Begin Capital
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 9 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 · 9 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 7 of 32 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4Cloud Computing ×4Developer Tools ×4Enterprise Software ×4SaaS ×4Fintech ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2Retail Tech ×1
HQs:United States×3Germany×1
Investments · 32 tracked
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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
Karlsruhe
Elias Schneider(Executive Officer, Director)Jonas Zipprick(Executive Officer, Director)Carl Fritjofsson(Director)
Fundraise Up provides a donation platform that helps nonprofits increase donor conversion, accept modern payment methods, and personalize the giving experience.
FintechSaaSBrooklyn, US
Yuriy Smirnov(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Byrnes(Executive Officer, Director)Anton Isaykin(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMickey Arabelovic(Director)Michael Medici(Director)Kevin Cohn(Director)
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
Mercaux provides retail technology solutions that include store associate customer experience tools, customer experience solutions, and store-to-online analytics capabilities serving retailers across multiple verticals.
Enterprise SoftwareRetail TechLewes, US
Olga Kotsur(Executive Officer, Director)Boris Zhilin(Director)Stepan Natalevich(Executive Officer)
BoardCarles Ferrer(Director)
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
Runware provides a unified API platform that aggregates AI models across image, video, audio, 3D, and language tasks from multiple providers, offering lower-cost inference through custom hardware and billing infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
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
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