European VCs with EU money behind them
The EIF is the world's biggest LP — backing 1,400+ funds across 30 countries. Find the right one for your raise.
Atomico
Founded by Skype co-creator Niklas Zennström. One of Europe's most celebrated VC firms — investing from seed to growth a...
Balderton Capital
European-only since 2000. Benchmark-affiliated, now fully independent. Known for conviction bets on European category-cr...
Lakestar
Klaus Hommels was the first investor in Spotify. Lakestar now backs European fintech and enterprise at scale.
EQT Ventures
VC arm of the €40B+ EQT platform. Uses proprietary AI (Motherbrain) for deal sourcing. Offices in 6 cities.
Northzone
Active since 1996. Cross-stage investor with a legendary Nordic portfolio. One of the earliest backers of both Spotify a...
Speedinvest
Europe's most active pre-seed and seed investor. 40+ investments per year. Specialized teams across fintech, health, dee...
Dawn Capital
Europe's specialist B2B software and fintech investor. ~$2B total AUM. Laser focus on enterprise-grade companies.
Partech
Multi-stage VC with seed, growth, and impact strategies. One of the few European VCs also active in Africa.
Alven
Top French early-stage VC. Known for developer-tool and fintech bets before they were fashionable.
Omnes Capital
Europe's first VC fund with an EU defence mandate. Investing in quantum, space, AI, and advanced materials.
Sofinnova Partners
Life sciences specialist since 1972. Industrial biotech, digital health, and therapeutics across Europe.
Quantonation
World's first quantum-computing VC. €30M direct EIF commitment. Backing the builders of quantum hardware and software.
Keensight Capital
ETCI-backed growth buyout fund. Cybersecurity, automation, enterprise software, and medtech at scale.
Cherry Ventures
Top Berlin early-stage firm. Asking founders to build Europe's first trillion-dollar company. Technical founder bias.
Earlybird
20+ year track record. Dual strategy: Digital West (pan-EU) and Digital East (CEE/Turkey). Deep operator network.
HV Capital
Germany's oldest VC firm (est. 2000). Backed 3 of Germany's most valuable tech companies. Patient, conviction-driven.
Project A
Operational VC — invests capital + deploys a 100-person platform team (engineering, design, data, marketing) to help bui...
UVC Partners
Deep tech specialist. University spin-offs from TU Munich, Max Planck, Fraunhofer. Hard science with commercial ambition...
World Fund
Europe's largest climate-only VC. Will only invest if a company can reduce 100MT+ CO₂ equivalent. No greenwashing.
btov Partners
Deep tech and industrial technology focus. Strong ties to ETH Zurich and German technical universities.
Creandum
Nordic-born, pan-European. Seed and Series A with a founder-first culture. Three generations of landmark Nordic tech bet...
Verdane
Nordic growth equity. Sustainability-native — every investment measured against EU taxonomy. Digital meets climate.
55 North
Danish quantum and deep physics VC. Targeting €300M for frontier technology companies building foundational hardware and...
Course Corrected
Nordic climate tech specialist. €34M+ EIF commitment. Focused on energy transition, circular economy, and sustainable fo...
Keen Venture Partners
First fund to receive the EU Defence Equity Facility investment. €40M from EIF. European defence and dual-use technology...
Forbion
One of Europe's leading life sciences VCs. €1B+ under management. Therapeutics, diagnostics, and medtech.
SevenGen
€40M EIF backing. Growth equity for European sustainability companies at inflection point. ESG-native from day one.
TIN Capital
€20M EIF investment. Europe's dedicated cybersecurity VC. Five generations of cyber-focused funds.
Kibo Ventures
Spain's leading tech VC. €500M+ raised across 6 funds. Deep tech conviction with a European expansion mandate.
Seaya Growth Tech
ETCI flagship growth fund. €300M EIF anchor commitment. Pan-European mandate: applied AI, deep tech, climate, fintech.
CDP Venture Capital
Italy's national venture platform. €260M joint programme with EIF to accelerate tech transfer from Italian research inst...
Primo Ventures
Milan-based early-stage investor. Building Italy's startup ecosystem one technical founder at a time.
Nauta Capital
B2B software specialist. €550M deployed historically. Pan-European from Barcelona with London and Munich offices.
Indico Capital
€30M EIF commitment. Portugal's top VC expanding into Spain and Italy. Riding the Lisbon tech wave.
Marathon Venture Capital
€20M EIF commitment. Backing tech innovation from the Greek ecosystem and diaspora founders returning to build in Europe...
Maia Ventures
Italian agrifood and climate tech VC. EIF-backed. Investing at the intersection of food systems and sustainability.
Credo Ventures
Central Europe's most established VC. Seed investor in UiPath before it became a $35B company. Prague-based, pan-CEE man...
Radix Ventures
€25M EIF commitment. Deep tech VC focused on Central and Eastern Europe. University spin-offs and frontier research.
Contrarian Ventures
€25M EIF commitment. Climate tech VC from the Baltics. Pan-European mandate for energy, mobility, and circular economy.
Expeditions Fund
Polish deep tech fund targeting cybersecurity, AI, quantum, and defence. Growing the CEE as a serious tech hub.
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