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Laza Medical develops AI-powered robotic systems and imaging solutions for structural heart and electrophysiology procedures.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical DevicesRoboticsMenlo Park, US

BoardDr. Ruben Osnabrugge(Lead Partner)

Co-investors41415 Capital

42 CAP is a European venture capital firm that invests €0.5–3 million in seed-stage B2B software companies with global ambitions.

Not stated

Thomas(General Partner)AAlex(General Partner)inMMoritz(General Partner)in

Co-investorsISIsomer Capital4242CAPATAtomico

Acton Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in startups at Series A and early growth stages, typically making initial investments of €5-10m in companies founded by industry experts across Europe and Canada.

Sector Agnostic

Co-investorsACActon CapitalCOCoastCapPEPeak

AENU is a venture capital firm that invests in founders developing technologies for decarbonization, ecosystem restoration, and sustainable value creation.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechImpact & Social Good

Co-investorsOVOVNI Capital

exceet Card Group is a European manufacturer of smart card solutions and identity documents for public authorities, banks, and companies in transport, access control, and retail sectors.

Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareHardwareKematen, AT

Ulrich Reutner(CEO)RWRobert Wolny

Co-investorsANAndera Partners

APEX Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs deep tech founders across domains including artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and robotics, energy transition, next-gen computing, medical technologies, and space.

Co-investorsCOCoastCapPOPoint72 VenturesQCQC·VENTURESSHShield Capital8V8VCANAndreessen Horowitz+3 more

Apheris provides a platform enabling large global life sciences organizations to collaborate on sensitive, proprietary data and jointly train machine learning models on distributed datasets while maintaining privacy across teams, borders, and organizations.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureMedical Devices

RRRobin Röhm(Co-Founder & CEO)inMichael Höh(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsANanother.vcDIDig Ventures Management LimitedECeCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSECeCapital Entrepreneurial Partners AGHEHeal CapitalHUhubraum+4 more

Apollo is a venture capital firm that invests in life-science and biotechnology startups, combining entrepreneurial expertise with deep scientific knowledge to support early-stage companies in drug development and personalized medicine.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechLongevity

NRNils Regge(Co-Founder & General Partner)in

Co-investorsBLBLN CapitalCOCoastCapFJFJ LabsTRTruVenturo GmbHCTCTI Life Sciences Fund L.P.FOForesite Capital+3 more

Armira is an investment holding company that provides entrepreneurial capital for long-term partnerships, investing €20–200M in majority stakes in profitable mid-market "hidden champions" and €10–100M in growth capital for European tech companies.

Sector Agnostic

Astanor is an investment firm focused on the agrifood sector, backing companies "from soil and sea to gut" through venture and growth strategies.

AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social Good

EAEric Archambeau(Founder)in

Co-investorsEXExtantia Capital

Atlantic Labs is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies building innovative solutions across sectors including food, energy, consumer, AI, and robotics.

AgTechClimate TechDeep TechSector Agnostic

CMChristophe Mairein

BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) is the early-stage arm of the Forbion-BGV platform of funds, investing in and supporting biotech and life sciences companies across their stages of development.

BiotechHealthtechNaarden, NL

Co-investorsBOBOMNONovo HoldingsEUEuropean Investment FundKFKfW

Biomed is a European venture capital firm focused on life sciences investments, involved in financing rounds and trade sales of biotech and life sciences companies.

Biotech

BlackFin is a European private equity and venture capital firm that invests exclusively in financial services, focusing on asset-light buyouts and FinTech companies.

FintechParis, FR

Bootstrap Europe provides non-dilutive growth debt (venture debt) financing to technology and scale-up businesses across sectors such as biotech, energy, and financial services.

Fintech

Capnamic is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups across multiple sectors with a fund size of EUR 190 million.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSector AgnosticCologne, DE

Co-investorsGEGerman Media PoolPEPeak

Cavalry is an early-stage venture capital fund that leads pre-seed and seed rounds in software companies across Europe, investing between EUR 500k and 4m in both enterprise and consumer businesses.

Co-investorsBABallou CapitalBLBLN CapitalCACavalry VenturesEIEIFVRVR Ventures

Cherry is a European venture capital firm that invests in early-stage founders across industries including AI, energy, gaming, and space technology.

Sector Agnostic

Contrarian Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in climate tech founders, acting as first-cheque investor and offering support through initiatives like the Energy Tech Summit, The Climate Brick, and Climate50.

CleantechClimate TechEnergySaaSLithuania, LT

DTDavid TrainaviciusinRPRokas Peciulaitis(Founder & Managing Partner)

Co-investorsEXExtantia CapitalEUEuropean Investment Fund

Coparion is a German venture capital fund with €275 million in capital that invests in and supports young technology companies as a financing partner without interfering in their operations.

Sector Agnostic

Cusp Capital is a European venture capital firm that invests across enterprise software, infrastructure, deeptech, and sustainable businesses, supporting portfolio companies through operational expertise and strategic guidance.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBerlin, DE

Cindy Candrian(Co-founder)Anne Scherer(Co-founder)

BoardCarolin(Investment Team Member)Jan(Investment Team Member)Christian(Investment Team Member)Maximilian(Investment Team Member)

Co-investorsCUCusp CapitalPEPeak

EMH Partners is a private equity firm that invests equity through minority and majority stakes in fast-growing, profitable technology-focused companies in Europe, with a focus on Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Sector Agnostic

Emerge is a $75M pre-seed venture fund that invests $500k–$2.5M in early-stage founders building in the human capital development space, offering support from a community of 100+ operator venture partners.

EdTechFuture of WorkHR Tech

General Intuition develops foundation models capable of perceiving, predicting, and acting in the physical world, trained on large-scale gameplay data to power autonomous driving, robotics, and real-world AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintechInsurTechRoboticsSaaS

Pim de Witte

Co-investorsENEndeit CapitalGEGeneral CatalystKHKhosla VenturesBOBOMPEPeakCACapnamic+2 more

VC fund (founded 2006) supporting entrepreneurs with investment capital and experience.

Co-investorsENEnBW New Ventures GmbHTETesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)BRBritish Patient CapitalEUEuropean Investment Fund

Headline is a venture capital firm with dedicated teams operating in multiple regions around the world.

Sector AgnosticSan Francisco, US

CCConrad Chuin

Co-investorsBLBLN CapitalPEPeakYOYolo Investments

UVC Partners is a European early-stage venture capital firm backing technology startups, primarily in Germany.

Co-investorsBLBLN CapitalGIGiTV, Inc.

This is an editorial/blog article on the website of Visionaries, a venture capital firm, discussing why product-led growth SaaS companies should invest in building a marketing function early.

Sector Agnostic

Co-investorsBLBLN Capital

Epoch Biodesign is a synthetic biology company that engineers enzymes to break down plastic waste into virgin-grade feedstocks at low energy and ambient conditions.

BiotechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsLondon, GB

JKJen Keane(CEO)inBRBen Reeve(CTO)inJNJacob Nathan(CEO and Founder)

Co-investorsCLClean Energy Ventures

Felix Capital is a venture capital firm; this page lists its investment team members and advisors.

ConsumerSector Agnostic

FCFrederic Court(Founder)in

Co-investorsPEPeak

Fly.vc is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage ("zero to one") startups, with a portfolio that has gone on to raise substantial follow-on funding from US and tier-1 European VCs.

Co-investorsMEMetavallon VCOVOVNI Capital

FoodLabs is a venture capital firm that invests in and builds companies focused on food, sustainability, health, and climate challenges.

Climate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsYIYildiz Ventures

A venture capital firm investing in biotech companies across all stages of pharmaceutical development, and in sustainable solutions across food, agriculture, materials, and environmental technologies through its BioEconomy strategy.

AgTechBiotechCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodAmsterdam, NL

Co-investorsBOBOMFOForbion

Gilde Healthcare is a transatlantic investment firm managing venture, growth, and private equity funds that back companies in healthcare and climate solutions, including medtech, digital health, therapeutics, and energy transition.

Healthtech

Co-investorsBOBOMVIVictrix

Green Generation Fund is a Berlin-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage founders in food tech and energy tech, working with teams from pre-seed to Series A.

AgTechEnergyFoodTechBerlin, DE

Hadean Ventures is a European venture capital fund manager with over EUR 230 million in assets under management, with a track record in life sciences.

Biotech

Co-investorsFAFarvatn VentureTETesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a German multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups from pre-seed through growth stages, focusing on Deep Tech, Life Sciences, and Digital Tech.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Co-investorsGEGENIUS Venture Capital

HPE Growth is a technology growth investor that deploys capital ranging from EUR 5-40 million in digital technology companies with EUR 10-100 million turnover, typically taking minority or majority stakes.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSector AgnosticNot stated, NL

Co-investorsBOBOM

HV Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in and backs early-stage and growth-stage technology companies.

Sector AgnosticMunich, DE

Co-investorsPEPeakHVHV Capital

This is a venture capital firm focused on deep technology investments, not a portfolio company.

Climate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechImpact & Social Good

Co-investorsBOBOM

Join Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in deep tech companies across defense, space, quantum and advanced computing, AI and cybersecurity, advanced materials, manufacturing, and autonomous systems and robotics, with a stated focus on Europe.

Deep TechDefense TechSpace Tech

Co-investorsCDCDP Venture Capital

Keen Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies.

Sector Agnostic

Co-investorsKPKPN Ventures

ifeel is a European mental health platform serving enterprises and insurance companies, aimed at reducing the costs associated with employee and insured-population mental health.

Digital HealthInsurTechMental HealthMadrid, ES

Co-investorsFIFinTLV VenturesKOKorelya CapitalSCSCOR VenturesUNUNIQA Ventures GmbH

Co-investorsELElevator VenturesKPKPN VenturesOVOVNI CapitalPEPeakQCQC·VENTURESSASamsung Catalyst Fund+2 more

La Famiglia is a European venture capital fund investing at seed and growth stage in technology companies that enable or disrupt large industries.

Sector Agnostic

Co-investorsANAngel InvestPEPeakPRPRIMEPULSE SERERedbus VenturesGEGeneral Catalyst

Newsworthy.ai is a press release distribution and PR platform that publishes and syndicates news releases through trending RSS feeds.

Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

DMDavid McInnisin

Co-investorsIRIris CapitalSUSuperAngel.Fund

Lauxera is an independent investment fund that backs growth-stage healthtech companies with significant revenue and commercial execution capabilities.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesParis, FR

PMPierre Moustial(Co-founding Partner)inASAlex Slack(Co-founding Partner)in

BoardSamuel Levy(Co-founding Partner)

EQT Life Sciences (formerly LSP) is one of Europe's largest life sciences investment firms that invests in innovative companies developing therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and healthtech solutions.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsTETesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)EIEIF

Nordic Alpha Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in industrial greentech companies across Northern and Continental Europe, providing capital and active value creation support to help portfolio companies scale globally during the renewable energy transition.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyImpact & Social GoodCopenhagen, DK

Troels Øberg(Senior Partner and Head of Fundraising & Operations)inMWMorten Westh Naldal(Partner and General Counsel)in

Co-investorsALAllianz Global InvestorsCOCopenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Nauta Capital is a venture capital fund that invests across Europe in early-stage technology companies.

Barcelona, ES

Daniel Sanchez(Venture Partner)Carles Ferrer(General Partner)

NexTech Invest identifies and funds early-stage biotechnology companies developing precision medicine and cancer therapies, supporting them through stages of scientific validation.

BiotechHealthtechZurich, CH

Nordwind Growth is a German growth private equity firm that provides capital along with strategic and operational support to technology companies.

Fintech

Norrsken VC is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies addressing large-scale global challenges across energy, industry, and healthcare.

Climate TechDeep TechImpact & Social Good

Co-investorsSESella Direct Ventures

Nucleus Capital is a thesis-driven venture capital firm that writes first checks of up to €1.0M, leading or co-leading early-stage rounds in technical teams across Europe and the US.

BiotechDeep TechFoodTech

Dr. Isabella Fandrych(General Partner)Maximilian Schwarz(General Partner)

Oxx is a venture capital firm that invests in European B2B software companies that have reached product-market fit, leading or co-leading rounds of $5–25m to support their scaling.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaS

MJMikael Johnsson(Founder)in

Co-investorsBRBritish Patient CapitalCACapital One VenturesOUOurCrowd

Oyster Bay is a venture capital firm that invests in impact-driven companies across the food value chain, from agriculture and food-service robotics to alternative ingredients and food brands.

AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social Good

Co-investorsBRBritish Patient CapitalCACapital One VenturesOUOurCrowd

Pact is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders building generational companies.

CybersecurityFintechHealthtechImpact & Social Good

Planet A is an early-stage European venture capital firm that invests in startups from pre-seed to Series A, focusing on founders addressing systemic global challenges.

Climate TechImpact & Social Good

Co-investorsARArbol CapitalNXNxGenBUBurda Principal InvestmentsCHCherry VenturesOMOmnes CapitalWOWorld Fund

Pan-European early-stage venture capital firm investing at pre-seed and seed stage, founded in 2012.

FHFlorian Heinemann(Founder)in

Co-investorsBLBLN CapitalHAHarmony PartnersPEPeakPRProject A Ventures

Proxima develops stellarator fusion power plants designed to deliver clean, grid-ready electricity.

CleantechDeep TechEnergyMunich, DE

Dr. Francesco Sciortino(CEO and co-founder)Dr. Lucio Milanese(Co-founder and Chief External Affairs Officer)Dr. Jorrit Lion(Chief Scientist and co-founder)Martin Kubie(Chief Engineer and co-founder)inJSJonathan Schilling(Head of Labs and co-founder)in

Co-investorsBABalderton CapitalBABayern KapitalBUBurda Principal InvestmentsCHCherry VenturesDEDeepTech & Climate FondsELElaia+8 more

Redalpine is a multi-stage venture capital investment advisor, active since 2006, that backs early- and growth-stage startups at the intersection of software and science.

Sector Agnostic

Samaipata is a European venture capital firm that invests in and supports AI-native and technology startups.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSector Agnostic

Co-investorsKFKfW

Earlybird is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 that backs early-stage technology companies in Europe, focusing on groundbreaking innovations across various sectors.

Sector AgnosticBerlin, DE

Co-investorsCDCDP Venture CapitalEAEarlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KGOVOVNI CapitalPRPRIMEPULSE SEYIYildiz Ventures

SHS Capital is a private equity fund that invests in fast-growing healthcare and life sciences companies, targeting SMEs and scale-ups in growth situations.

HealthtechTübingen, DE

Singular is a European early-stage venture capital firm investing from Seed to Series B across all sectors in founders with global ambitions.

Sector Agnostic

Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital and private investment firm that invests across multiple strategies including biotech, digital health, industrial biotechnology, and capital markets.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health

APAntoine Papiernik(Chairman & Managing Partner)inHRHenrijette Richter(Managing Partner)inGSGraziano Seghezzi(Managing Partner)in

Co-investorsCDCDP Venture Capital

TVM Capital Life Science is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage therapeutics as well as commercial-stage medtech, diagnostics, digital health, and late-stage therapeutics.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Mendo provides a SaaS platform that helps large European enterprises adopt generative and agentic AI by integrating adoption guidance directly into everyday tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot and ChatGPT.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSParis, FR

Quentin Amaudry(CEO and Co-founder)Alexandre Pinon(Co-founder)

BoardACAlain Caffi

Co-investorsEDEducapitalVEVentechVEVentech China

Vsquared Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in deeptech startups, backing companies tackling significant technological risks.

Deep TechMunich, DE

Co-investorsBLBLN CapitalPRPractica CapitalPRPRIMEPULSE SEOVOVNI CapitalRORobin CapitalVSVsquared Ventures

Lithosquare is an AI platform for mineral discovery and exploration that uses geological expertise and machine learning to identify mineral deposits up to 10 times more efficiently.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechDeep TechHardwareCambridge, GB

Xavier Moya(Founder & CEO)Giles Rodway(CTO)APAymeric Préveral-Etcheverry(CEO)Simon Leclair(COO)

Co-investorsOVOVNI CapitalDADaphniWOWorld FundSASaxoventEIEIFEUEuropean Investment Fund

Yttrium is a growth equity investment firm focused on B2B technology companies at the growth stage.

Enterprise SoftwareFrankfurt, DE

YZR is a founder-led, independent investment platform that backs early-stage to growth-stage healthcare companies across Europe, focused on improving patient care, provider efficiency, and healthcare value chains.

Digital HealthHealthtechMunich, DE

YZR Capital is a founder-led, independent investment platform focused on healthcare innovation, backing early-stage to growth-stage companies across Europe.

Munich, DE

Co-investorsBEBeiersdorf Innovation FundPEPeakWAWave VenturesBEBertelsmann InvestmentsEUEuropean Investment Fund

Zintinus is a venture capital fund focused on innovation in the food technology sector.

FoodTech