brand-building know-how. Its investment focus spans three areas: beauty and wellness, consumer brands across skincare, haircare, personal care, nutrition, supplements, longevity and holistic wellness; commerce, technology enabling next-generation retail, e-commerce and consumer discovery; and B2B and enterprise technology serving consumer goods, retail and adjacent industries. Unilever Ventures is most active at the seed and Series A stages, frequently acting as an early strategic investor alongside financial venture funds, with typical cheques ranging from roughly $500,000 to $15 million, and willing to lead; it has also acted as a limited partner, backing emerging managers such as Selva Ventures' $34 million fund. The firm has run five funds, including the New Voices Fund, and over its roughly two-decade history has invested in around 137 companies, averaging about seven new investments per year over the last decade. It is led by managing partners Olivier Garel and Stephen Willson, with partner Pawan Chaturvedi heading India and Asian investments from Mumbai. Notable portfolio brands include Saie, Kopari, BYBI, Beauty Bakerie and India's Secret Alchemist, SkinInspired and WishCare. By pairing capital with Unilever's brand-building scale, the firm backs the next generation of consumer and commerce companies.

UNIQ Ventures is a fintech and insurtech venture builder, a 'startup factory' rather than a traditional venture capital fund, headquartered in La Massana, Andorra, with operations in Barcelona, Spain, and founded around 2019 by André Caçador. Positioned as the first venture builder specialised in fintech and insurtech in Spain, with the ambition of becoming a reference across Southern Europe and Latin America, the firm builds internet companies around proven business models: it scans the global market for successful digital businesses in finance, insurance and legal and recreates them in markets where it sees large untapped opportunity. UNIQ relies on an in-house team of specialists, engineers, product managers, analysts and designers, who form and test hypotheses, build prototypes, run experiments and launch new ventures; once a business model is validated, the firm injects further capital and recruits an entrepreneurial team to scale the startup into a global company. Its areas of focus include open banking, blockchain, artificial intelligence, banking-as-a-service, self-driving finance and digital assets. Early ventures built in-house include Octans, an AI-based open-finance platform that helps banks deliver new digital customer experiences, and Vesto, a mobile app that helps everyday users grow and manage their savings. The company mobilised around EUR 1.5 million into its first two initiatives and has signalled plans to launch roughly 20 fintech projects over five years, requiring more than EUR 10 million of investment. By building, validating and scaling fintech and insurtech ventures in-house, UNIQ Ventures operates as a startup factory targeting untapped Southern European and Latin American markets.

UNIQA Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of UNIQA Insurance Group AG, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It is a pioneer of corporate-backed venture capital in Central and Eastern Europe and one of the most active startup investors in the region. The fund concentrates on the Future of Health, Mobility, Intelligent Home and Fintech/InsurTech, alongside enabling technologies such as IoT, blockchain and machine learning and AI, seeking synergistic capabilities such as telematics and digital health that can strengthen the wider UNIQA Group. UNIQA Ventures backs companies in the late-seed and early-growth stage, with its sweet spot around Series A and Series B; it typically writes tickets of EUR 0.5 million to EUR 5 million and looks for startups that have found product-market fit and have recurring revenues of roughly EUR 1 million annually, generally as a co-investor. Having doubled its growth capital, the fund commands an investment pipeline of around EUR 150 million, with about half earmarked for CEE startups as it hunts for the next regional unicorn after the likes of UiPath, Rohlik and Bolt. The portfolio spans roughly 52 companies and has produced one unicorn, the digital-assets platform Bitpanda, plus eight acquisitions including Paris-based home insurer Luko and business-data provider kompany; its most recent disclosed portfolio exit was the German digital-health platform doctorly in June 2025. The firm is led by founder, CEO and Managing Partner Andreas Nemeth. By pairing insurer-backed capital with a clear thematic focus, UNIQA Ventures is a leading CEE corporate venture investor.

United Ventures is an independent Italian venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Massimiliano Magrini, former country manager of Google Italy, and Paolo Gesess, and headquartered in Milan. The firm invests in digital technologies, software, enterprise software, fintech, cloud, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, marketplaces, B2B and B2C platforms and deep tech, backing visionary entrepreneurs who tackle critical, often underestimated problems and aim to digitise sectors that improve quality of life and promote sustainable development, and it is willing to lead. United Ventures invests primarily at the early stage across Western Europe, North America and Israel, with around 70% of its current portfolio companies being Italian. The firm manages two early-stage funds and a growth vehicle, UV T-Growth; the 2023 close of United Ventures III, a EUR 150 million early-stage fund that targets 15 to 18 European technology companies with initial tickets of EUR 1 million to EUR 8 million, brought total funds under management toward EUR 500 million. With a team of around 15 professionals, including investment partners Giulia Giovannini and Sara Lovato and operating partner Jacopo Drudi, United Ventures has built a track record of roughly 35 investments, several IPOs and notable exits, including 10x-plus returns on FACEIT and Musixmatch in 2022. Portfolio companies include wealthtech Moneyfarm, online grocery marketplace Everli, crypto exchange Young Platform, used-car platform Cazoo and fraud-prevention firm Cleafy, with its most recent disclosed deal being Cleafy's Series B in March 2026. As one of Italy's leading independent VCs, United Ventures backs digital-technology founders across Europe, North America and Israel.

University Ventures is a New York City-based investment firm founded in 2011 and focused exclusively on the global higher-education and workforce-education sector. Founded by a quartet of veterans of the for-profit and nonprofit education worlds, including co-founder and managing director Daniel Pianko, a former Goldman Sachs banker and the first outside director of Altius Education, and managing director Ryan Craig, founding director of Bridgepoint Education, the firm pursues a strategy it calls 'innovation from within,' partnering with leading universities to jointly develop and deploy innovative higher-education programs across Europe and the United States. Its models combine the entrepreneurship, capital and management expertise of the private sector with the academic integrity, quality-assurance processes and brands of traditional institutions. University Ventures manages roughly $300 million across its funds, anchored by a $100 million-plus Fund I whose two largest investors were German media group Bertelsmann and the University of Texas Investment Management Company. The firm invests from seed through growth stages, most actively at Series A, concentrating on edtech and education-enterprise companies, and it is willing to lead. Its portfolio and track record, which includes one IPO and several acquisitions, features IT-training and staffing firm Revature, whose Series A it led alongside Eden Capital and USA Funds, Synergis Education, Appier, Techtonic, a Brandman University partnership and campus-engagement platform Ready Education, whose $5.3 million Series A it led with Y Combinator. By co-developing programs with universities, University Ventures backs the next generation of higher-education and workforce companies.

Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 by John Vrionis and Jyoti Bansal. They focus on providing hands-on support to early-stage startups in sectors like infrastructure software, SaaS, fintech, and consumer applications. Notable investments include Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, Harness, and Vivun. Unusual Ventures differentiates itself by embedding experienced operators with startups, offering deep operational support in areas such as marketing, sales, and recruiting. This approach helps founders navigate the challenging early stages of their business, working closely to find product-market fit and build a strong foundation for future growth. Their engagement model is designed to provide comprehensive support, acting as interim executives to ensure startups have the resources they need to succeed. The firm also emphasizes diversity and social impact, partnering with institutions that are positive forces in education, healthcare, and the arts. This mission-driven approach ensures that the returns generated contribute to meaningful progress. With offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, and Boston, Unusual Ventures has raised multiple funds, including their recent $485 million Fund III, bringing their total assets under management to over $1 billion. This commitment underscores their dedication to supporting seed-stage founders with unparalleled resources and expertise.

UOB Venture Management (UOBVM), a subsidiary of United Overseas Bank (UOB), was established in 1992 and focuses on venture capital and private equity investments, primarily in Southeast Asia, Greater China, and the United States. The firm targets growth-stage companies across various sectors, including healthcare, advanced manufacturing, consumer services, and digital economy ventures. UOBVM is known for integrating ESG principles and impact investing into its strategy, as demonstrated by its Asia Impact Investment Fund series. UOBVM has a significant portfolio with over 164 investments, and some notable exits include Gojek and Nanosys. They emphasize supporting businesses that contribute to sustainable development and innovation, particularly those improving livelihoods in the region. The firm manages several funds, including the ASEAN China Investment Fund and Asia Impact Investment Fund II, which raised over $60 million for initiatives in underserved markets​. The firm's leadership includes CEO Kian-Wee Seah, with key members like Mark Yeo and Jean Thoh, all based in Singapore, where the company is headquartered.

Urban Impact Ventures is a Dutch profit-with-purpose impact venture capital firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, operating with an international Bulgarian-Dutch team. The fund is on a mission to improve urban quality of life across Europe, blending capital with deep expertise in investing, innovation, impact entrepreneurship and sustainable urban development. It concentrates on two core themes within the urban environment, decarbonization and circularity, targeting the funding gap for the sustainable transformation of small and mid-sized cities and backing entrepreneurs who apply technology to urban infrastructure. Alongside attractive financial returns, the firm explicitly aims for a material net-positive contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and it backs innovative, scalable early- and expansion-stage businesses that accelerate the urban sustainability transition, generally as a co-investor. Urban Impact Ventures was founded by Hans van Houwelingen, former CEO of ACTIAM NV, a leading sustainable and impact asset manager with around EUR 65 billion in assets; its team of about 12, including three partners, also features venture partner Korstiaan Zandvliet, known for work on European liveability, social ventures and urban food solutions. Its first fund, UIV Fund I, targeted total commitments of EUR 30 million to roughly EUR 50 million. Portfolio companies include rooftop wind-and-solar energy firm IBIS Power, its most recent disclosed deal in August 2024, smart-mobility and fare-collection software company Modeshift, and hyperloop developer Hardt. By focusing on decarbonization and circularity in small and mid-sized European cities, Urban Impact Ventures backs the technologies improving urban quality of life.

V-Sharp Venture Studio is an early-stage venture capital firm and venture studio based in Prague, Czech Republic. Launched in 2021, originally as V-Sharp Alpha, as part of the Reticulum group, it was founded by Michal Menšík, CEO of the fast-growing last-mile logistics group DoDo, and Zdeněk Šoustal, CEO of the Reticulum investment group. The studio backs promising startups in Central and Eastern Europe across three core verticals, e-commerce, logistics and financial technology, investing at the pre-seed, seed and Series A stages with tickets of up to roughly EUR 1 million and hundreds of millions of Czech korun available to deploy, and it is willing to lead. Rather than spreading capital thinly, V-Sharp deliberately invests in a small number of carefully selected companies each year and commits fully to each one, supplementing its capital with hands-on operating expertise, an extensive contact network, and shared services in marketing, legal and IT. The founders bring deep operating credibility: Menšík has spent more than 15 years in e-commerce and scaled DoDo into one of the Czech Republic's fastest-growing technology companies, while Šoustal's Reticulum group also backs Accolade, in commercial real estate and industrial parks, and MJM agro. The studio's disclosed portfolio of around eight companies includes Oxus.AI, Tapline and Vocalls. By combining studio-style company support with concentrated early-stage capital and the operating experience of its founders, V-Sharp Venture Studio backs CEE founders in e-commerce, logistics and fintech.

Valar Ventures, co-founded by Peter Thiel, Andrew McCormack, and James Fitzgerald, has made a significant mark in the venture capital world by focusing on fintech startups with a global reach. Notable investments include Wise, Xero, Petal, N26, and Stash, highlighting their commitment to backing transformative financial technology companies. These investments demonstrate Valar's ability to identify and nurture groundbreaking startups. The firm primarily invests in early-stage companies, often leading funding rounds with checks ranging from $1M to $10M. Their geographic focus spans North America and Europe, allowing them to tap into diverse markets and innovative ecosystems. This strategic approach ensures they are well-positioned to support startups poised for international growth. Valar Ventures operates with a clear investment strategy: they seek out companies with innovative fintech solutions that have the potential to disrupt traditional financial services. They are known for their hands-on approach, providing not just capital but also strategic guidance to help their portfolio companies scale effectively. The team, based in New York, brings deep fintech expertise and a strong network, which is invaluable to the startups they invest in. Founders looking to partner with Valar should present a clear, innovative fintech proposition with a strong potential for transformative impact. Valar Ventures is particularly interested in businesses that can demonstrate a solid growth trajectory and a compelling vision for the future of finance.

Valesco Ventures is a venture capital and go-to-market advisory firm founded in 2016 by Thorsten Freitag and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with a European presence in Berg, Germany. The firm has a distinctive model that combines capital investment with hands-on operating management, advisory and joint ventures, anchored by a singular focus on sales execution. Rather than acting as a passive investor, Valesco's team of operating partners builds and manages portfolio companies' international sales teams and constructs the go-to-market 'engine' that carries B2B technology and enterprise software companies through their startup, scale and growth phases, helping them accelerate growth, win Fortune Global 1000 customers and establish market leadership, generally as a co-investor. The firm's edge stems directly from founder Thorsten Freitag's career scaling field-sales organizations at leading global IT vendors during periods of hyper-growth: as an executive officer and executive vice president at Infoblox he helped grow the company at roughly a 40% CAGR to $96 million per quarter, and he previously served as Vice President EMEA at Check Point Software Technologies. Valesco operates a lean team of around seven to eight people and complements its investing with leadership development and sales-team optimization services. It should not be confused with Valesco Industries, a separate Dallas-based lower-middle-market private equity firm. By pairing capital with hands-on sales execution and go-to-market building, Valesco Ventures backs B2B technology and enterprise-software companies and helps them scale internationally and win large enterprise customers.

Valia Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in bold and innovative startups across various sectors including fintech, healthcare, consumer, and enterprise software. Based in New York, San Francisco, and London, the firm focuses on pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments, with check sizes ranging from $50,000 to $1 million. Valia Ventures also has an Opportunity Fund for investing in mature companies at the Series B stage and beyond. The firm is led by Managing Partner Khaled Jalanbo, along with a team of experienced investors like Riley Rodgers and Omar Sebai. They aim to be long-term partners, supporting companies throughout their growth stages with both capital and strategic guidance​. Valia Ventures has made significant investments in companies such as Selfbook, Humane, and Legacy, demonstrating their commitment to backing transformative ideas. Their portfolio is diverse, encompassing sectors from fintech and healthcare to enterprise software​.

Valo Ventures is a thesis-driven venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, that invests in companies addressing global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, and inequality. The firm focuses on three main areas: digitization, decarbonization, and adaptation. Valo Ventures targets early to growth-stage companies in North America and Europe, seeking to create a positive environmental and social impact while generating competitive financial returns. Their portfolio includes companies like XGS Energy, ARRIS, and Boston Materials, which leverage advanced technologies to tackle significant issues such as renewable energy, sustainable materials, and carbon reduction​​. Valo Ventures prides itself on fostering partnerships based on trust, reciprocity, and shared values, emphasizing the importance of diversity and long-term impact.