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London · Seed–Series A · 21 people tracked
Also known as Pro Founders Capital · PROfounders · PROfounders Capital (UK) · 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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PROfounders Capital invests in early-stage, technology-enabled companies across Europe, targeting disruptive B2B or B2C models that use software to transform the customer experience. The firm writes initial checks of €500k to €3m, acting either as lead or as part of a syndicate, in teams that already have a working product and early customer validation. It backs ventures headquartered in Europe or with significant team and commercial focus in the region. PROfounders emphasizes conviction, investing in only a handful of companies each year with deep capital and time commitment, alongside honesty and hands-on support for founders through both good and difficult periods.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 21 people
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What they invest in
from 49 of 84 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Consumer ×14SaaS ×13Marketplaces ×11HR Tech ×8Enterprise Software ×7Fintech ×7Travel & Hospitality ×7
HQs:United States×10United Kingdom×8Germany×4Finland×2France×1Nigeria×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 31 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×103 founders×64+ founders×9
Where their founders studiedfrom 37 founders with education data
ETH Zürich ×3Aalto University ×2Copenhagen Business School ×2IESE Business School ×2Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen ×2RWTH Aachen University ×2The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2University of Eastern Finland ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 37 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×11Computer Science ×10Economics ×6Engineering ×6Finance & Accounting ×4Mathematics & Statistics ×3Design & Architecture ×2Life Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 42 founders with career history
Aalto Entrepreneurship Society ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Google ×2Puolustusvoimat - Försvarsmakten - Finnish Defence Forces ×2University of Eastern Finland ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
5 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 39 with degree data)
Investments · 84 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 32024 · 12022 · 12021 · 52020 · 22019 · 12018 · 12017 · 22016 · 22014 · 32012 · 12011 · 123 dated
Compass is a real estate brokerage that uses technology to help consumers find homes.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesPropTechSaaSManhattan, US
Robert Reffkin(Founder)inOri Allon(Founder)Brad Serwin(Executive Officer)Kalani Reelitz(Executive Officer)Ethan Glass(Executive Officer)inScott Wahlers(Executive Officer)
Co-investors.406 VenturesAdvance Venture PartnersAlpaca VCAlumni VenturesAtomicoCLI Ventures+13 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(Founder)inLuis von Ahn(Founder)inMatt Skaruppa(Chief Financial Officer)inSeverin Guey(Founder)in
BoardBrad Burnham(Director)inAndrew Moore(Director)
Co-investorsCapitalGDrive CapitalFelicis VenturesFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcK2 GlobalKleiner Perkins+11 more
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(Founder)inJoachim Ante(Founder)Nicholas Francis(Founder)inMatthew Bromberg(CEO and President)in
Co-investorsDeepwater Asset ManagementEdge VCEQUIAMEvolution VC PartnersGP BullhoundiGlobe Partners+19 more
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)inClaire Blood-Cheney(Chief of Staff)Laia Aleu(Talent Aquisition)Stuart Mann(Talent Acquisition)Ashley Mullan(Talent Acquisition)
Co-investorsAtomicoCreandumFJ LabsFOG VenturesKfundQuint Ventures+7 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+19 more
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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
Blink Booking operates a mobile hotel booking application aimed at last-minute reservations.
Travel & Hospitality
Miguel RodríguezRebeca Minguela
Co-investors500 GlobalVentechVentech China
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 VenturesInventureVentureFriendsInnovestorInventure+1 more
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.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureFintechImpact & Social Good
Sebastien Dewarrat(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAFI VenturesBerliner Volksbank VenturesENGIE New VenturesMoonstone Venture CapitalRedstoneTane Fund+2 more
CruiseWise is an online travel service for booking cruises, offering deals across cruise lines including weekend, last-minute, and balcony/suite cruise packages.
E-commerceMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsFJ Labs
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 VenturesHeracles CapitalSisu Ventures
Co-investorsChannel 4 VenturesCoelius Capital
Festicket is an online platform for discovering music festivals and artists, offering festival guides and listings for festival-goers.
ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Zack Sabban(Founder)
Co-investorsBeringeaKima VenturesWindcrest Partners
Flux is a mobile financial app that enables users to send and receive money instantly across 40+ countries, create virtual dollar cards for online spending, and manage savings in multiple currencies.
Crypto & Web3FintechLagos, NG
Ben Eluan(Founder)inIsrael Akintunde(Founder)inOsezele Orukpe(Founder)inFernando de la Torre(Founder)inMaximiliano Echeverria(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlori VenturesY Combinator8VCBain Capital VenturesCalibrate VenturesGlasswing Ventures+9 more
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
GetYourGuide is a global online marketplace where travelers discover and book travel experiences such as tours, attractions, and activities in over 18,000 cities.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
JohannesTao
Co-investorsG SquaredView DifferentBattery VenturesBlue Pool CapitalBNP ParibasHeartcore Capital+9 more
Berlin-based online marketplace where travelers book tours, attraction tickets and activities from third-party operators.
Berlin, DE
Johannes Reck(Founder)inMartin Sieber(Founder)inTao Tao(Founder)inPascal Mathis(Founder)Tobias Rein(Founder)
Co-investorsAtlanticAtlantic LabsBattery VenturesHeartcore CapitalHighland EuropeNGP Capital+9 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
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-investorsAlbionVCAscensionEmerge EducationAcadian Ventures Management, Llc
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(CEO)inNatalie Downe(CPO)Ben Firshman(Developer)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesIndex VenturesMosaic Ventures
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 PartnersJ.P. Morgan Asset Management
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 Flazi(Founder)inMehdi Ouchallal(Founder)inSamuel Goldstein(Founder)in
Co-investorsLa Poste VenturesXAngeAonia VenturesKepler Cheuvreux InvestPléiade Venture
Co-investorsFOMO Ventures
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)inCatalina Turlea(Founder)Ines Räth(Founder)
Co-investorsQuint VenturesVorwerk VenturesHeartcore CapitalSpeedinvest
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 PartnersGotham Gal Ventures
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
Arkadiusz Wasilonek(Founder)Maciej Woźniczko(Founder)Patryk Kabaj(Founder)Wojciech Sadowski(Founder)
Co-investorsFJ LabsInfraVia Capital PartnersInovo VCKogito VenturesMarket One CapitalMovens Capital+2 more
QA.tech automates quality assurance testing using AI to reduce manual effort and errors for developers and software companies.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Daniel Mauno Pettersson(Founder)Marcus Carloni(Founder)Patrick Lef(Founder)Vilhelm Von Ehrenheim(Founder)
Co-investorsbyFoundersCuriosity VC
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
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 VenturesCrowberry CapitalFin CapitalInveready Technology Investment GroupMorph CapitalSeed X+1 more
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-investorsAscensionAda VenturesThe Fund
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Helsinki-based mobile game developer building social, long-lifecycle games, operating since 2013.
Ilkka Juopperi(Founder)Markus Halttunen(Founder)Otto Nieminen(Founder)Timo Soininen(Founder)Tommi Vallisto(Founder)
Co-investorsButterfly VenturesSisu Game VenturesSpintop VenturesCreandumEQT VenturesFirst Fellow Partners
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
Indeed Flex operates a mobile app-based marketplace for temporary and flexible shift work, letting job seekers browse, book, and get paid for shifts while partnering with businesses to fill staffing needs.
Future of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Jack Beaman(Founder)Novo Abakare(Founder)
Co-investorsCreandum
Syft uses AI to identify person-level, high-intent buyers from website visits and LinkedIn engagement, enrich them via multiple data providers, and automatically trigger email, LinkedIn, and ad campaigns.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales Tech
Imran Patel(Founder)Nageswara Rao Mannem(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAscend Venture CapitalBloomberg BetaOctavesequelAscend
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)inCliff Johnson(Founder)
Co-investorsAssurant VenturesAurum Venture PartnersFirstMark CapitalGrand VenturesLevel EquityPartners for Growth+4 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-investorsLifeline Ventures
Waldo is a platform for building and organizing advertising pitch playbooks that help agencies prepare strategy documents for new business pitches with brands.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsFf Venture CapitalMontage VenturesTectonic CapitalUpfront Ventures
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(Founder)inMorten Petersen(Founder)inChristina Brun Petersen(Founder)inHans Peter Nielsen(Founder)inMathias Linnemann(Founder)
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CervestGroupayTendril NetworksApplifierCranqCursogramEchoechoFlux SystemsIslaKeynoirLuluMadeMangahighMovesndgitNextRollup mediaRoomoramaSplashSplashThatSurrogate GamesTraveloTweetdeckUltraLeapYounity
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 · 9
3 IPOs · 6 acquisitionsCompassNYSE: COMPDuolingoNASDAQ: DUOLUnity TechnologiesNYSE: UApplifieracq. by Unity TechnologiesBlink Bookingacq. by Groupon, Inc.Busuuacq. by Chegg Inc.Keynoiracq. by Time Out GroupLanyrdacq. by EventbriteLuluacq. by Badoo
Portfolio news
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Principals & officers · per Companies House
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Director · British · since 2009
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has PROfounders Capital made?
- PROfounders Capital has 84 tracked investments, 9 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does PROfounders Capital invest at?
- PROfounders Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is PROfounders Capital's typical check size?
- PROfounders Capital typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.
- What sectors does PROfounders Capital focus on?
- PROfounders Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Digital Health, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Gaming, Healthtech, HR Tech, InsurTech, LegalTech, Marketplaces, 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 FJ Labs, Ascension, Atomico, among 160 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 venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.
Lifeline Ventures is a sector-agnostic early-stage investor that partners with founders from the very beginning and supports them as they grow. Its team brings global experience building and scaling companies as founders and in executive roles.
Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York-based seed and early-stage investor that backs founders building enduring businesses across the United States.
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.
HV Capital is a European multistage venture capital firm that backs founders from the first check through IPO, investing across consumer, software, deep tech and AI.
Notion Capital is a London-based venture capital firm focused on B2B SaaS and cloud technology companies, backing founders on the journey to scale.
Passion Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs European founders building technology companies, with a focus on AI, FinTech and Risk.
Astanor Ventures is an impact-focused investment firm dedicated to transforming the agrifood system by backing innovation across the value chain from 'soil and sea to gut'.
▶27 more co-investors
KfundUncork CapitalSV AngelBoxGroupCoatue ManagementDST GlobalEniac VenturesStreamlined VenturesSOSVOffline VenturesSlow VenturesIA VenturesThrive CapitalBase10 PartnersSocial LeverageBAM VenturesBetaworks Ventures Management, LlcMarch Capital PartnersAnthemis VentureThe Finger Groupfirstminute capitalYes VCUP PartnersCyfrinAI FundSlack FundColle 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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