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Seattle · Seed · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
View Different supports exceptional entrepreneurs who leverage invention and increasingly AI to reshape a wide variety of traditional sectors, while demonstrating a strong grasp of how to scale a business. The firm favors companies focused on operational efficiency and customer obsession, and backs founders looking to grow domestically or expand into new markets. Its portfolio spans the US, Latin America, Asia, and Europe, with a positive bias toward Italy.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 1 people
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What they invest in
from 15 of 56 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9SaaS ×8Enterprise Software ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×2Climate Tech ×2Consumer ×2Deep Tech ×2Developer Tools ×2
HQs:United States×5Italy×4Germany×2Norway×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×22 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data
DTU - Technical University of Denmark ×3Università degli Studi di Padova ×3ETH Zürich ×2Woodberry Forest School ×2Yale University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×8Computer Science ×6Physics ×3Business & Management ×2Life Sciences ×2Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 20 founders with career history
McKinsey & Company ×3Microsoft ×3DTU Fotonik ×2Evertale ×2Google ×2Stanford University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 20 with degree data)
Investments · 56 tracked
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Bending Spoons acquires established digital products—including Vimeo, Evernote, WeTransfer, Meetup, and Brightcove—to own and operate them long-term, developing new features and AI capabilities across them.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaSMilan (Mi), IT
Luca Ferrari(Executive Officer, Director)inLuca Querella(Director)inMatteo Danieli(Director)inFrancesco Patarnello(Vice President and Executive Director)inTomasz Greber(Co-Founder)inDavide Giorgio Andrea Scarpazza(Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsCox EnterprisesEndeavor CatalystHighland EuropeKearny JacksonNimble PartnersPositive Sum Capital+2 more
Germany's largest newspaper publisher.
Berlin, DE
Co-investorsHellman & Friedman
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Jonathan Goldberg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJeffrey Harris(Director)Pieter Houlleberghs(Director)
Co-investorsFJ Labs
Expert.ai provides enterprise AI solutions built on a hybrid approach that combines neuro-symbolic AI, knowledge graphs, machine and deep learning, and large language models for business data management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsEndiya PartnersIndaco Venture PartnersAltos VenturesBoxGroupY Combinator
FloydHub provides cloud infrastructure for machine learning engineers to train and deploy deep learning models without managing underlying infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sai Prashanth Soundararaj(Founder/CEO)inNaren Thiagarajan(Founder)in
Co-investorsMission and MarketY CombinatorAmino CapitalAvalon Ventures Management, LlcCRV (Charles River Ventures)DCVC (Data Collective)+9 more
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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 SquaredBattery VenturesBlue Pool CapitalBNP ParibasHeartcore CapitalHighland Europe+8 more
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+6 more
Jet HR is an Italian platform for hiring, managing, and paying employees in Italy, and it offers a free database of Italian venture capital firms, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators for startup founders raising capital.
FintechHR TechSaaSMilan, IT
Francesco Scalambrino(Founder)inHR Tech SaaS Francesco Scalambrino(Founder)Marco Ogliengo(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsClub degli InvestitoriFiDi VenturesItalian Founders FundLVenture GroupMoonfire VenturesPICUS CAPITAL+7 more
Kumo is a predictive AI platform for relational data that generates predictions directly from a data warehouse without model training or feature engineering.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesSamsung NextSequoia CapitalSV AngelGreylock Partners
Lace develops chip patterning technology for semiconductor manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechSemiconductorsBergen, NO
Adrià Salvador Palau(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance VentureAtomicoBlank Space VenturesDeep FutureFuture Ventures+3 more
Lexroom is a legal technology company that combines AI and legal expertise to modernize legal services.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Martina Domenicali(CRO)inPaolo Fois(CEO)inAndrea Lonza(CTO)in
Co-investorsVerve VenturesAcurio VenturesBanyan VenturesBase10 PartnersEntourage VenturesLeft Lane Capital
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Normal Computing develops software and hardware infrastructure optimizing AI models for physical systems through custom silicon design and advanced EDA tools.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US
Faris Sbahi(Executive Officer, Director)inAntonio Martinez(Founder)inMatthias Tan(Founder)inAaron Sisto(Director)inYui-Hong Matthias Tan(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCelesta CapitalDrive CapitalFirst Spark Ventures, LlcMicron VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundSamsung Next
OODA Health builds patient billing and claims-payment technology that coordinates payers, providers, and patients to handle healthcare payments at the point of care.
Digital HealthFintechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Giovanni Colella(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inSeth Cohen(Director, Promoter)inKenneth Goulet(Director)
BoardAnn Lamont(Director)inEmily Melton(Director)in
Co-investorsOak HC/FTThreshold VenturesDFJ
Pachama used satellite imagery, lidar, and machine learning to verify and monitor forest carbon projects, connecting companies to nature-based carbon credits for reforestation and forest conservation.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodSaaSSan Francisco, US
Diego Saez Gil(Founder)inTomas Aftalion(Founder)in
Co-investorsAglae VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesFirstrock CapitalJetstreamLowercarbon CapitalNimble Partners+30 more
Slate offers a mobile app for real-time video content creation and editing, letting teams caption videos with brand fonts and colors, add licensed music, use templates, and publish directly to social channels.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investors37 AngelsAlumni VenturesGeneral CatalystInnova Capital Partners, LLCSignal Peak VenturesTitletownTech+3 more
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Vino.com is an online wine retailer selling Italian and international wines, spirits, and distilled beverages to consumers.
E-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsClub Italia Investimenti 2Growth Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
ApoliticalBetterplaceBlowhornBlueground HoldingsBreadfastCivicscienceConvoyCredimiD OrbitEconomist groupEphosFireflyFuturelyHivetracksIdovenIl PostJio PlatformsLightsynqMod PizzaNation BuilderNetsecNewdays AiOzarkaPitRebuild ManufacturingRobozeStartup ItaliaStartupItaliaSuperplumTabasTakaThe Economist GroupTorre LabsVerityVoiWinechainWoltZero Carbon SystemsZwift
Exits · 3
1 IPOs · 2 acquisitions · showing 2Bending SpoonsNASDAQ: BSPPachamaacq. by Carbon Direct
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBending Spoons · eu-startups.com · Sep 10, 2026
Lexroom · eu-startups.com · May 19, 2026
Normal Computing · finsmes.com · Mar 25, 2026
Jet HR · finsmes.com · Jun 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has View Different made?
- View Different has 56 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited.
- What stage does View Different invest at?
- View Different invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does View Different focus on?
- View Different focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, EdTech, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Media & Entertainment, Mobility & Transportation, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is View Different located?
- View Different is headquartered in Seattle, US.
- Who does View Different co-invest with?
- View Different most often shares deals with Highland Europe, Nimble Partners, PROfounders Capital, among 72 tracked co-investors.
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