30 Best Active AI Investors in 2024

The AI sector in Europe is seeing true innovation. At the heart of this story are investors who recognize the transformative power of the industry and are keen to champion the companies working on problems worth solving.


This list is the result of tracking investment activity across +2,500 venture capital investors in Europe, and only includes funds that have invested in at least 5 AI startups in the past 12 months. If you're a startup in th space, an investor diversifying into new sectors, or someone keen on tracking the pulse of industry-specific investments, this list is a must-see.


Last update to the database: Dec 10, 2024. See changelog.


Icon 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.

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List of 30 top VCs

Prima Materia is a European venture capital fund based in Stockholm. They invest in early and growth stages, including Series A and B, across sectors such as manufacturing, climate tech, AI, health tech, and gaming. The fund has supported companies like H2 Green Steel, Northvolt, and Homa Games. Prima Materia aims to back ventures that drive significant advancements in their industries.

66

Offices:

Stockholm (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Series A, Series B, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Govtech

Top investments in :

Helsing (
83)
, Homa Games (
70)
, H2 Green Steel (
65)

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital fund that invests in both early-stage startups and mature companies. They focus on sectors such as artificial intelligence, video, travel technology, service industries, and e-commerce. Notable investments include Synthesia, Bump, and Omio. The fund aims to back businesses transforming enterprise, consumer, hardtech, fintech, and healthcare sectors.

61

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series C

Check Size:

$2.5M - $100M

Industries:

AI, Fashion, Travel Tech

Top investments in :

Synthesia (
70)
, Bump (
60)
, Omio (
60)

SignalFire is a venture capital fund focused on Series A startups in the crypto, web3, and fintech sectors. Its unique AI engine, Beacon, tracks millions of employees and companies to make informed investments and support portfolio growth. SignalFire offers founders expert assistance from recruiters and data scientists and provides workshops to foster business development. With over $2.1 billion in assets, SignalFire has invested in companies like Elliptic, aiming to help early-stage companies overcome challenges and achieve scalable growth.

59

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

SignalFire is a venture capital fund focused on Series A startups in the crypto, web3, and fintech sectors. Its unique AI engine, Beacon, tracks millions of employees and companies to make informed investments and support portfolio growth. SignalFire offers founders expert assistance from recruiters and data scientists and provides workshops to foster business development. With over $2.1 billion in assets, SignalFire has invested in companies like Elliptic, aiming to help early-stage companies overcome challenges and achieve scalable growth.

59

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series A

Check Size:

$5M - $10M

Industries:

FinTech, Crypto & web3, AI

Top investments in :

Elliptic (
60)
, Unify (
56)

Israeli-based venture capital firm investing in start-ups in Europe and Israel.

55

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Israeli-based venture capital firm investing in start-ups in Europe and Israel.

55

Offices:

London (HQ)

Tel Aviv

London (HQ)

Tel Aviv

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Health Tech, FinTech, Foodtech

Top investments in :

Form3 (
87)
, FloLive (
60)
, HungryPanda (
60)

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C

Check Size:

$20M - $30M

Industries:

FinTech, AI, Legal Tech

Top investments in :

Zopa (
61)
, Contentful (
52)
, Leya (
44)

The venture capital arm of Alphabet Incorporated, a multinational conglomerate. It was founded in 2013 and is located in Mountain View, California.

55

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

The venture capital arm of Alphabet Incorporated, a multinational conglomerate. It was founded in 2013 and is located in Mountain View, California.

55

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series D, Series E

Check Size:

$100M - $500M

Industries:

FinTech, AI, Machine learning

Top investments in :

Monzo (
83)
, Dataiku (
48)

A European venture capital firm investing in technology companies.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

A European venture capital firm investing in technology companies.

53

Offices:

London (HQ)

Stockholm

New York

London (HQ)

Stockholm

New York

Investment Stage:

Debt Financing, Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G, Series H, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Homa Games (
70)
, Hopin (
70)
, TIER Mobility (
70)

IVP is a venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage companies, focusing on Series B to Series D funding rounds. They typically invest between $500,000 and $10 million. IVP has invested in sectors such as financial technology, data and analytics, sales and marketing, and digital art, with successful investments in companies like Pigment, Volt, Klarna, and Kittl. Their goal is to support businesses in their critical growth phases.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series B, Series C, Series D

Check Size:

$40M - $500M

Industries:

FinTech, AI, Machine learning

Top investments in :

Pigment (software company) (
74)
, Klarna (
65)
, Kittl (
61)

Altimeter is a multibillion dollar technology-focused investment firm managing a public equity fund and growth stage private equity funds.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Altimeter is a multibillion dollar technology-focused investment firm managing a public equity fund and growth stage private equity funds.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Altimeter is a multibillion dollar technology-focused investment firm managing a public equity fund and growth stage private equity funds.

53

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Series B, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$70M - $500M

Industries:

AI, Machine learning, Messaging

Top investments in :

Parloa (
70)
, OpenAI (
28)

Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in consumer, enterprise and healthcare companies. It was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

52

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in consumer, enterprise and healthcare companies. It was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

52

Offices:

Redwood City (HQ)

London

San Francisco

Cambridge

New York

Redwood City (HQ)

London

San Francisco

Cambridge

New York

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series G, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Health Tech, Edtech, FinTech

Top investments in :

NFL ALL DAY (
70)
, Zopa (
61)
, Apron (
61)

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage start-ups in education, research, health care, and social work.

52

Offices:

Cambridge (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Mistral AI (
87)
, Helsing (
83)
, Monzo (
83)

First Mark Capital is a venture capital firm in New York that focuses on partnering with entrepreneurs who are changing the world by solving meaningful problems.

51

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E

Check Size:

$100k - $500M

Industries:

FinTech, Crypto & web3, Hardware

Top investments in :

Pigment (software company) (
74)
, Synthesia (
70)
, Ledger (
60)

Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.

50

Offices:

Palo Alto (HQ)

London

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $1B

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, FinTech

Top investments in :

Monzo (
83)
, Algolia (
70)
, Hopin (
70)

Antler is a Singapore-based accelerator and incubator firm investing in early-stage technology companies.

50

Offices:

Singapore (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Angel, Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $30M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

clare&me (
56)
, Sona (
52)
, Sprinque (
44)

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups with the potential to become global businesses. It was founded in 1996 and has locations all over the world.

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups with the potential to become global businesses. It was founded in 1996 and has locations all over the world.

50

Offices:

London (HQ)

San Francisco

New York

London (HQ)

San Francisco

New York

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $500M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, Edtech

Top investments in :

Algolia (
70)
, GetHarley (
70)
, Alan (company) (
70)

Ring Capital is a Paris-based company founded in 2017 by Nicolas Celier.

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Ring Capital is a Paris-based company founded in 2017 by Nicolas Celier.

50

Offices:

Paris (HQ)

Paris (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $30M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Edtech, FinTech

Top investments in :

Yespark (
52)
, WeeFin (
44)
, Orus Energy (
44)

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Google, Apple, Cisco, YouTube, AirBnB, and WhatsApp. The firm was founded in 1972 by Donald Valentine, and companies backed by Sequoia have created over $3.3 trillion dollars in market capitalization.

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Google, Apple, Cisco, YouTube, AirBnB, and WhatsApp. The firm was founded in 1972 by Donald Valentine, and companies backed by Sequoia have created over $3.3 trillion dollars in market capitalization.

50

Offices:

San Mateo (HQ)

London

San Mateo (HQ)

London

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Unknown

Check Size:

$2.5M - $500M

Industries:

FinTech, Gaming, AI

Top investments in :

Pennylane (
67)
, Klarna (
65)
, tacto (
60)

A venture capital firm in France that focuses on the life sciences, energy and environment, industry, microelectronics and digital sectors.

50

Offices:

No data available

Investment Stage:

No data available

Check Size:

$100k - $500k

Industries:

No data available

Top investments in :

No data available

A venture capital firm in France that focuses on the life sciences, energy and environment, industry, microelectronics and digital sectors.

50

Offices:

Paris (HQ)

Paris (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $100M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, Health Tech, FinTech

Top investments in :

Adionics (
52)
, Gleamer (
52)
, Aledia (
48)

InnoEnergy is a Eindhoven-based energy storage company founded in 2010.

50

Offices:

Eindhoven (HQ)

Investment Stage:

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Unknown

Check Size:

$100k - $250M

Industries:

Climate Tech & Green Tech, FinTech, Crypto & web3

Top investments in :

H2 Green Steel (
65)
, Northvolt (
65)
, Skeleton Technologies (
56)