# Top 50 Digital Media Startup Investors in Europe in October 2023

## Enterprise Ireland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and funding of the indigenous business sector. Their mission is to accelerate the development of companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity.
It was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

## LAUNCHub Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

LAUNCHUB is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. 

## Fil Rouge Capital (FRC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Fil Rouge Capital (FRC) invests in early stage businesses from angel investment, seed, VC and Series A rounds through a combination of equity and debt structures.FRC’s approach is to target investments that complement the skills and experience of its Founders so that they can bring more than just capital to help a business grow. Both FRC’sFounders have a core knowledge of technology, services, and an entrepreneurial history that they can bring to the benefit of an investment. FRC is Europe-centric, and with a base in Ljubljana, Slovenia, there is an additional focus on Central and Eastern Europe, Austria and Southern Germany. On an opportunistic basis FRC will look at deals throughout Europe and also the United States. The Founders are well-connected to accelerators in Central Europe and in Silicon Valley.

## Picus Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.

## Act Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics

Technology-focused, investing capital and expertise to fuel growth in the most promising ideas and companies. Raised c.€600m across multiple funds and invest from seed to growth.We look for companies with potentially cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including application software, IT infrastructure, communications, Internetand mobile. We help founders create and scale businesses globally. We work as a small team with diverse strengths accessing a community of over 200 founders. The teams and companies we back scale their investor base as they scale their business execution and ambition. We work closely with them in this process. Over the past 25 years have built a broad network of US and European investors and founders that share our vision and approach.Act is based in Dublin, Ireland.Our most recent funds are supported by the European Investment Fund.

## Ascension
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, FinTech

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders

## Frontline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Frontline is the venture firm for globally ambitious B2B companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Frontline Seed speeds up ideas at inception across Europe. Frontline X is a growth-stage fund, for fast and frictionless US-Europe expansion.

## Nauta Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile

Nauta Capital is a Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies. Main areas of interest include B2B Software propositions, disruptive Digital Media companies, and enabling technologies for Mobile and the Internet. Nauta has over €300 million under management and invests across Europe. Nauta operates from London (UK), Barcelona(Spain) and Munich (Germany).

## Tribal.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics

We are a venture firm that empowers entrepreneurs on their own unique path to success. We invest early and with conviction, using our experience and networks to help guide founders and their teams as needed. 

Our investment experience includes;  

Seed investment in Boxever, acquired by SiteCore.

## Bonnier Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Digital Media, Software

Bonnier Capital is the investment division of the Bonnier Group. Since 2016, we invest in promising companies in structurally growing industries and have become a reliant investment partner to companies and funds of various sizes.

## Seed Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

Seed Capital invests in Danish tech businesses with global ambitions. We are focused on "late seed"-stage companies, typically investing 1-3 MEUR in rounds of 1-6 MEUR. Proud backers of Trustpilot, Vivino, Lunar, Templafy, Dixa, Forecast, and many other great companies.

## North Base Media
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Digital Media, Advertising, Publishing

NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

## Kerala Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software

French VC fund insanely focused on bringing massive strategic and operational support to its entrepreneurs.

## Angels Den
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software

Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

## Newion
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Newion is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in B2B software companies. Its mission is to support entrepreneurs in building software companies into category leaders that create sustainable impact, and in doing so generate excellent returns to its investors.

## VentureFriends
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce

We are an early stage investor investing in Seed and Series A startups.

## Wayra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

## Fredrik Mansson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle

Fredrik Mansson - Investor @ Propel Capital

## Inveready
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Inveready is a leading alternative asset manager in Spain - investing in early-stage VC, growth VC, venture debt, strategic equity in listed companies, infrastructure and private equity - providing financing solutions to companies throughout their life-cycle. Founded in 2008, Inveready counts on 177 active companies, 61 exits and more than €1bnof assets under management. Some of our portfolio companies have been acquired by multinationals such as Intel, Symantec, IBM, and Facebook, whilst others are listed in public markets such as NASDAQ, the Spanish BME Growth, AIM London, and Euronext Growth. (visit www.inveready.com for more information)

## 24 Haymarket
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

24Haymarket is an investment network which included several highly-experienced private equity and venture capital investors, seasoned entrepreneurs, and senior operators. Investing up to £5 million in growth companies in the UK and Europe. They invested their own capital in direct alignment with entrepreneurs and actively support their growthagenda and join the board of the companies in which they invest. Since inception in 2011, 24Haymarket has invested in more than 50 high-growth businesses.

## C4 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

C4 Ventures is a leading venture investor in Europe founded by Pascal Cagni. Based in London and Paris, we typically invest in startups based in Europe and later stage startups seeking to expand into European markets.

## CapHorn Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

CapHorn Invest is an independent Venture Capital Firm launched in 2010. The company invests in B2B digital companies. CapHorn Invest currently manages 180 million euros across two funds and has a portfolio of more than 20 companies. They invest in B2B startups that drive digital transformation. They mainly focus on Series A & B in roundsranging from 2 to 20M€.

## JME Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

JME Venture Capital is an early-stage investment fund based in Madrid and Barcelona. The company was established in 2009 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

## BDMI
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Internet

Part of media company Bertelsmann, BDMI initially invests $100k to $4m in seed and early stage digital media startups in online video, nextgen publishing and pubtech/adtech.

## Bo Mattsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Software

Bo Mattsson is a director of Previously, Mattsson founded Cint and served the same company as its chief executive office, chairman, and general and sales manager. Hewas also the head of Swedbank Securities.Mattsson holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA, both from the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Midven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers.

## Rakuten
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech

Rakuten Group, Inc. is a leading global company that contributes to society by creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship. Browse corporate information, including company overview, investor relations, sustainability and careers.

## Bpifrance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business.Bpifrance was founded in 2012 and is based in Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France,France.

## Ark Angels Activator Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Ark Angels Activator Fund SA is a closed venture capital fund (closed-end private equity investment fund) with a capital of 14.8 M EUR. The Fund is recognized as ARKIV and has obtained the status of Private Privak under Belgian law. The Fund is managed by a management company set up by BAN Vlaanderen VZW, ING Belgium & the two fund managers.The Fund initially acted primarily as a co-investor in investments made by business angels who are members of BAN Vlaanderen, but then also co-invested with other capital providers.
It focuses not only on investments in young growth companies, but also on companies in the growth or transfer phase with an operating office in Flanders,

## United Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.

## Sands Capital Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Every aspect of the Sands Capital culture is geared toward delivering strong results for our clients.

## TEV Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion

Cusp Capital is a venture capital firm focused on European software and technology. The fund invests in early-stage companies on the cusp of redefining their industries by channeling new socioeconomic and technological paradigms.

## Clearly Social Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Education, Software, Health Care

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## Velocity Capital Advisors
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Mobile

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## Spintop Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Founded in 2009, Spintop Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by a network of successful tech entrepreneurs who have invested in Spintop alongside institutional investors, family offices and some of the most experienced private investors in early stage growth companies.

## Jonas Dromberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2

Jonas Dromberg - Investor & Advisor @ Apprl

## Almi Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

ALMI Invest is a venture capital company which invests in Swedish companies with exciting, scalable business models and motivated entrepreneurs. ALMI Invest consists of eight regionally based venture capital funds, all with local offices and experienced local investment managers. We manage a total of SEK 1 billion.
Unlike most venture capitalists,we can invest in a wide range of businesses. A strong team of entrepreneurs, a scalable business model and an initial revenue stream are more important than the line of business when we invest.Our first, initial investment would typically be SEK 2-4 million. During the lifetime of an investment, sums of up to SEK 10 million can be ventured. We always syndicate with an investment partner (another venture capitalist or angel investor) from Sweden or otherwise which means that we can take a maximum of 50 percent of an investment round.ALMI Invest was founded in 2009 by ALMI Fretagspartner together with regional investors. Half of our capital comes from European Union structural funds, which accounts for an investment of SEK 500 million. The other 50 per cent comes from regional investors and ALMI Fretagspartner.

## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology

Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation.
Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm.
Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

## ODYSSEE VENTURE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

ODYSSEE VENTURE is a private equity firm. The Company provides independent financial advisory services to management companies, family office, and major institutional networks. It was founded by Mathieu Boillet and Sébastien Sassolas in 1999 and is based in Paris, France.

## DvH Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders.

## GMG Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software

London based Venture Capital Fund Manager investing in UK seed stage companies at the intersection of media and technology

## UniCredit Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Banking

UniCredit Group is an Italian global banking and financial services company. Its network spanning 50 markets in 20 countries, with more than 9,000 branches and over 148,000 employees. Its strategic position in Western and Eastern Europe gives the group one of the region's highest market shares.

## RTA.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Genetics

RTAventures VC invests early in online businesses with special focus on healthcare related products and business models like SaaS (software as a service) and marketplaces. RTAventures VC is managed by Piotr Kulesza and Lubomir Jurczak and is based in Warsaw, Poland and Berlin, Germany. The largest investments include Docplanner, Typeform, PointNine Capital.

## GP Bullhound
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Since 1999, GP Bullhound has invested in and advised brilliant leaders. Powered by more than 180 employees across 13 offices worldwide.

## Hoxton Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

Hoxton Ventures focuses on startups that either disrupt existing industries or invent entirely new market categories. Hoxton typically invests between $500,000 and $5 million into pre-seed, seed, and Series A stage companies, and follows its capital through the life of the company.
The firm is based in London and invests all across Europe.

## Jenson Funding Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Marketplace

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## Thomas Bachem
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Recruiting

Thomas Bachem “Tom” is a passionate entrepreneur, investor and founder of several startups and initiatives, including sevenload, Lebenslauf.com and the German Startups Association. Being an avid coder and designer since his early youth, he is currently building his dream university CODE and serves as Germany’s youngest university chancellor.

## Venrex
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet

Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.

## Graphene Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups.

## Y Soft Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brno, Jihomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Video, Virtual Reality, Internet of Things

Y Soft Ventures is a VC arm of Y Soft Corporation, investing in people who build innovative B2B hardware & software startups in Central and Eastern Europe. Y Soft Ventures provides invested companies with the necessary capital, resources and expertise to accelerate their path to the global markets. We focus on solutions in the areas of Internetof Things, Cyber Security, Big Data and Augmented & Virtual Reality, with applications in industry, retail, cities and offices.

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