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London · Seed · 6 people tracked
Not to be confused with Connect Ventures (Venture capital · Los Angeles, US) or Connect Ventures (Venture capital · London, GB)
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Investment thesis
Connect Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed stage product companies, having done so since 2012 from its London base. It operates as a partner-only, high-conviction investment team covering Europe. The firm leads or co-leads rounds, supporting companies from pre-product through product-market fit. As product specialists, they focus on the largest categories including AI, cybersecurity, deep tech, data and infrastructure, fintech, health, and vertical networks. The team combines high-conviction investors, product experts, community specialists, experienced operators, and finance professionals united by a belief in product's power to transform people's lives.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 6 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Connect Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 19 of 32 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14SaaS ×10Enterprise Software ×8Fintech ×5Creator Economy ×4Developer Tools ×4Marketing Tech ×4Media & Entertainment ×2
HQs:United States×5United Kingdom×4France×3Sweden×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×12 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×3
What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×4Business & Management ×2Economics ×2Engineering ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 14 founders with career history
Optimizely ×3Nokia Bell Labs ×2
Investments · 32 tracked
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ai-coustics provides an audio reliability layer with speech technology such as Voice Focus, which removes background noise and other voices to improve transcription accuracy and keep voice agents responsive in noisy environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Arne Corvin Jaedicke(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Fabian Helmut Seipel(Co-founder & CEO)Corvin Jaedicke(Founder)inFabian Seipel(Founder)
BoardBORIS GOLDEN(Director)inSitar Teli(Director)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalAcurio VenturesConnect VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Partech VenturesFOV Ventures
Cino provides a shared virtual card solution that allows groups to automatically split expenses among members based on customizable ratios, with transactions processed through Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Fintech
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalConnect VenturesHeartfelt CapitalSie VenturesTera Ventures
Cloud Capital provides AI-powered cloud cost forecasting and allocation software that maps infrastructure spending to business drivers and cost layers defined by the customer.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Ed Barrow(Co-Founder & CEO)inSpencer Pingry(Co-Founder & CTO)inZack Liscio(Co-Founder & CPO)in
Co-investorsBackedConnect VenturesDFF VenturesRedbus VenturesMiddlegame VenturesMMC Ventures+1 more
Dessn is a design and prototyping tool that connects to a team's production codebase (read-only) and turns it into a collaborative design environment, letting designers and non-developers create high-fidelity prototypes as live branches without opening an IDE.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Gabriella Hachem(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetaworksConnect VenturesN49P
Dust lets companies build and deploy custom AI agents connected to their internal tools and data, with a workspace where teams create, share, and orchestrate assistants.
Paris, FR
Stanislas Polu(Founder)inGabriel Hubert(Founder)inNico C(Founder)Gabriel Hubert Stanislas Polu(Founder)Stanislas Polu Gabriel Hubert(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAglae VenturesFELIX CAPITALSequoia CapitalSTATION FWing+3 more
Ewake builds AI SRE (site reliability engineering) agents that reason through production incidents like a senior engineer, turning systems into a live, traversable map to guide actions in production.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareParis, FR
Pooné Mokari(Co-Founder & CEO)inOmid Chehrehgosha(Co-Founder & CTO)inOmid Gosha(Founder)inPoone Mokari(Founder)in
Co-investors50 PartnersNotion CapitalAgoranovConnect Ventures2100 Ventures
Moises is a creative suite providing AI-powered audio tools for musicians to separate stems, find chords, transcribe lyrics, and create backing tracks across any device.
AI & Machine LearningCreator Economy
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesConnect VenturesKickstartLinkinFirmMONASHEESNorwest Venture Partners+5 more
Music AI develops AI-driven music and audio technology, offering a platform of over 50 stackable audio solutions—such as stem separation, chord recognition, lyrics transcription, and generative music tools—delivered via cloud APIs and embedded SDKs.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Geraldo Ramos(Founder)inEddie Hsu(Founder)Jardson Almeida(Founder)
Co-investorsBYU Cougar CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersSamsung NextToba CapitalKickstartMONASHEES+1 more
Ogment provides an AI agent that operates within Slack to automate business tasks across connected tools and data sources.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsConnect VenturesTranspose Platform Management
Outverse provides AI agents for customer service automation in payments and fintech, enabling companies to handle support inquiries across channels without requiring significant system rebuilds.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Kyran Schmidt(Founder)inOllie Steadman(Founder)inJeylani Jeylani(Founder)
Co-investorsNotion CapitalWingConnect VenturesThe Fund
Plain is a customer support platform that lets teams handle customer requests from Microsoft Teams, Slack, email, and in-app forms within a single tool.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Simon Rohrbach(Founder)inMatt Vagni(Founder)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesIndex VenturesVentures TogetherPear VCTechstars
Pretty Great Studio is a design studio that works with startup founders and technologists to create clear, purposeful design solutions.
Creator EconomyDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechLos Angeles, US
Co-investorsConnect Ventures
Purple Dot provides inventory management software for eCommerce brands and retailers, addressing overstock and understock issues by enabling flexible selling of stock in warehouses, in transit, and pre-production.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSNew York, US
Co-investorsAI SeedCommerce VenturesMoxxie VenturesOpenOceanPaul ForsterUnusual Ventures
TrueLayer operates a Pay by Bank payment network enabling businesses to accept direct bank payments instead of card-based transactions.
FintechLondon, GB
Luca Martinetti(Founder)inFrancesco Simoneschi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureCNIGraph VenturesInsiders VenturesIsomer CapitalMouro Capital+12 more
Tuza is a banking automation platform that orchestrates AI agents alongside human colleagues and customers to automate manual processes in pricing, data quality, and customer onboarding.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Ed Hardy(CEO)inOlivia Stannah(CTO)in
Co-investorsConnect VenturesEntrepreneur FirstNorthzoneCharlie SonghurstMMC Ventures
Typeface is a marketing orchestration platform that enables IT teams to build, govern, and deploy brand-compliant AI agents securely integrated into existing enterprise infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechPalo Alto, US
Abhay Parasnis(Founder)in
BoardRavi Mhatre(Director)in
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)HomebrewLightspeed Venture PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Madrona Venture GroupMenlo Ventures+2 more
Typeform provides customizable online forms and surveys, including a library of free product-focused templates for tasks such as product-market fit research and focus group recruitment.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Joaquim LechainDavid Okuniev(Founder)Robert Munoz(Founder)
Co-investorsIndex VenturesPoint NineTeamworthy VenturesGeneral AtlanticGP BullhoundLoftyInc Capital+3 more
Upstream is a team communication and collaboration platform designed to help professionals manage messages, tasks, and decision-making workflows across their organization.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSParis, FR
Louis Lecat(Founder)inJonathan Tiret(Founder)inAlex Taub(Founder)Michael Schonfeld(Founder)Joseph Calvo(Founding Product Designer)
Co-investorsKima VenturesMotier VenturesRoosh VenturesY CombinatorBIP VenturesBloomberg Beta+8 more
Zellify is a mobile attribution platform that captures user journeys before the App Store and sends conversion events to advertising platforms like Meta, TikTok, and Google.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsConnect VenturesFJ LabsProject EuropeInovia Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AikidoColossalHopkinsMosaicoNexcade Oii7AOysterSteepTablyTorgTrialingUnwritten
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUpstream · ycombinator.com · Jun 22, 2026
Dust · globenewswire.com · May 18, 2026
Dessn · thesaasnews.com · May 12, 2026
Zellify · trysignalbase.com · Apr 28, 2026
Ewake · finsmes.com · Oct 7, 2025
Typeform · typeform.com · Jul 3, 2025
Cloud Capital · finsmes.com · Apr 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Connect Ventures made?
- Connect Ventures has 32 tracked investments.
- What stage does Connect Ventures invest at?
- Connect Ventures invests at the Seed stage.
- What is Connect Ventures's typical check size?
- Connect Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
- What sectors does Connect Ventures focus on?
- Connect Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Connect Ventures located?
- Connect Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Connect Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Connect Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Connect Ventures co-invest with?
- Connect Ventures most often shares deals with Connect Ventures, Index Ventures, Northzone, among 44 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team
Samsung Next Meets @ Home: Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
Samsung Next · Sitar Teli · youtube.com
[PreMoney MENA 2015] Connect Ventures, Sitar Teli: "Portfolio By Design: Picking Co's From A UX POV"
500 Global · Sitar Teli
Pietro Bezza - Connect Ventures
Capital On Stage · Pietro Bezza
Lightning talk by Sitar Teli (Connect Ventures)
Startup Sauna · Sitar Teli
Interview - Sitar Teli (Managing Partner at Connect Ventures)
mindthebridgeTV · Sitar Teli
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