Startup Funding in Europe
Where to raise startup capital in Europe: 20 curated VCs, accelerators, incubators, angel networks and government programs across 9 countries, plus 17 more listed under another region that also fund founders here. Every entry is verified from public sources and links straight to the organization. Free, no sign-up.
Organizations based in Europe
Point Nine
VCEarly investor in Zendesk, Delivery Hero and Contentful.
Cherry Ventures
VCEarly backer of Flixbus and Auto1 Group.
HV Capital
VCEarly investor in Zalando and Delivery Hero.
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
VCPublic-private seed fund backed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs plus corporate and institutional investors.
Partech
VCRuns a dedicated Partech Africa fund alongside its European and growth strategies.
Alven
VCEarly backer of Qonto, Algolia and Dataiku.
Bpifrance
Government/Economic DevCreated in 2012 by merging OSEO, FSI and CDC Entreprises to consolidate French state business finance.
Station F
IncubatorLocated in a converted historic freight depot in Paris's 13th arrondissement; opened in 2017.
Peak
VCBacked by a network of entrepreneur LPs; invests across the Benelux, DACH and Nordics.
HenQ
VCKnown for early investments in B2B software companies such as Mews across Europe.
Creandum
VCEarly investor in Spotify, Klarna and Depop.
EQT Ventures
VCLaunched its first fund in 2016; part of listed private-markets firm EQT.
byFounders
VCBacked by a collective of Nordic and Baltic founders as LPs and community members.
Inventure
VCEarly backer of Wolt.
Maki.vc
VCEarly investor in quantum-computing company IQM.
Kfund
VCBacked Factorial and Job and Talent; raised a dedicated fund for Southern European founders.
Seaya
VCEarly backer of Glovo and Cabify.
Lakestar
VCFounded by Klaus Hommels, an early investor in Skype, Spotify and Facebook.
Frontline Ventures
VCSpecializes in transatlantic B2B expansion between Europe and the US.
Enterprise Ireland
Government/Economic DevOne of the world's most active seed-stage investors by deal count, via its HPSU equity programme.
Also funding Europe
These organizations are listed under another region in this directory but run programs, funds or offices that back founders across Europe. Worth a look if you are raising locally or planning to expand abroad.
Inovia Capital
VCInvests in: Canada, US & Europe
~CAD $2.5B AUM; 10 unicorns. Portfolio: Lightspeed, Hopper, Sonder, AlayaCare.
OMERS Ventures
VCInvests in: North America & Europe
VC arm of OMERS pension; Fund IV USD $750M. Shopify (early), Hootsuite, Wave.
Sequoia Capital
VCInvests in: Global (US & Europe)
~$56-85B AUM. Apple, Google, NVIDIA, Stripe, Airbnb, WhatsApp, DoorDash, Snowflake.
Accel
VCInvests in: Global (US, Europe, India)
~$20B AUM. Facebook, Slack, Atlassian, Dropbox, Spotify, CrowdStrike, Vercel.
GV (Google Ventures)
VCInvests in: North America, Europe, Israel
~$13B AUM; ~400 active companies. Uber, Stripe, Slack, Harvey, Isomorphic Labs.
Energy Impact Partners
VCInvests in: Global (US & Europe)
$4.5B+ AUM; energy transition; coalition model with utility/corporate LPs.
Revo Capital
VCInvests in: Turkey, Eastern Europe and the Baltics
One of the largest tech VCs in Turkey; backed by IFC, EBRD, KfW-DEG and EIF.
212
VCInvests in: Turkey, CEE, MENA and diaspora networks
Widely described as Turkiye's first institutional VC fund; early backer of iyzico and Insider.
Caucasus Ventures
VCInvests in: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkiye, Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Azerbaijan's first venture capital fund, backed by PASHA Holding and the state Innovation and Digital Development Agency.
Index Ventures (UK)
VCInvests in: Europe and North America (global)
Portfolio includes Figma, Revolut, Adyen, Datadog and Wiz.
Balderton Capital
VCInvests in: Europe (backs European-founded companies)
Early backer of Darktrace, GoCardless and Revolut; focused exclusively on European-founded tech.
Atomico
VCInvests in: Europe (global reach)
Founded by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom.
Octopus Ventures
VCInvests in: United Kingdom and Europe
Certified B Corporation; early backer of Depop and Elvie.
Hoxton Ventures
VCInvests in: Europe (with US expansion focus)
Early investor in Deliveroo and Darktrace; selected by NVIDIA as one of five UK firms to accelerate AI startups.
Seedcamp
VCInvests in: Europe
Early backer of UiPath, Wise, Revolut and Synthesia; FCA-regulated.
LocalGlobe (Phoenix Court)
VCInvests in: United Kingdom and Europe
Early backer of Wise, TravelPerk, Figma and Cleo.
Crowdcube
Crowdfunding PlatformInvests in: United Kingdom and Europe
One of the pioneers of equity crowdfunding (launched 2011); regulated by the FCA.
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