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Moonfire Ventures

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

London · Pre-Seed–Series A · 16 people tracked

Also known as MOONFIRE FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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Investment thesis

Moonfire operates as a technology-driven venture firm, describing itself as 'a technology company that does venture capital.' It is industry agnostic and vision-driven, backing founders it believes can become category leaders. The firm builds proprietary tooling — including machine-learning research and a web-based platform serving VCs, founders, and LPs — to power a data-informed, systematic sourcing model. Beyond capital, Moonfire offers a community of founders and a platform providing extensive resources, connecting entrepreneurs with a network of experienced operators and fellow founders.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
London, GB
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2019
AUM
$175M
Tracked investments
103

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website & public directories
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Founder mafia

2 people who came through Moonfire Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 55 of 103 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×26SaaS ×24Enterprise Software ×19Developer Tools ×12Fintech ×9Deep Tech ×6HR Tech ×6Cybersecurity ×5

HQs:United States×21United Kingdom×9Switzerland×2Finland×1France×1Israel×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 37 portfolio companies
27%
solo founders
10 of 37 mapped founding teams
56%
repeat founders
of 55 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×102 founders×203 founders×34+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 52 founders with education data

Imperial College London ×3University of Cambridge ×3Cornell University ×2Dartmouth College ×2Harvard Business School ×2Stanford University ×2UCL ×2University of Oxford ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 55 founders with career history

McKinsey & Company ×3Netlify ×3Alexander McQueen ×2Arm ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Causal ×2Cytora ×2Forto ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×20Entrepreneur First ×2

6 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 52 with degree data)

Investments · 103 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12024 · 12022 · 35 dated

Bound Rates, Inc.Jun 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Seth Michael Phillips(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Kindler(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatMattias Ljungman· per SEC Form D · $12M raise · filed Jun 2022

Accurxaccurx.comin

Accurx builds a communication platform that connects patients with healthcare professionals, supporting tasks like appointment booking, patient contact, referrals, video consultations, and health surveys.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSLondon, GB

Jacob Haddad(CEO)inLaurence Bargery(Founding CTO)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstTranspose Platform ManagementAtomicoBritish Patient CapitalLakestar

AgentBay

The trust layer for agentic commerce

All Gravy

Financial wellness for gig workers

Ambralambral.comin𝕏

Ambral provides a customer intelligence engine that analyzes account behavior to identify revenue opportunities, churn risks, and recommended actions for enterprise and scale-up sales teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechNew York City, US

Sam Brickman(Founder)inJack Stettner(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Amihan Entertainment

Equalising opportunity through P2E crypto games

Artifactartifact.engineerin𝕏

Artifact is a collaborative ECAD (electrical CAD) design tool for managing complex electrical systems.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareNew York City, US

Antony Samuel(Founder - CEO)inCorbin Klett(Founder)in

Co-investorsFloodgateY Combinator468 CapitalAndreessen HorowitzGoodwater CapitalInsight Partners+1 more

autoneautone.ioin

Autone provides inventory management and demand forecasting software for retail brands to optimize stock levels, reduce overproduction, and minimize waste.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSLondon, GB

Adil Bouhdadi(Founder)inHarry Cheslaw(Founder)in

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystSpeedinvestY Combinator

Awellawellhealth.comin

Awell provides a platform and CareOps methodology to help healthcare organizations design and manage clinical care workflows, aiming to reduce operational inefficiencies for care teams.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsKAYAOctopus Ventures

Bloom

Build production-ready iOS apps instantly, no code

Boundbound.coin

Bound provides currency risk management and FX hedging tools, combining software with guidance from FX specialists for finance teams at high-growth businesses.

FintechSaaS

seth m phillips(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlbionVCNotion CapitalValar Ventures Llc1818 Venture CapitalAlbum VCGoHub Ventures

Brainboard
Brightwavebrightwave.ioin𝕏

Brightwave converts large volumes of unstructured information into actionable intelligence for analysts, operators, and executives across industries making high-stakes business decisions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoulder, US

Brandon Kotara(Founder & CEO)inMike Conover(Founder)

Co-investorsDecibel PartnersOMERS VenturesPoint72 Ventures

Buy it hereamzn.eu
Calliper

Making data accessible and actionable for every team

Claimerclaimer.com

Claimer provides an AI-driven software platform that helps UK R&D tax advisors and accountancy firms assess claim eligibility, draft HMRC-compliant technical narratives, gather R&D financials, and submit Additional Information Forms.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsProject A Ventures

Climate Corp

Helps farmers collect and analyze field data to optimize crop yields and make informed decisions

Conductor Quantum

Quantum computers on silicon chips using AI

Correlation Venturessethlevine.com

Personal blog of Seth Levine, a venture capitalist at Foundry, featuring writing on AI adoption, venture investing, the Colorado innovation ecosystem, economic policy, and his book Capital Evolution.

Media & Entertainment

Decisionalgetdecisional.aiin𝕏

Decisional builds AI agents (branded "Dex") that automate operational and back-office business workflows—such as expense reconciliation, preventive maintenance, and field service management—by working within a company's existing tools like email, spreadsheets, CRM, accounting, and payment apps.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

Dhruv Tandon(Founder)in

Decisional AIdecisional.comin𝕏

Decisional provides AI agents that automate operational tasks within existing business software, handling workflows such as expense reconciliation, preventive maintenance, and field service management.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Dhruv Tandon(Co-Founder, CEO)inSai Neeraj Kanuri(Founder)inAdit Sanghvi(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorCharacter

Electric Noirelectricnoirstudios.com

Co-investorsPerivoli Innovations

Ember Swordembersword.com𝕏

Ember Sword is a social sandbox open-world MMORPG set in the fictional world of Thanabus, featuring class-based PvP/PvE combat and player-owned land and digital assets.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkMoon Holdings

Equify
Faculty
Filigranfiligran.ioin𝕏

Filigran develops an open-source eXtended Threat Management (XTM) platform that unifies threat intelligence, security validation, and remediation for security teams.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Samuel Hassine(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelFirestreak VenturesKima VenturesSTATION FT.CapitalEurazeo+1 more

Flagrightflagright.comin𝕏Apr 2025 · $4.3M

Flagright provides transaction monitoring software for financial institutions to detect and manage suspicious activity.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Baran Özkan(Founder)inMadhu G. Nadig(Founder)inMadhu G Nadig(Founder)in

Co-investorsFrontline VenturesInfinity VenturesY Combinator

Fleetfleetdm.comin𝕏

Fleet Device Management is the company behind an open-source device management platform that enrolls millions of laptops, servers, and other devices across Apple, Linux, Windows, and Android.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Zach Wasserman(Cofounder)Mike McNeil(CEO)

Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Open Core VenturesStoneMill VenturesTen ElevenGTMfund

Flexion AI

Intelligent robots through simulation and reinforcement learning

Flexion Roboticsflexion.aiin𝕏

Flexion develops the autonomy stack for humanoid robots, building software for perception, motion generation, and whole-body control to make them adaptive systems that can operate in real-world environments.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsZurich, CH

Nikita Rudin(Co-founder & CEO)inDavid Höller(Co-founder & CTO)Julian Nubert(Co-founder)Fabian Tischhauser(Co-founder)Marco Hutter(Co-founder)David Hoeller(Founder)

Co-investorsFrstNVenturesProsus Venturesredalpine

Flow AI
FlowAI
fore AIforeai.co

Natural Language to Automated Tests

Zürich, CH

Asheem Panakkat(Founder)in

GOALSgoals.co𝕏

GOALS is a competitive multiplayer football (soccer) video game focused on skill-based gameplay, from kick-offs to goal celebrations.

Gaming

Co-investorsEmblemNorthzone

Google Deepminddeepmind.googlein𝕏

Google DeepMind is an AI research organization that develops frontier AI models and systems, including the Gemini family of models spanning text, image, video, music, audio, and robotics applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsLondon, GB

Demis Hassabis(Founder)in

Co-investorsMetaplanetFounders Fund

Grasp

Increasing the rate at which humans learn

Haydnhaydn.ai

Haydn is an AI platform that ingests board packs, management accounts, compliance reports, and earnings transcripts and converts them into a structured, queryable view of a portfolio, with dashboards, alerts, and cited answers.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsAxiom EquityMercia Ventures

HealthTech1

Automating admin tasks in healthcare

HiBob Pento
HiBob Pento.io
HiPeoplehipeople.ioin

HiPeople provides an AI-powered hiring platform that automates resume screening, skills and behavior assessments, AI-conducted interviews, and reference checks.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsCapnamic

Homerun
Humaanshumaans.ioin𝕏

Humaans builds an employee management platform that automates the employment lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, promotions, and compensation management, by connecting point solutions with a central employee data hub for People Ops, Finance, and IT teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLondon, GB

Giovanni Luperti(Founder)inKarolis Narkevicius(Founder)in

Co-investorsFrontline VenturesY CombinatorPathlight Ventures

IceGuard

AI-powered cybersecurity log analytics and threat detection

Immortalimmortal.game

Co-investorsEmblemSpice Capital

Inversion Semiconductorinversionsemi.comin𝕏

Inversion Semiconductor develops next-generation semiconductor lithography equipment based on miniaturized particle accelerators that increase transistor density and improve chip manufacturing precision.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareRoboticsSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US

Rohan Karthik(Founder)inDaniel Vega(Founder)inRohan Shishir Karthik(CEO)inDaniel Ricardo Vega Bermudez(CTO)in

Co-investorsAnorak VenturesEntrepreneur FirstLobster CapitalMyAsiaVCTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator+2 more

Jerry Neumannreactionwheel.net

Reaction Wheel is a personal blog by an investor and entrepreneurship educator writing essays on startups, venture capital, and technology adoption.

Media & Entertainment

Jet HRjethr.comin

Jet HR is a payroll and HR management platform for Italian companies, integrating hiring with digital signatures, contracts, payslips, attendance tracking, leave requests, and expense/device management, with dedicated labor consultants.

FintechHR TechSaaS

Francesco Scalambrino(Founder)in

Co-investorsClub degli InvestitoriFiDi VenturesItalian Founders FundLVenture GroupPICUS CAPITALProximity Capital

Kernelkernel.aiin

Kernel offers a data management platform that RevOps teams use to clean, deduplicate, and enrich account data and manage account hierarchies across enterprise CRMs.

Data & InfrastructureSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsSarah SmithAccelCintrifuse CapitalCoreWeaveCowboy VenturesEricsson Ventures+5 more

Klarnaklarna.com

Klarna is a mobile banking and payments platform that offers flexible payment options, shopping features, and financial management tools to millions of users globally through partnerships with thousands of merchants.

ConsumerE-commerceFintechStockholm, SE

Sebastian Siemiatkowski(Co-founder & CEO)Victor Jacobsson(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAdit Ventures Management, LlcAlpha Wave GlobalBackstage ABBase PartnersChaos VenturesCNI+25 more

Landmark
Landmark Gameslandmark.gamesin

Landmark Games develops games, as indicated by its branding and mission statement on the website.

Gaming

James Older(Founder)inDave Burpitt(Founder)in

Co-investorsInreach VenturesRLC VenturesProject A Ventures

Latitude

Building the next-generation BI Tool

Co-investorsAlbum VC

Levrolevro.comin

Levro provides a multicurrency account and payments platform that allows businesses to hold and transact in over 30 currencies at exchange rates significantly lower than traditional banks and money transfer services.

FintechSan Francisco, US

Cathy Han(Founder)inAbeer Agrawal(Founder)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesFrontline VenturesSouth QuadY Combinator

Lightdashlightdash.comin𝕏

Lightdash is an open-source business intelligence tool that natively supports dbt metrics and analytics workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB

Hamzah Chaudhary(Founder)inOliver Laslett(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelY CombinatorOperator Partners

Lingo.devlingo.devin𝕏

Lingo.dev provides translation APIs that teams configure with custom glossaries, brand guidelines, language preferences, and quality metrics, retaining context across requests to handle localization at scale for companies like Mistral and Solana.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Max Prilutskiy(Co-Founder & CEO)inVeronica Prilutskaya(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorInitialized Capital

LiVE Exchangein𝕏

KPMG is a multinational professional services firm providing audit, tax, and advisory services to businesses and organizations across various industries.

Enterprise Software

Co-investorsAVVSpinLab

LiveFlowliveflow.comin𝕏

LiveFlow builds agentic accounting software that automates month-end close, account reconciliation, accounts receivable management, and journal entry drafting for multi-entity physical businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US

Lasse Kalkar(Founder)inAnita Koimur(Founder)in

Co-investorsValar Ventures LlcY CombinatorWndrCo

machine-learning

Machine learning research and development at Moonfire

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Pentoacq. by HiBob

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Principals & officers · per Companies House

what is this? ⓘ
Mattias Lennart Seve Ljungman

LLP designated member · since 2019

Moonfire Member (Guernsey) Limited

Corporate LLP designated member · since 2019

Nicholas Jonathan Lowden

LLP member · since 2025

Alice Olivia Jeeta Pillar

LLP member · since 2025

Jonas Xaver Vetterle

LLP member · since 2025

Ownership & control

Mattias Lennart Seve Ljungman75–100% of voting rights, right to share surplus assets 25 to 50 percent limited liability partnership

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Moonfire Ventures made?
Moonfire Ventures has 102 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Moonfire Ventures invest at?
Moonfire Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Moonfire Ventures focus on?
Moonfire Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Digital Health, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, HR Tech, Mental Health, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Moonfire Ventures located?
Moonfire Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
Does Moonfire Ventures lead rounds?
Moonfire Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Moonfire Ventures co-invest with?
Moonfire Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Transpose Platform Management, Accel, among 145 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Early Stage Investing with founders of Moonfire Ventures (Mattias Ljungman) & Ustream (Gyula Feher)

Startup Grind Local · Mattias Ljungman

Startup fundraising in 2021: Mattias Ljungman (Moonfire Ventures, Atomico), Alex Wilhelm, TechCrunch

Startup Grind Local · Mattias Ljungman

Images

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Co-investors · 40

Atomico

Atomico is an international venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology companies across multiple geographies. The firm focuses on scaling disruptive technology businesses globally.

Both backed · 4
Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

Both backed · 2
$120M – $350M
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs breakout companies at critical inflection points, helping them grow into enduring market leaders.

Both backed · 2
$15M – $75M
Balderton Capital

Balderton Capital is a European venture capital firm that backs technology startups.

Both backed · 2
PeakonTruecaller
$5M – $50M
SV Angel

SV Angel is an investment firm that partners with and supports founders building transformative companies, providing long-term backing and close advisory relationships.

Both backed · 1
Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and life sciences, from early stage through growth.

Both backed · 1
Truecaller
$500K – $15M
Speedinvest

Speedinvest operates a Portfolio Success program that connects its 400+ portfolio startups with customers, follow-on investors, industry experts, talent, discounted tools, and fellow founders across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.

Both backed · 1
$5M – $30M
7percent Ventures

7percent Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs breakthrough deep tech and moonshot companies at pre-seed and seed stages.

Both backed · 1
$250K – $2M
Anorak Ventures

Anorak Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2016 with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, backing pre-seed and seed companies building differentiated technology and helping them reach product-market fit and follow-on funding.

$25K – $400K
Credo Ventures

Credo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on backing founders from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region and its global diaspora, active since 2009.

Both backed · 1
$1M – $5M
GV (Google Ventures)

GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.

$250K – $50M
28 more co-investors

Greylock PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Index VenturesUncork CapitalEverywhere VenturesKrakenPioneerAccel-KKRLookout VenturesRevolutionBitkraft Esports VenturesEQT VenturesShasta VenturesStandard CapitalAugust Capital2xNClimate CapitalMotier VenturesPresight CapitalDefy PartnersBlu Venture InvestorsBek VenturesAlpha EdisonNewfund CapitalBlueYard CapitalFoundersZeno Ventures500 Emerging Europe

Firms observed investing alongside Moonfire Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Moonfire Ventures's recorded portfolio.

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