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Begin Capital
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked
Also known as Begin
Not to be confused with Begin Capital (Venture capital · New York, US)
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Investment thesis
Begin Capital invests from Pre-seed to Series A with a flexible ticket size of $500K to $8M and a global mandate, though it has particular affinity for the European market. Its current focus is DeepTech, artificial intelligence, and physical-world technologies, valuing both breakthrough technology and proven industry applications. The firm treats ideas as hypotheses that must be tested and translatable into numbers, favoring data-driven, responsible investment decisions. It seeks ambitious founders it characterizes as 'Pirates, Winners and Robots' and positions itself as a hands-on partner that shares knowledge and works side by side with portfolio companies from their earliest days.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Begin Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 29 of 34 portfolio companiesSaaS ×15AI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×10Developer Tools ×9Cloud Computing ×8Data & Infrastructure ×6Fintech ×6B2B Marketplaces ×3
HQs:United States×6United Kingdom×5Germany×4Brazil×1European Union×1Netherlands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 18 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
UCL ×3University of Oxford ×3The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×10Business & Management ×4Economics ×3Physics ×3Engineering ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history
Google ×3Gameanalytics ×2Uber ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 22 with degree data)
Investments · 34 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 52024 · 12022 · 12021 · 22020 · 211 dated
xmemory is a schema-based memory layer that lets AI agents read and write in natural language while storing facts, relationships, and workflow state as validated, queryable memory.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsLondon, GB
Alex Petrov(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors33EastFly VenturesAAL VCInovia CapitalYango VenturesVarion Ventures+1 more
Actable AI provides a data science platform for customers worldwide and runs a partner program with engagement models including independent advisor, alliance partner, implementation partner, reseller, and technology partner.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSLondon, GB
Trung Huynh(Founder)in
Co-investorsRockstart
All3 is a European construction technology company that re-engineers how buildings are designed and built by combining AI-powered design software, robotic factories for custom structural components, and autonomous on-site assembly robots.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechRoboticsBerlin, DE
Rodion Shishkov(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsRTP GlobalSuperSeedManchesterStory Group, LLCVNV Global
AppFactor offers an agentic platform that discovers where applications are running, analyzes application portfolios, dependencies, and infrastructure for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and generates containers and deployment artifacts for cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAdara VenturesThomas James
Bulbshare operates Ignite Communities, a mobile-first customer collaboration platform that lets brands co-create products, marketing, and strategies with engaged digital communities and gather feedback through surveys, video diaries, and multimedia content.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsAmery CapitalAscensionBlossom Street VenturesCreative UKAscension VenturesPortfolio Ventures
Cloudchipr is a FinOps platform that helps engineering, finance, and leadership teams reduce cloud and AI infrastructure costs through cost attribution, anomaly detection, and automated workflows across multi-cloud environments.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBerlin, DE
Ashot Ayvazyan(Founder)inSuren Marashlyan(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlyer One VenturesSmartGateVCY CombinatorBIGSTORY VCDecacorn CapitalTriple Ventures
Codesphere provides a cloud platform and consulting focused on helping enterprise IT and software teams deliver projects on schedule and within budget.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareKarlsruhe, DE
Elias Schneider(Founder)inJonas Zipprick(Founder)Elias Groll(Founder)Roman Frolov(Founder)
BoardCarl Fritjofsson(Director)in
Co-investors42CAPCompanion M Gmb HFirestreak VenturesHOF CapitalLEA Partners468 Capital+1 more
Convious is a commerce platform for leisure venues like theme parks, zoos, and aquariums that unifies online checkout, self-service kiosks, and in-venue point of sale systems into a single integrated backend.
Retail TechSaaSSports TechAmsterdam, EU
Co-investorsCapital MillsFJ LabsMarket One Capital
Crewline sells a retrofit autonomy kit that converts existing construction machines—starting with vibratory drum rollers, with dozers, rock trucks and excavators in development—into self-driving equipment backed by remote operators and 24/7 monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechRoboticsLondon, GB
Frederik Filz-Reiterdank(CEO)inMohamed Sadek(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstInitialized CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementCocoaFord Street VenturesNebular
Dwelly acquires local lettings agencies and equips them with AI-powered software for handling rental tasks such as payments and maintenance, serving tenants, landlords, and letting agents.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesPropTechSaaS
Ilya Drozdov(Founder)Dan Lifshits(Founder)inDmitry Khanukov(Founder)inIlia Drozdov(Founder)in
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystPID Fund I, a series of DV Collective, LPTetradDVCEQTEQT Partners+2 more
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EBAC is an online educational institution offering courses and postgraduate programs in creative and technical fields, including design, marketing, audiovisual production, IT, and business for students across Latin America.
EdTechSão Paulo, BR
Co-investorsAloniqFJ LabsGuruDev Capital
FINOM provides business accounts for companies, offering banking services such as SEPA transfers, deposits, and ATM withdrawals via a physical card across Europe.
Fintech
Andrew Petrov(Founder)inAndrey Petrov(Founder)inKonstantin Stiskin(Founder)Kos Stiskin(Founder)Oleg Laguta(Founder)Yakov Novikov(Founder)
Co-investorsAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESCogito Capital PartnersCold Start VenturesEntrée CapitalFJ LabsGeneral Catalyst+9 more
Fundraise Up is a digital fundraising platform that optimizes the online giving experience for nonprofits, with tools for donation checkout, campaign pages, payment methods, and AI-driven donation optimization.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaSBrooklyn, US
Peter Byrnes(Executive Officer, Director)inAnton Isaykin(Executive Officer, Director)inYuriy Smirnov(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMickey Arabelovic(Director)inMichael Medici(Director)inKevin Cohn(Director)
Co-investorsSummit PartnersTelescope Partners
IVM provides a software platform for brokers, asset managers, private banks, and advisors to design structured products and derivatives strategies using AI-driven analytics and optimization tools.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Ildar Farkhshatov(Founder)in
Co-investorsGeekdomBlackWood VenturesSixThirty VenturesVibranium.VC
LoanBase operates a marketplace connecting commercial real estate mortgage brokers to a database of 7,500 CRE lenders, offering real-time indicative quotes, automated lender outreach, and deal tracking.
B2B MarketplacesFintechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesKube VCNEVEQ Capital Partners Ltd.PioneerSoma CapitalSprint Vc
Mercaux provides in-store retail technology, including solutions for store associates and customer experience, along with analytics that connect physical store activity to online data.
Enterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSLewes, US
Olga Kotsur(Executive Officer, Director)inBoris Zhilin(Director)Stepan Natalevich(Executive Officer)
BoardCarles Ferrer(Director)
Co-investorsMaxfield CapitalNauta Capital
Middleware is a cloud observability platform that integrates logs, traces, and metrics to help organizations identify and resolve infrastructure issues rapidly.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Laduram Vishnoi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAttack CapitalBeat VenturesOlive Tree CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Combinator8VC+8 more
NADUVI is a Dutch online store selling home furniture and interior products, including sofas, chairs, tables, cabinets, lighting, rugs, and decor.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsFJ LabsDFF Ventures
Native Teams provides a unified platform for managing global workforce payments, including payroll, contractor payouts, digital wallets, and employment administration.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Aleksandra Mitrevska(Founder)Jack Thorogood(Founder)Nikola Bubevski(Founder)
Co-investorsEleven VenturesHaatchEleven Bulgaria AD
RTP Global is a venture capital firm that invests in startups and growth-stage companies across multiple regions including Asia, US, and Europe.
Leonid Boguslavsky(Partner & Founder)in
Co-investorsSmartGateVCAll In CapitalBlume VenturesPeak XV PartnersRTP GlobalSuperSeed+4 more
Runware provides a single API and inference platform for running AI models across image, video, audio, 3D, vision and LLM tasks, giving developers one endpoint, authentication and billing to switch between open-source and closed-source models.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Ioana Hreninciuc(Founder)inFlaviu R.(Founder)inFlaviu Rădulescu(Founder)
Co-investorsCoho DeeptechComcast VenturesDawn CapitalZero Prime VenturesA16Z SpeedrunData Community Fund+3 more
Simplyblock provides software-defined block storage built on NVMe-over-TCP and the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK), delivering low-latency, scale-out storage on standard x64 and ARM64 hardware.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBerlin, DE
Rob Pankow(Founder)Michael Schmidt(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Streamkap provides a fully managed platform for real-time data streaming that simplifies infrastructure complexity by combining Apache Kafka, CDC engines, and streaming agents.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ricky Thomas(Founder)inPaul Dudley(Founder)inDudley Paul(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsInreach VenturesTen13Haatch
Tomi.ai scores website visitors and inbound leads in near real-time using predicted close propensity and expected customer lifetime value, then sends these as synthetic conversion events to Google and Meta for value-based ad bidding.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsAloniq
Things OS is an operating system and SaaS platform that connects machines, production lines, and factories to a digital ecosystem, enabling digital services and applications directly at the machine.
Advanced ManufacturingIoTSaaS
Co-investorsneoteq venturesRobin CapitalNotion CapitalTarget Global
Vamstar provides AI and data science-powered platforms for lifescience buyers and suppliers to identify market opportunities, access real-time analytics, and streamline procurement and commercialization processes.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesHealthtechSaaSLondon, GB
Praful Mehta(CEO)
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalAntlerDFF Venturesb2venture
Zadaa operates a mobile marketplace where individuals buy and sell secondhand fashion and other items, with low selling fees, paid shipping, and same-hour delivery options.
Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsFlyer One VenturesSuperhero CapitalImpulse VCLifeline Ventures
Zencoder is a cloud video encoding platform that transcodes and delivers video content at scale for creators and developers.
Cloud ComputingCreator EconomyData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSocialSan Francisco, US
Jon Dahl(Founder)inSteve Heffernan(Founder)inBrandon Arbini(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAndreessen HorowitzHeavybitY CombinatorGeek VenturesGV (Google Ventures)+4 more
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Zencoder builds AI-powered tools for software engineering that automate repetitive development work, combining AI research with R&D to produce production-grade software solutions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Andrew Filev(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsGeek VenturesPID Fund I, a series of DV Collective, LP
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
KapagaRunwareUncrowdWoom
Exits · 3
3 acquisitions · showing 1Zencoderacq. by Brightcove
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDwelly · thenextweb.com · Jul 28, 2026
All3 · trysignalbase.com · Apr 30, 2026
Crewline AI · finsmes.com · Apr 22, 2026
xmemory · finsmes.com · Mar 18, 2026
Runware blog · runware.ai · Jan 29, 2026
Middleware · ycombinator.com · Jun 25, 2025
Finom · techcrunch.com · Jun 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Begin Capital made?
- Begin Capital has 34 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Begin Capital invest at?
- Begin Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Begin Capital's typical check size?
- Begin Capital typically writes checks of $500K – $8M.
- What sectors does Begin Capital focus on?
- Begin Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Deep Tech, Fintech, FoodTech, PropTech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Begin Capital located?
- Begin Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Begin Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Begin Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Begin Capital co-invest with?
- Begin Capital most often shares deals with FJ Labs, 42CAP, Antler, among 70 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamVenture Capital is like a TV Series - Alex Menn, Partner, Begin Capital
VC10X with Prashant Choubey · Alex
F&F Season 3 Episode 5 - Ruslan Sarkisyan of Begin Capital
NOTWICS · Ruslan
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Co-investors · 3
42CAP is a European seed-stage venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs who previously built two of Europe's largest software companies. It invests in tech- and data-driven B2B software startups with global ambitions.
Runa Capital is a global venture capital firm founded by serial entrepreneurs, focused on early-stage software and deep tech startups worldwide.
Market One Capital (MOC) is a European venture capital firm that backs marketplace and platform startups.
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