Begin Capital
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked
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
What they invest in
from 28 of 32 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13SaaS ×12Developer Tools ×9Enterprise Software ×7Cloud Computing ×6Fintech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5B2B Marketplaces ×2
HQs:United States×5Germany×3United Kingdom×3Brazil×1European Union×1Netherlands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×54+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with education data
UCL ×3University of Oxford ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 11 founders with career history
Uber ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 32 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 12 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)
Co-investors33EastFly VenturesAAL VCInovia CapitalYango Ventures
Actable AI is a data analytics platform that lets users connect Excel/CSV files or SQL databases, transform data with a SQL editor, and apply machine learning and statistical tools to generate insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Trung Huynh(Founder)Trung Huynh, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsRockstart
All3 builds custom housing using an AI-powered design platform, robotic prefabrication in automated factories, and an autonomous on-site assembly robot called Mantis.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechRobotics
Rodion Shishkov(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsRTP GlobalSuperSeedVNV Global
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
Matt Hay(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlossom Street VenturesCreative UKPortfolio 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 Combinator
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(Executive Officer, Director)Jonas Zipprick(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCarl Fritjofsson(Director)
Co-investors42CAPFirestreak VenturesHOF CapitalLEA Partners468 CapitalCreandum
Convious provides a unified commerce platform for theme parks, zoos, and attractions, combining online checkout, self-service kiosks, POS terminals, and a Control Panel on a single backend with shared products, pricing, and reporting.
Retail TechSaaSSports Tech
Co-investorsCapital MillsMarket 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 FirstTranspose Platform ManagementInitialized CapitalNebular
Dwelly runs an acquisitions and succession-planning business for independent UK lettings agency owners looking to exit their business, offering cash-out offers, due diligence, and post-acquisition operations while retaining the original branding.
B2B MarketplacesPropTech
Ilya Drozdov(Co-founder, CEO)Dan Lifshits(Co-founder, CPO)inDmitry Khanukov(Co-founder, CTO)inIlia Drozdov(Founder)in
Co-investorsTetradDVCEQTEQT PartnersGeneral CatalystTrinity Capital
EBAC (Escola Britânica de Artes Criativas e Tecnologia) is an online school offering courses in creative arts and technology, with an employability program that helps students enter the job market within six months of completing a course.
EdTech
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)in
Co-investorsAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESCogito Capital PartnersCold Start VenturesEntrée CapitalHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLC+6 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)Anton Isaykin(Executive Officer, Director)Yuriy Smirnov(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMickey Arabelovic(Director)inMichael Medici(Director)Kevin 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
Co-investorsGeekdomSixThirty 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.Sprint 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)Boris 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-investorsBeat VenturesOlive Tree CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y CombinatorBlockchain Founders FundFin Capital+2 more
Native Teams operates a work payments platform that centralises global and gig payments, payroll, contractor payouts, and multi-currency wallets alongside operations tools like Employer of Record, entity management, and HR/benefits.
FintechFuture of WorkHR Tech
Co-investorsEleven VenturesHaatch
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)in
Co-investorsCoho DeeptechComcast VenturesDawn CapitalZero Prime VenturesA16Z SpeedrunInsight Partners+1 more
Simplyblock provides an NVMe-first software-defined storage layer for Kubernetes and OpenShift, offering low-latency block storage over NVMe/TCP or NVMe/RoCE with instant snapshots, copy-on-write clones, thin provisioning, and erasure coding.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsBerlin, DE
Rob Pankow(Founder)
Co-investors42CAP
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(Director)Paul Dudley(Executive Officer, Director)Dudley Paul(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsInreach VenturesTen13Haatch
Thrust Carbon provides software for corporate travel programmes to measure, forecast, and reduce carbon emissions and costs, including an EngageAI behavioural nudging tool, an ISO 14083-assured emissions calculator, and advisory services.
Climate TechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsPact
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-investorsRobin Capital
Vamstar builds agentic AI tools for MedTech, pharmaceutical, and biotech commercial teams, covering tendering, pricing, market access, and contract management.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence Capital
Zadaa is a marketplace app for buying and selling secondhand fashion and other goods with no selling fees, low shipping costs, and same-hour delivery options.
Circular EconomyConsumerMarketplaces
Co-investorsFlyer One VenturesSuperhero CapitalLifeline Ventures
Zencoder provides AI agent orchestration for software development and knowledge work, routing tasks across multiple frontier models (Claude, Gemini, Codex) to plan, build, test, and review code.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsGeek Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDwelly · therealdeal.com · Aug 19, 2026
All3 · automate.org · May 7, 2026
Crewline AI · pulse2.com · Apr 26, 2026
Zencoder · trysignalbase.com · Mar 23, 2026
xmemory · pulse2.com · Mar 19, 2026
Runware blog · runware.ai · Jan 29, 2026
Bulbshare · taiwannews.com.tw · Jul 30, 2025
Middleware · prnewswire.com · Jul 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Begin Capital made?
- Begin Capital has 32 tracked investments, including 1 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 42CAP, Flyer One Ventures, Y Combinator, among 52 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.
Market One Capital (MOC) is a European venture capital firm that backs marketplace and platform startups.
Runa Capital is a global venture capital firm founded by serial entrepreneurs, focused on early-stage software and deep tech startups worldwide.
Firms observed investing alongside Begin Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Begin Capital's recorded portfolio.
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