30 Best Venture Capital Investors in Europe (in 2024)
Over the past decade, Europe has become the second largest technology ecosystem in the world, creating startups solving problems worth solving in society. Behind many of these companies are investors who provide not just funds but also guidance and support.
Our 2024 list brings together the most notable investors from across the continent, with everyone listed having a track record of making strategic investments in generation-defining companies. These rankings are the result of tracking investment activity across 17,000+ companies and +2,500 venture capital investors Europe, and includes funds who have invested in at least 5 European companies in the past year, regardless of where they are HQ'd.
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur seeking the right funding partner, an investor looking for co-investment opportunities, or simply curious about the financial powerhouses investing in Europe, this list provides invaluable insights into the region.
Tracking:
Last update to the database: April 9, 2024. See changelog.
Investor Rankings are calculated using our Seedtable score – a 1 to 100 score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points (like the size of their fund or the quality of the companies they invested in) to signal the strength behind an investor. A score closer to 100 indicates an investor is worth watching closely.
List of 30 top VCs in Europe
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Offices:
Stockholm (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B
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Industries
Manufacturing, Climate Tech & Green Tech, Energy & Nuclear and 7 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Northvolt (
64), H2 Green Steel ( 64), Homa Games ( 50)
71Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm. The firm is located in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry. It has backed companies that now control $1.4 trillion of the combined stock market value.
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Offices:
San Mateo (HQ), London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Industries
Robotics, Manufacturing, Ecommerce and 20 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Pennylane (
68), Guided Energy ( 64), tacto ( 64)
67We back Europe’s best global tech companies, before the rest of the world believes
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Check size
$1M - $5M
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Industries
Health Tech, Manufacturing, Biotech and 33 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Fluent (
64), Baseimmune ( 64), Cogna ( 59)
6483North is a global venture capital firm with more than $1.8B million under management.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Tel Aviv
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Manufacturing and 27 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Vertice (
64), Paddle ( 59), Orbem ( 54)
64Balderton Capital is a Early-Stage Venture Capital Investor.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Debt Financing
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Check size
$1M - $20M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Mobile and 50 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Wagestream (
75), PhotoRoom ( 68), Scalable Capital ( 64)
62Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Check size
$1M - $50M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Health Tech, CPG & Consumer Goods and 33 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Pigment (
79), Travel Perk ( 68), Ledger ( 59)
62Augmentum Fintech is Europe's leading publicly listed fintech fund
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series_h, Series_g
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Industries
Fintech, Payments, Ecommerce and 10 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Volt (
64), Tide ( 59), Wayhome ( 54)
62LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Mobile and 50 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Qogita (
68), Travel Perk ( 68), Sylvera ( 64)
62General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments.
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Offices:
Cambridge (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $2M
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Payments and 44 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Factorial HR (
75), Finom ( 68), Travel Perk ( 68)
62Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
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Offices:
London (HQ), San Francisco, New York
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, AI, Business Intelligence and 51 more.
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Top investments in Europe
DataSnipper (
68), Superlinked ( 64), tacto ( 64)
62Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Stockholm, New York
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed, Series_h, Series_g, Debt Financing
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Check size
$100k - $40M
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Mobile and 40 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Wagestream (
75), MImo ( 68), Finom ( 68)
59Heartcore is a venture capital firm that invests in founders building category-defining consumer internet brands.
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Offices:
Copenhagen (HQ), Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed
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Check size
$300k - $6M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Manufacturing, Proptech & Real Estate and 34 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Travel Perk (
68), Nūmi ( 54), FINN ( 54)
59Kima Ventures investes $150k in 100 new deals per year.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Check size
$0k - $150k
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Mobile and 61 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Usual Labs (
68), PhotoRoom ( 68), HyLight ( 64)
59SYSTEMIQ supports disruptive early-stage digital/technology ventures with the potential to transform systems in the circular economy, energy
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Offices:
London (HQ), Munich, Amsterdam
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B
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Industries
Business Intelligence, Climate Tech & Green Tech, Manufacturing and 9 more.
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Top investments in Europe
ZeroAvia (
68), Qualis Flow ( 54), Basecamp Research ( 50)
57Daphni is a venture capital fund investing in user-oriented, early stage startups with the European DNA and strong international ambition.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
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Check size
$500k - $1M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Mobile and 23 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Dema.ai (
64), Kolet ( 64), Welfaire ( 59)
57Hummingbird Ventures is a venture capital fund for high-growth digital media and software companies.
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Offices:
Ghent (HQ), London, Antwerp
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B
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Industries
Health Tech, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence and 6 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Monumental (
64), Automata ( 59), Anima ( 39)
57Kindred is an early stage venture capital fund based in London that practises equitable venture.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $1M
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Industries
Manufacturing, Fintech, Biotech and 31 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Lottie (
59), Pollen ( 59), Paddle ( 59)
56Investing on behalf of a community of cross-sector entrepreneurs, we back founders who see the future differently.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
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Industries
Fintech, Health Tech, Legal Tech and 18 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Laced (
54), Onfido ( 54), Acin ( 54)
56Seedcamp is a European seed fund that identifies and invests early in founders attacking global markets.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Check size
$300k - $2M
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Industries
Fintech, Business Intelligence, Data and Analytics and 53 more.
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Top investments in Europe
MImo (
68), Metaview ( 68), Curve ( 64)
56Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in enterprise, consumer, and healthcare early-to-late stage startups.
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Offices:
Redwood City (HQ), London, San Francisco, Cambridge, New York
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series_g, Pre Seed
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Check size
$20M - $125M
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Industries
Fintech, Payments, Business Intelligence and 36 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Qogita (
68), Vertice ( 64), Raft ( 59)
56Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
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Offices:
Palo Alto (HQ), London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed, Series_g
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Check size
$1M - $20M
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Industries
Fintech, Mobile, Ecommerce and 47 more.
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Top investments in Europe
BlaBlaCar (
79), Qogita ( 68), Filigran ( 64)
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series F
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Payments and 24 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Wagestream (
75), Rapyd ( 59), Tide ( 59)
56Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward.
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Offices:
Mountain View (HQ), New York, London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Industries
AI, AR / VR, Health Tech and 37 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Lawhive (
68), Blockchain.com ( 68), Synthesia ( 64)
56Gauss Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Series B, Series C
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Industries
Fintech, Payments
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Top investments in Europe
Curve (
64), Zilch ( 50)
56HEC Ventures is the VC fund of HEC Paris (managed by Idinvest Partners).
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Offices:
Paris (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A
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Check size
$200k - $1M
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Industries
Fintech, Proptech & Real Estate, Mobile and 4 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Poppins (formerly Mila) (
54), Fintecture ( 54), Iroko ( 43)
54Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Industries
Health Tech, AI, Manufacturing and 60 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Factorial HR (
75), Condukt ( 64), Robin AI ( 64)
54Alven is a European independent venture investment firm with a successful track record of backing more than 160 startups over 2 decades.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $1M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Data and Analytics and 39 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Meero (
59), Qonto ( 59), Kiln ( 59)
54SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Mountain View
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series_g, Series_h, Pre Seed, Series_i
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Mobile and 49 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Travel Perk (
68), Dice ( 64), Robin AI ( 64)
54Quilam Capital provides flexible investment for ventures.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Series B, Series D, Debt Financing
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Industries
Fintech, Payments, Climate Tech & Green Tech and 1 more.
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Top investments in Europe
Updraft (
68), Tandem ( 59), Raylo ( 50)
54Molten Ventures - previously Draper Esprit - is the first European tech-focused VC not tied to
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Offices:
London (HQ), Dublin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Check size
$2M - $50M
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Industries
Fintech, Data and Analytics, AI and 45 more.
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Top investments in Europe
IMU Biosciences (
64), Lyst ( 59), Ledger ( 59)