London · Pre-Seed–Series A · 27 people tracked
Also known as Pro Founders Capital · PROFOUNDERS CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED
This fund appears to be inactive.
UK Companies House records show PROFOUNDERS CAPITAL LIMITED (no. 06959114) as dissolved. It is unlikely to be making new investments — this profile is kept for reference and historical accuracy.
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Investment thesis
Operator-led Europe-focused, highly selective investor backing founders who fix broken customer experiences, investing in only 6–8 companies and offering founder-friendly support with gaming and consumer/marketplace strength.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 1, 2026.
Team · 27 people
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What they invest in
from 42 of 90 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12SaaS ×12Consumer ×11Marketplaces ×8Enterprise Software ×7HR Tech ×7Fintech ×6Gaming ×5
HQs:United Kingdom×8United States×8Germany×4Finland×2France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 25 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×83 founders×44+ founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 37 founders with education data
ETH Zürich ×3University of Eastern Finland ×3Aalto University ×2Copenhagen Business School ×2IE Business School ×2IESE Business School ×2Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen ×2RWTH Aachen University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 42 founders with career history
Aalto Entrepreneurship Society ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Puolustusvoimat - Försvarsmakten - Finnish Defence Forces ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
5 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 39 with degree data)
Investments · 90 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 12019 · 12016 · 12014 · 14 dated
Compass is a real estate brokerage that uses technology to help consumers find homes.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesPropTechSaaSManhattan, US
Robert Reffkin(Founder & CEO)inOri Allon(Founder & Chief Strategist)Brad Serwin(Executive Officer)Kalani Reelitz(Executive Officer)Ethan Glass(Executive Officer)inScott Wahlers(Executive Officer)
Co-investors.406 VenturesAdvance Venture PartnersAlpaca VCCorigin VenturesEntropy Industrial CapitalGlynn Capital Management+6 more
Duolingo offers app-based language learning through short, game-like lessons that teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking, using AI and language science to personalize the experience.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechPittsburgh, US
Severin Hacker(Director)inLuis von Ahn(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardBrad Burnham(Director)inAndrew Moore(Director)
Co-investorsCapitalGDrive CapitalFelicis VenturesFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcK2 GlobalKleiner Perkins+7 more
London
IQBAL SINGH BASSI(Executive Officer, Director)BEN CALDERHEAD(Director)GEORGE ARJUN COELHO(Director)
BoardVINOTH JAYAKUMAR(Director)in
Board seatGeorge Coelho· per SEC Form D · $31.7M raise · filed Jun 2021
Co-investorsMolten Ventures
London
Matthew Robinson(Director)Michael Treskow(Director)Tim Bunting(Director)Hiroki Takeuchi(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatMark Zaleski· per SEC Form D · $13.7M raise · filed Mar 2016
Co-investorsNotion Capital
EnergyBoulder, US
Timothy Enwall(Executive Officer)Ivo Steklac(Director)Chris Black(Executive Officer)Adrian Tuck(Executive Officer, Director)Amy Marmolejo(Executive Officer)Kent Dickson(Executive Officer)
Board seatGeorge Coelho· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed Feb 2017
Co-investorsRRE VenturesVantagePoint Capital PartnersVista Ventures
Abacum is a financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform designed for mid-market finance teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Jorge Lluch(Founder)inJulio Martinez(Founder)in
Co-investorsCreandumFJ LabsKfundScale Venture PartnersWestern Technology InvestmentY Combinator+1 more
Co-investorsBacked
Backbone One is a mobile game controller that enables remote play of PC games installed on Steam from mobile devices via the Steam Link app.
ConsumerGamingHardwareVancouver, US
Maneet Khaira(Executive Officer, Director)inSydney Newton(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGurdeep Pall(Director)
Co-investors359 CapitalActivant CapitalG SquaredHabitat PartnersIndex VenturesLeft Lane Capital+4 more
Bislab provides credit data, AI-driven credit ratings, and fraud detection services for financial institutions, lenders, and insurers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnergyFintechSaaS
Blink provides a unified mobile communications platform designed for frontline workers who lack traditional corporate email and desk access.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechIoTSaaSLondon, GB
Co-investorsNext47Partech VenturesTechstarsEnlightened Hospitality InvestmentsWorkday Ventures
Co-investorsDozen InvestmentsExtension Fund
BlueHeart provides digital relationship therapy and coaching services, focusing on helping couples repair and improve their relationships through expert-led content and tools.
Digital HealthMental HealthWellness & Fitness
SachinJoshRobbieSophieMarcelo
BoardDr Hertlein(Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy)
Breakroom operates a community-powered platform that rates jobs and employers based on worker input, publishing the ratings online to help people research jobs and career decisions.
ConsumerFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Anna Maybank(Founder)in
Co-investorsReventNomad CapitalNorthzone
Busuu is an online language learning platform that combines self-paced lessons, video content from native speakers, and community practice to help users achieve language fluency.
ConsumerEdTech
Bernhard Niesner(Co-founder)inAdrian Hilti(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsHansmann Family OfficeJazzya InvestmentsNelstone Ventures
Capalo AI develops AI-powered software to optimize energy storage systems, lower price volatility, and reduce carbon emissions.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyHelsinki, FI
Henri Taskinen(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inRiku Kukkonen(Co-Founder & Chief Sales Officer)inEerik Jauhiainen(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inTeemu Lappalainen(Co-Founder & Development Director)in
Co-investorsHeartcore CapitalInnovestor VenturesVentureFriendsInnovestorInventureTesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)
CitySocializer is a platform that organizes in-person social events for adults 25+ to build genuine friendships and community connections in their city, replacing traditional networking and online-only friendship formation.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerSocial
ClimeFi provides financing and investment solutions for carbon dioxide removal projects to accelerate the global transition to net-zero.
Climate TechFintechImpact & Social Good
Sebastien Dewarrat(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAFI VenturesENGIE New VenturesRedstoneUnruly Capital
Benchmarking tool pulling public and primary data for tech businesses, acquired by Sage.
A full-stack engineering team that builds, tests, and ships SaaS products with roles spanning architecture planning, backend APIs, frontend UI, and QA testing.
Developer ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsGelt VCKindred Ventures
Online video training courses covering technical, creative and business topics.
Dash Games develops casual mobile games, starting with Puzzle Punks, a player-versus-player match-3 game for iOS and Android.
GamingLondon, GB
Francisco Furtado(Founder)in
Co-investorsRLC VenturesSisu Game Ventures
Location-based mobile app for finding and sharing friends' locations in real time.
Co-investorsChannel 4 VenturesCoelius Capital
Frontnow helps businesses integrate artificial intelligence into real-world operations to optimize processes and enhance customer experiences.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSector Agnostic
Marc Funk(Founder and Co-CEO)inBernhard Lihotzky(Founder and Co-CEO)inCedric May(Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsPeakIdentity.vc
Berlin-based online marketplace where travelers book tours, attraction tickets and activities from third-party operators.
Berlin, DE
Johannes Reck(Co-founder)inMartin Sieber(Co-founder)inTao Tao(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAtlanticAtlantic LabsBattery VenturesHighland EuropeNGP CapitalRPS Ventures+2 more
Inceptron provides a platform for deploying, optimizing, and scaling AI models in production, offering compiler-driven performance optimization and inference infrastructure for machine learning teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Steffen Malkowsky(Founder)in
Co-investors42CAPInsiders VenturesLU InnovationDreamcraft
Isla is a health-tech company offering a digital pathway platform (DPP) that automates routine clinical admin and connects care workflows for NHS clinical teams.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSLondon, GB
Peter Hansell(CEO & Co-founder)inJames Jurkiewicz(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEka Ventures
Exclusive buying club offering lifestyle experiences in major cities, acquired by Time Out.
Kinfolk is an AI agent that automates HR support and workflows within Slack and Teams, enabling employees to self-serve answers and complete HR processes.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsAlbionVCEmerge EducationAscension
Lanyrd is a social directory for discovering and tracking conferences where users can find events attended by their social network contacts, maintain a public record of their speaking engagements, and view summaries of conference content and updates.
ConsumerHR TechSan Francisco, US
Simon Willison(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Ultraleap develops hand-tracking and haptics technology for spatial interaction, with applications in music education and consumer products like the Airwave piano interface.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareBristol, GB
Michael Buckwald(Cofounder)David Holz(Cofounder)Tom Carter(Founder)inBenjamin Long(Founder)in
Co-investorsQBN CapitalAndreessen HorowitzFounders FundHighland Capital Partners
LegalPlace is an online legal and accounting platform that centralizes business creation and management processes for entrepreneurs, from company formation to day-to-day administration.
LegalTechSaaSParis, FR
Racem FlaziinMehdi OuchallalinSamuel Goldsteinin
Co-investorsLa Poste VenturesXAngeKepler Cheuvreux Invest
Mobile social and communications platform for young women and their friends.
nilo offers workplace mental health support, connecting employees and leaders with psychologists for sessions, coaching, roundtables, and digital exercises.
Digital HealthHR TechMental HealthBerlin, DE
Jonas Keil(Founder)in
Co-investorsVorwerk VenturesHeartcore Capital
Nodalview provides a platform with AI-powered tools for real estate professionals and agents to modernize property marketing and visual presentation.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Thomas(CEO & Co-Founder)Mickaël(Co-Founder & Head of R&D)Jean(CEO & Co-Founder of Flaash)Enguerand(Co-Founder of Flaash)Sébastien(CTO & Co-Founder of Flaash)
Co-investorsVolta Ventures
Onefinestay curates and manages luxury private homes and villas for short-term rental and hospitality in major global destinations.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & HospitalityLondon, GB
Co-investorsCanaan Partners
Packhelp is a B2B platform for designing and ordering custom sustainable packaging with 3D design tools, supplier vetting, and flexible fulfillment options including warehousing and pay-later financing.
Circular EconomyDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsKogito VenturesMarket One CapitalMovens CapitalWhite Star CapitalFJ LabsSpeedinvest
QA.tech automates quality assurance testing using AI to reduce manual effort and errors for developers and software companies.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsbyFounders
Qneiform is a talent intelligence platform that helps financial institutions and executive search firms find, analyze, and track talent across financial services sectors using AI/ML-powered search and comprehensive market data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHR TechLondon, GB
Co-investorsDFF VenturesKeen Venture Partners
Global marketplace for short-term rental accommodation.
Scaleup Finance delivers professional investor and board reporting services for startups and growing companies, combining financial data aggregation with expert CFO oversight to produce monthly board-ready reports.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesFin CapitalMorph CapitalWestern Technology Investment
SideQuest is a VR gaming and community platform that helps players discover, rate, and install indie, experimental, and early-access games and apps for standalone headsets.
ConsumerGamingMarketplacesBelfast
Shane Harris(Executive Officer, Director)Orla Harris(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAda VenturesThe Fund
Helsinki-based mobile game developer building social, long-lifecycle games, operating since 2013.
Co-investorsButterfly VenturesSisu Game VenturesSpintop VenturesCreandumEQT Ventures
Smiler connects travelers and visitors with local photographers to book photo shoots at destinations such as landmarks and city locations.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsMosaic Ventures
Smitten is a dating app that emphasizes personality-based matching and interactive games to make dating more enjoyable.
ConsumerSocial
Asgeir Visir(Founder)in
Co-investorsbyFoundersFrumtak VenturesMakers FundPossible Ventures
Co-investorsAscent Venture PartnersContour Venture PartnersinfoShareValence VenturesRed Sea VenturesScaleUP Ventures+1 more
Developing games combining real-world physics with real-life robotics, toys and vehicles.
Helping travellers love where they're going
Twitter client built by Betaworks, acquired by Twitter.
Co-investorsBetaworksCarbide Ventures
Unity is a cross-platform real-time development engine and creation platform used by content creators and developers to build games and interactive experiences for mobile, PC, console, and extended reality (XR) devices.
AdTechCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingSan Francisco, US
David Helgason(Co-founder & CEO 2004–2014)inJoachim Ante(Co-founder & CTO 2004–2023)Nicholas Francis(Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer 2004–2013)inMatthew Bromberg(Chief Executive Officer and President)in
Co-investorsEdge VCEQUIAMEvolution VC PartnersGP BullhoundiGlobe PartnersInterlace Ventures+14 more
Powering-up gaming applications to expand their reach
Fostering healthier lives through improved metabolic health
Vacasa is a full-service vacation rental management company that provides property care, booking distribution, and revenue management for owners of more than 40,000 vacation homes across North America.
MarketplacesPropTechTravel & Hospitality
Eric Breon(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalGrand VenturesLevel EquityPartners for GrowthPartners for Growth (PFG)Riverwood Capital+2 more
Veri provides personalized metabolic health monitoring and guidance using science-based technology to help individuals understand their body's unique needs and improve their health outcomes.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessHelsinki, FI
Anttoni Aniebonam(Co-Founder, CEO)inVerneri Jäämuru(Co-Founder, CPO)in
Co-investorsJam Fund
Worksome is a platform that lets companies engage, classify, contract, pay, and stay compliant with their external and independent workforce in one place, with compliance embedded across every jurisdiction it operates in.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSLondon, US
Mathias Tao Agger Linnemann(Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer)inMorten Petersen(Co-founder & CEO)inChristina Brun Petersen(Co-founder & Chief People Officer)inHans Peter Nielsen(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)in
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 · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioCompass (NYSE:COMP)NYSE: COMPDuolingoNASDAQ: DUOLBusuuacq. by Chegg
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBackbone · eu-startups.com · Sep 3, 2026
Compass (NYSE:COMP) · ng.investing.com · Aug 4, 2026
Unity Software · marketscale.com · Jul 18, 2026
Vacasa · newsfilecorp.com · Jul 1, 2026
Blink · restauranttechnologynews.com · Jun 29, 2026
Leap Motion · en.wikipedia.org · Jun 21, 2026
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘDirector · British · since 2009
Director · British · since 2009
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has PROfounders Capital made?
- PROfounders Capital has 86 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does PROfounders Capital invest at?
- PROfounders Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is PROfounders Capital's typical check size?
- PROfounders Capital typically writes checks of $560K – $3.4M.
- What sectors does PROfounders Capital focus on?
- PROfounders Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Digital Health, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Gaming, HR Tech, InsurTech, LegalTech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Travel & Hospitality.
- Where is PROfounders Capital located?
- PROfounders Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does PROfounders Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, PROfounders Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does PROfounders Capital co-invest with?
- PROfounders Capital most often shares deals with byFounders, Mosaic Ventures, Silver Lake Partners, among 120 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamJoe Bond (PROfounders Capital) | VC Pitches | The Investor Series | Tame on Vimeo
Tame · Joe Bond · vimeo.com
PROvision Season 2, Episode 5 - product-market fit with Matt Lerner
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PROvision Season 2, Episode 6 - strategy-setting with Bernhard Niesner
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PROvision Season 2, Episode 4 - running a fundraising process with Greg Marsh
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PROvision Season 2, Episode 2 - negotiating a term sheet
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PROvision Season 2, Episode 3 - raising an angel round
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Co-investors · 39
FJ Labs is an early-stage investment firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses, taking an angel-style co-investment approach alongside institutional venture funds worldwide.
Creandum is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies, backing them at early stages before their potential becomes widely obvious.
Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.
Scale Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with AI companies, supporting their transition from founder-led growth to a scalable go-to-market operation.
EQT Ventures is the venture capital arm within the EQT platform, backing early-stage European founders building what it calls Generation-Defining Companies.
Notion Capital is a B2B software-focused venture capital firm built by operators, backing SaaS, cloud and enterprise technology companies.
Passion Capital is a UK-based early-stage venture firm founded in 2011 by Stefan Glaenzer, Eileen Burbidge, and Robert Dighero, focusing on digital media and technology investments. The founding partners bring combined experience from entrepreneurial and executive roles in technology companies.
Kfund is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs building differentiated technology-based products and services.
Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) is a seed-stage venture firm that invests early in founders, with a focus on AI-native companies building leverage and scale.
SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.
BoxGroup is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups at their earliest stages.
▶27 more co-investors
Coatue ManagementDST GlobalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalEniac VenturesStreamlined VenturesSOSVOffline VenturesSlow VenturesIA VenturesThrive CapitalBase10 PartnersSocial LeverageBAM VenturesBetaworks Ventures Management, LlcHV CapitalMarch Capital PartnersAnthemis VentureThe Finger Groupfirstminute capitalYes VCUP PartnersAstanor VenturesCyfrinAI FundSlack FundLifeline VenturesColle Capital Partners
Firms observed investing alongside PROfounders Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with PROfounders Capital's recorded portfolio.
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