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Startup Funding in Europe

Where to raise startup capital in Europe: 20 curated VCs, accelerators, incubators, angel networks and government programs across 9 countries. Every entry is verified from public sources and links straight to the organization. Free, no sign-up.

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Point Nine

VC
Berlin๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Early investor in Zendesk, Delivery Hero and Contentful.

Cherry Ventures

VC
Berlin๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Early backer of Flixbus and Auto1 Group.

HV Capital

VC
Munich๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Early investor in Zalando and Delivery Hero.

High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)

VC
Bonn๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Public-private seed fund backed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs plus corporate and institutional investors.

Partech

VC
Paris๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Runs a dedicated Partech Africa fund alongside its European and growth strategies.

Alven

VC
Paris๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Early backer of Qonto, Algolia and Dataiku.

Bpifrance

Government/Economic Dev
Maisons-Alfort๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Created in 2012 by merging OSEO, FSI and CDC Entreprises to consolidate French state business finance.

Station F

Incubator
Paris๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Located in a converted historic freight depot in Paris's 13th arrondissement; opened in 2017.

Peak

VC
Amsterdam๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Backed by a network of entrepreneur LPs; invests across the Benelux, DACH and Nordics.

HenQ

VC
Amsterdam๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Known for early investments in B2B software companies such as Mews across Europe.

Creandum

VC
Stockholm๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Early investor in Spotify, Klarna and Depop.

EQT Ventures

VC
Stockholm๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Launched its first fund in 2016; part of listed private-markets firm EQT.

byFounders

VC
Copenhagen๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark

Backed by a collective of Nordic and Baltic founders as LPs and community members.

Inventure

VC
Helsinki๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland

Early backer of Wolt.

Maki.vc

VC
Helsinki๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland

Early investor in quantum-computing company IQM.

Kfund

VC
Madrid๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Backed Factorial and Job and Talent; raised a dedicated fund for Southern European founders.

Seaya

VC
Madrid๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Early backer of Glovo and Cabify.

Lakestar

VC
Zurich๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

Founded by Klaus Hommels, an early investor in Skype, Spotify and Facebook.

Frontline Ventures

VC
Dublin๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland

Specializes in transatlantic B2B expansion between Europe and the US.

Enterprise Ireland

Government/Economic Dev
Dublin๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland

One of the world's most active seed-stage investors by deal count, via its HPSU equity programme.

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