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Beast Ventures
Venture capitalHong Kong · Seed · 2 people tracked
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Beast targets breakthrough engineering and applied science startups with potential to generate substantial financial returns while addressing health, climate, or broader societal challenges. The firm focuses on deep frontier technologies at the seed stage across the UK and Continental Europe, supporting founders from inception through growth.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 29 of 47 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15Deep Tech ×12Biotech ×11Healthtech ×9Climate Tech ×4SaaS ×4Cloud Computing ×3Consumer ×3
HQs:United States×9United Kingdom×6Switzerland×1Denmark×1Estonia×1France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×93 founders×14+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with education data
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) ×4Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ×4Harvard University ×4University of Cambridge ×4London Business School ×2Stanford University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2University of Oxford ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×7Computer Science ×4Life Sciences ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Economics ×2Humanities ×2Medicine ×2Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 35 founders with career history
Imperial College London ×5Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ×2Baseimmune ×2Google ×2Middlesex University ×2Obvious Prime ×2Red Queen Bio ×2University College London ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
11 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 30 with degree data)
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12021 · 12017 · 24 dated
Fervo Energy develops next-generation geothermal technology using advanced drilling and sensing techniques to unlock carbon-free, 24/7 power generation in previously uneconomic locations.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHouston, US
Tim Latimer(Founder)inJack Norbeck(Founder)in
BoardDavid Thomas Danielson(Director)inNicholas Walrod(Director)inIon Yadigaroglu(Director)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBaruch Future VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesCarbonCongruent Ventures+16 more
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500 Global is a venture capital firm and investment platform that runs accelerator and startup programs for founders while offering investment vehicles for investors.
Fintech
Co-investors500 Startups VietnamChanzo CapitalCincyTechElizabeth Street VenturesGG CapitalHinge Capital+7 more
a16z is a venture capital firm that invests in seed to growth-stage technology companies across artificial intelligence, healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, gaming, and infrastructure sectors.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep Tech
Chris Dixon(Co-founder)inRicard BoadaSofia Gumuzio
BoardMarc AndreesseninBen Horowitzin
Co-investorsa16z cryptoA16Z SpeedrunBeyond Earth VenturesBooz Allen VenturesDigerati InvestmentsGate Ventures+8 more
Cascade is an AI coordination platform for architecture, engineering, and construction firms that automates business development by analyzing unstructured project opportunities, scoring them for firm fit, and streamlining the pursuit-to-delivery cycle.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCloud ComputingConstruction TechDeep TechFuture of WorkHealthtechQuantum ComputingCopenhagen, DK
Mikkel PrechtinIb ChristenseninHannia Zia(CEO)inJoana Ferreira(CTO)inDan Holme(CEO)inStephen DiAdamo(CTO)in
Co-investorsAntlerDelphinus Venture CapitalEnterprise Capital Funds
Nutropy develops precision-fermented milk proteins for industrial cheese production without animal inputs.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTechÉvry, FR
NathalieMayaMaya Bendifallah(Founder)Nathalie Rolland(Founder)
Co-investorsBig Pi VenturesTrellis Road I Fund ABBig Idea Ventures
Apollo Projects is an investment firm that backs founders pursuing ambitious, forward-looking visions.
London-based European venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, investing from seed to pre-IPO.
Co-investorsPeakRedbus VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundTesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)BMW i VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)+1 more
Developer of a surgical robotic system for minimally invasive endoscopy and laparoscopy
Frederic Moll(Founder)
Co-investorsLux CapitalMithril Capital ManagementPractica CapitalSBI Investment Korea Co. Ltd.Sonder CapitalViking Global+3 more
Backed VC is a European seed-stage venture capital firm that leads and invests early in founders building frontier technology companies, with average ticket sizes of $500K–$5M.
Co-investorsProsperity7 Ventures
Baseimmune develops active immunotherapies using computational design and protein engineering to create custom antigens aimed at chronic diseases.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechLondon, GB
Joshua Blight(Founder)inPhillip Kemlo(Founder)inAriane C Gomes(Founder)
Co-investorsHoxton VenturesIQ CapitalCreator FundMerck Global Health Innovation FundMSD Global Health Innovation FundCherry Ventures+1 more
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Breakthrough Energy is a global platform that funds and helps build companies advancing clean energy technologies, focusing on reducing emissions across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Bill Gates(Founder)in
Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesRed Bear VenturesTemasek
Cogitat develops brain-computer interface (BCI) technology combining neuroscience and AI/ML, with work spanning neuroinformatics, data science, and XR product engineering.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHealthtech
Allan Ponniah(Cofounder - CEO)inDimitrios Adamos(Cofounder - CTO)inStefanos Zafeiriou(Cofounder - Scientific Lead)inNikos Laskaris(Cofounder - Neuroinformatics Lead)inIrene Kotsia(Cofounder - Data/ML Lead)inYannis Panagakis(Cofounder - AI/ML Lead)in
Co-investorsCambridge Angels group
Uses deep learning to drive facial analysis and generation technology.
Fifty Years is an investment firm founded and backed by 46 founders of tech companies valued between $1 billion and $100 billion, focused on supporting early-stage founders.
Deep TechEnterprise Software
Seth BannoninKia Fathi(Head of Engineering)Ueli Friedli(Head of Finance)in
BoardTony Kouzarides
Co-investorsBlue Haven InitiativeNexus BayY Combinator
Helix Nanotechnologies develops mRNA-based therapeutics for disease treatment and environmental applications, currently advancing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate for immunocompromised patients and testing interventions targeting climate challenges.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechBoston, US
Nikolai Eroshenko(Founder)inHannu Rajaniemi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBascom VenturesChampion Hill VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Fifty YearsHAWKTAIL+14 more
Higher Steaks uses cell culture techniques to grow meat products from animal cell samples without traditional animal farming.
BiotechFoodTech
Hoxton Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in AI and deeptech startups across the UK and Europe, providing capital, compute access, and infrastructure support to founders building transformative companies.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSector AgnosticLondon, GB
Hussein Kanji(Founder and Managing Partner)in
Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeCisco InvestmentsIsomer CapitalBritish Business BankBritish Patient Capital
Illumina Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on genomics and precision health, investing in early-stage companies developing breakthrough science and technology to improve human health.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsIllumina Accelerator
Inoviv provides custom multiplexed LC-MS proteomics panels for biomarker discovery and analysis in drug discovery and development.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Ernestas Sirka(CSO)inMichael Dove(Founding CEO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstHoxton VenturesForesight Group
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and supports founders building companies across areas including cleantech, deeptech, life sciences, enterprise software, and hardware.
Sector Agnostic
Vinod Khosla(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCalm/Storm VCClean Energy VenturesCollaborative FundModi VenturesPerot JainSDV+9 more
This is a venture capital firm, not a portfolio company.
London, GB
Leila Rastegar Zegna(Founder)in
Co-investorsIsomer CapitalOVNI Capital
LabGenius develops EVA, an automated discovery engine for identifying and co-optimizing complex therapeutic antibodies such as multispecifics across multiple properties.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechLondon
Harrison Rickerby(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJames Field(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Air Street CapitalAtomicoBackedChampion Hill VenturesGigafund+10 more
Lydia.ai offers ORCA, an AI system for retail marketing teams that monitors vendor catalogs, product data, and live commerce sessions and generates campaign-ready content — brand stories, product pages, and campaign videos — through a conversational interface.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Anthony LeeinChristina CaiinFedor Suprychevin
Co-investors500 GlobalAlibaba Entrepreneurs FundKickstart VenturesWI Harper GroupAccel
Maki.vc is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage deep tech and startups, with a focus on the Nordics and Europe.
Deep Tech
Co-investorsPeakProdeko VenturesTesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)Specialist VC
Mark Cuban Companies is the holding and portfolio site of investor Mark Cuban, presenting a broad group of companies, teams, and foundations he owns or backs across pharmaceuticals, sports, media, consumer products, technology, and crypto.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSector AgnosticDallas, US
Mark Cuban
Obvious is a venture capital firm that invests in founders addressing humanity's largest challenges across planetary health, human health, and economic health, with a focus on companies operating in clean energy, electric mobility, healthcare, biopharma, and financial prosperity for individuals and small businesses.
Climate TechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
James Joaquin(Founder)inVishal Vasishth(Founder)in
Ochre Bio develops RNA therapeutics and drug discovery platforms targeting liver disease, combining proprietary human liver datasets with AI-driven causal prediction and human tissue validation models.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Quin Wills(Founder)inJack O'Meara(Founder)in
BoardChinwe UkomaduElaine SullivanEliot ForsterJack Castle
Co-investorsBackedCoastCapEntrepreneur FirstExpaHoxton VenturesLifeforce Capital+17 more
A venture capital firm providing funding and support to portfolio companies.
Percepto develops autonomous drone ("drone-in-a-box") systems and software for automated inspection and continuous monitoring of critical industrial infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyIoTRobotics
Dor Abuhasira(Co-founder & CEO)inAriel Avitan(Co-founder)inSagi Blonder(Co-founder, Head of R&D)inRaviv Raz(Co-founder)inUdi Zohar(Chief Product Officer)inNir Simon(CFO)in
Co-investorsAtento CapitalCourtside VenturesEmerge VenturesHTwentyKoch Disruptive TechnologiesKreos Capital+6 more
Q.bio provides quantitative biology assessments and longitudinal health monitoring for preventive care, offering comprehensive measurable exams at the scale of premium care providers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Carlos, US
Jeffrey Kaditz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Clarissa Shen(Executive Officer)Jeff Kaditz(Founder)
BoardTerry Doyle(Director)Vijay Pande, Ph.D.(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzEvolution VenturesMana VenturesWhat If Ventures
Scantrust provides cloud-based connected packaging solutions that use QR codes to help companies authenticate products, combat counterfeiting, and improve supply chain transparency.
Circular EconomyConsumerLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSLausanne, CH
Nathan J. Anderson(Co-founder & CEO)inJustin Picard(Founder)inNathan Anderson(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBright Pixel CapitalPrivilège VenturesSecurity Leadership CapitalCredit SuisseSOSV
Sonalytic provides audio identification technology that recognizes songs, mixed content, and short clips (including musical stems in derivative works) via a web interface and API.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Sparrow is a science subscription service that makes research accessible to a general audience by having expert scientists condense academic papers into 3-minute digests without technical jargon.
Digital HealthEdTechMedia & Entertainment
Dr. Vivian Chan(CEO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsParticleDu CapitalSignum Capital
Sparrho is a research discovery platform that helps academics and researchers find and organise relevant scientific literature, indexing over 60 million articles from 45,000+ journals and preprint servers.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSLondon, GB
Vivian Chan(CEO)inNilu Satharasinghe(Cofounder)
Co-investorsEntrepreneur First
Co-investorsAIR CapitalClean Energy Ventures
The Creator Fund invests in deep technology and AI companies founded by pioneers seeking to build defining businesses through innovation.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Jamie Macfarlane(CEO)inAlexandra Ntemourtsidou(COO)in
BoardLord Rumi Verjee(Founding Partner)Henry Lane Fox(Chairman)
Co-investorsBln22x ONE Gmb H & Co. KGMetavallon VC
Trace Genomics, now part of Miraterra, provides soil analysis and genomic sequencing to give growers and agronomists insights on nutrients and pathogens across more than 70 crops and 225+ pathogens.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechBurlingame, US
Poornima Parameswaran(Executive Officer, Director)Diane Wu(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Toelle(Director)Joe Pianelli(Director)William Buckner(Director)
Co-investorsATEL VenturesOspraie Ag ScienceS2G InvestmentsWP Global PartnersFall Line CapitalRabo Ventures+1 more
USVP is a venture capital firm with 45 years of history that invests across enterprise software, security, consumer technology, and healthcare sectors.
Cloud ComputingConsumerCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDancap Family Investment Office
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Early disease detectionFounders FundHigher SteaksJack Selby (Thiel Capital)KnowtionsNutropyReducing agricultural wasteSam AltmanSenzo
Exits · 1
1 IPOsFervo EnergyNASDAQ: FRVO
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesObvious Ventures · techcrunch.com · Jan 26, 2026
Maki VC · arcticstartup.com · Sep 30, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Beast Ventures made?
- Beast Ventures has 47 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does Beast Ventures invest at?
- Beast Ventures invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Beast Ventures focus on?
- Beast Ventures focuses on Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Beast Ventures located?
- Beast Ventures is headquartered in Hong Kong, HK.
- Who does Beast Ventures co-invest with?
- Beast Ventures most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, Entrepreneur First, among 132 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 1
Big Idea Ventures is a venture capital fund and accelerator focused on the new food space, backing early-stage companies in alternative protein, ingredients, agri-tech and materials science globally.
Firms observed investing alongside Beast Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Beast Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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