VentureFriends
Venture capitalAthens · Pre-Seed–Seed · 9 people tracked
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Investment thesis
VentureFriends grew out of the entrepreneurial and angel investing activity of its founders, who were involved in companies such as e-shop, e-food, Doctoranytime, and Beat. After several successful exits, the team formalized its investing through a series of funds, starting with the €20M VF1, followed by the €50M VF2, the €100M VF3, and VF4. The firm focuses on pre-seed and early-stage investments and aims to be a prominent pan-European investor, backing ambitious teams building international market leaders.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 23 of 32 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8Fintech ×8SaaS ×8Data & Infrastructure ×5Enterprise Software ×5Logistics & Supply Chain ×4Mobility & Transportation ×4B2B Marketplaces ×3
HQs:Greece×3Brazil×2Finland×2United Kingdom×2United Arab Emirates×1Belgium×1
Investments · showing 25 of 32
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12024 · 32022 · 12021 · 32020 · 12019 · 112 dated
Adevinta operates a portfolio of online classifieds and digital marketplaces spanning consumer goods, mobility, real estate, holiday rentals, and jobs.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Antoine Jouteau(CEO)in
Co-investorsGeneral AtlanticTCV13books CapitalAnkaa VenturesCollective SparkEQT+5 more
Barte provides modular payment processing solutions for large enterprises, fintechs, and marketplaces.
B2B MarketplacesFintechSaaSSao Paulo, BR
Caetano Lacerda(Founder)inRaphael Dyxklayin
Co-investorsAlleyCorpCapria VenturesNXTPAlley Robotics VenturesForce Over Mass CapitalGlobal Founders Capital
Belvo provides an open finance platform that enables financial companies in Latin America to connect with customer financial data, understand behavior, and initiate account-to-account payments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Oriol Tintoré(Founder)inPablo Viguera(Founder)inPablo Viguera Altolaguirre(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore Gazulla(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore(Founder)in
BoardNicolas Szekasy(Director)in
Co-investorsD4 VenturesKaszek VenturesKibo VenturesMSA NovoQuona CapitalRapid Scale+8 more
Belvo provides an open finance API platform that lets fintech companies connect to customers' banking, employment, and fiscal data, generate AI-powered financial insights, and process account-to-account payments such as Pix and direct debit.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Uri Tintoré(Founder & CEO)inPablo Viguera(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesVentureSouqCiti VenturesFJ LabsFounders FundFuture Positive+5 more
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 VenturesInnovestorInventureTesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)
Carmoola is a car finance company that provides instant digital lending decisions through a mobile app for vehicle purchases in the UK.
ConsumerFintechMobility & TransportationUK, GB
Aidan
Co-investorsAlleyCorpQED InvestorsClocktower VenturesInMotion VenturesAlley Robotics Venturesu.ventures
Cube provides an AI toolkit for freight automation that extracts data from unstructured sources like emails and documents to automatically create orders in transportation management systems.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementK5 Global
HarborLab is an AI-powered platform that manages disbursement account costs for maritime port calls, providing visibility and control to DA teams, vessel operators, and commercial traders.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Antonis Malaxianakis(Founder)in
Co-investorsNotion CapitalTecPiertheDOCKTMVAtomicoEndeavor Catalyst+1 more
Huspy is a real estate technology platform that digitizes the home-buying process, providing access to mortgage products, properties, and related services like furniture and property management.
B2B MarketplacesFintechPropTechDubai, AE
Jad Antoun(CEO & Co-founder)inKhalid Ashmawy(Founder)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalFifth WallFounders FundSequoia CapitalBreyer CapitalBY Venture Partners+6 more
Influ2 provides account-based marketing software that operates at the contact level rather than the account level, helping marketers influence revenue by understanding individual buyer behaviors and priorities throughout their purchase journey.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSunnyvale, US
Dmytro Lysytskyy(Executive Officer, Director)Volodymyr Mykhalko(Executive Officer)
BoardCharles Beeler(Director)
Co-investorsAVentures CapitalOne Way VenturesRally Ventures Management, Llc
Justified is a creative consultancy that designs purposeful brands, digital products, and campaigns for forward-thinking organizations.
Creator EconomyMarketing Tech
Co-investorsBrighteye Ventures
Measurlabs provides accredited laboratory testing services for R&D, quality control, and regulatory compliance across polymers, packaging, food, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and construction materials.
Data & InfrastructureDeep TechMedical DevicesNew MaterialsHelsinki, FI
Teemu Myllymäki(Founder)in
Co-investorsLifeline Ventures
MoneyHash provides a payment orchestration platform that aggregates payment APIs, providers, and technical capabilities through a provider-agnostic cloud, letting businesses build and manage payment infrastructure.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Nader Abdelrazik(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirstCheck AfricaLoftyInc CapitalNuwa CapitalPreston-Werner VenturesTofino CapitalVentureSouq+5 more
NeuralTrust builds security and reliability tooling for enterprises deploying AI agents and generative AI, including runtime security and offensive/defensive testing.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBStartupKibo VenturesAlstin CapitalSeaya
Spotawheel operates an online marketplace for buying and selling used cars in Greece, offering services including car leasing, vehicle financing, and quality assurance for used vehicles.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesMobility & TransportationAthens, GR
Co-investorsRockaway VenturesPollen Street CapitalVelocity.Partners
Sybilion builds an AI-based forecasting system that surfaces predictive signals from large datasets to help businesses make forward-looking decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Bjol Frenkenberger(CEO)inNuno Barros(CTO)inJonas Falkner(CDO)inFriedrich Weninger(CCO)in
Co-investorsSemapa NextVanagonEWORGoHub Ventures
Unosecur provides identity and access management tools that enable developers and business users to configure secure multi-cloud access policies without deep IAM expertise, while continuously monitoring and auto-remediating risky access patterns.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Santhosh Jayaprakash(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsDFF VenturesHeartfelt CapitalLeo Capital VenturesLeo Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Blueground HoldingsBluegroundEmbatInstashopMerxPlumValeria
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.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
MoneyHash · empowerafrica.com · Aug 20, 2026
NeuralTrust · theaiinsider.tech · Aug 13, 2026
Huspy · uaestartupstory.com · Jul 7, 2026
Spotawheel · tech.eu · Jun 18, 2026
Unosecur · unosecur.com · Jun 16, 2026
Influ2 · pipeline.zoominfo.com · May 22, 2026
Sybilion · pulse2.com · Mar 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has VentureFriends made?
- VentureFriends has 32 tracked investments, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does VentureFriends invest at?
- VentureFriends invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is VentureFriends's typical check size?
- VentureFriends typically writes checks of $500K – $2.5M.
- What sectors does VentureFriends focus on?
- VentureFriends focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is VentureFriends located?
- VentureFriends is headquartered in Athens, GR.
- Does VentureFriends lead rounds?
- VentureFriends typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does VentureFriends co-invest with?
- VentureFriends most often shares deals with AlleyCorp, Balderton Capital, Breyer Capital, among 24 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAirbnb is a channel not a competitor for Blueground - Apostolos Apostolakis, VentureFriends
EUVC · Apostolos Apostolakis
VentureFriends meeting Blueground founders - Apostolos Apostolakis, VentureFriends
EUVC · Apostolos
Journey of Blueground to become a unicorn - Apostolos Apostolakis, VentureFriends
EUVC · Apostolos
It was love at the first sight - Apostolos Apostolakis, VentureFriends
EUVC · Apostolos Apostolakis
VentureFriends' Apostolos Apostolakis on Blueground's journey - early investments to aglobal unicorn
The European VC · Apostolos
#95 Apostolos Apostolakis, VentureFriends
The European VC · Apostolos Apostolakis
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Co-investors · 21
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.
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.
QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on financial services, founded by former Capital One executives to back founders bringing transparency and fairness to fintech.
One Way Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs exceptional immigrant founders building high-impact global companies.
Seaya Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in Madrid and Mexico City that invests in technology companies in Europe and Latin America. The firm focuses on early-stage entrepreneurs building companies with global expansion potential.
InMotion Ventures is an early-stage venture investor associated with JLR (Jaguar Land Rover), backing founders from inception and co-investing across three specialist verticals.
Vanagon is a European venture capital firm backing DeepTech and AI-native founders from the pre-seed and seed stages, investing as lead with checks up to €500k.
Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York-based early-stage investor that partners with founders at the earliest stages of company building across the United States.
Plug and Play is an innovation platform that connects corporations, governments, startups, investors, and universities to drive innovation.
Bling Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that backs entrepreneurs seeking to find and scale product-market fit, supported by its Bling Product Council of over 100 product leaders.
Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm that backs technical founders — engineers, researchers, and scientists — building companies across AI/ML, data infrastructure, developer tools, and life sciences.
Practical Venture Capital (PVC) is a venture firm focused on the secondary market for private, late-stage technology companies. It acquires stakes in mature companies through its Halftime Fund.
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CoinFundFf Venture CapitalStructure CapitalBECO CapitalLAUNCHub VenturesPiton Capital LLPAllen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)Market One CapitalMarathon Venture Capital
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