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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 · 5 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 11 of 26 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×6SaaS ×5Developer Tools ×4Enterprise Software ×4Fintech ×3Marketing Tech ×3Creator Economy ×2AdTech ×1
HQs:United States×3United Kingdom×2France×1Sweden×1
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
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(Co-founder)in
BoardBORIS GOLDEN(Director)inSitar Teli(Director)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalAcurio VenturesConnect VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Partech Ventures
Co-investorsConnect 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)Spencer Pingry(Co-Founder & CTO)inZack Liscio(Co-Founder & CPO)in
Co-investorsBackedConnect VenturesRedbus Ventures
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
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
Co-investorsConnect Ventures
Co-investorsConnect Ventures
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 VenturesOpenOcean
Co-investorsConnect Ventures
Co-investorsConnect Ventures
Co-investorsConnect 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+3 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 Lechain
Co-investorsIndex VenturesLoftyInc CapitalPoint Nine
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 Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTrueLayer · sccgmanagement.com · Aug 19, 2026
Dessn · techcrunch.com · May 12, 2026
Cino · thenextweb.com · May 8, 2026
Ewake · finsmes.com · Oct 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Connect Ventures made?
- Connect Ventures has 26 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, Balderton Capital, Graph Ventures, among 26 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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