# Top 50 Music VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Europe in October 2023 ## Northstar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in innovative solutions to help solve the most pressing societal issues we have today.  Our ticket sizes range from £100k to £500k into early stage tech companies. We provide added value in leveraging our network of university partners, funders, non-executive directors and talent to supporteach investment. ## Partech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages. ## Ascension - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - 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 ## Hotspur Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Location Based Services, Mobile Hotspur Capital is a financial organization. ## 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. ## Rudolf Fuchs Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence Family Office ## LeanSquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Liège, Liege, Belgium - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Music, Internet New Economy Startups Investor & Accelerator ## Spintop Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Reaktor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care Reaktor Ventures has moved to the next phase by focusing its efforts to actively supporting current portfolio companies. This means that the fund has ended its investment period and is not investing into new companies. Between 2013 and 2018 we have invested into 42 different companies and one early stage fund. We will naturally keep makingfollow-up investments to current portfolio companies. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries. ## WndrCo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech WndrCo is a holding company that acquires, operates, and develops businesses at the intersection of technology and media. ## Playfair Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce Playfair Capital is an early-stage fund that commits to companies early and with conviction. Based in London, Playfair combines the best aspects of angel investing with a focused fund, to invest in truly ambitious founders, wherever they are in the world. Playfair takes a sector-agnostic approach and investments span deep tech, SaaS, marketplacesand B2B companies. We’ve backed the founders of more than 60 companies including Mapillary (acq. Facebook), CryptoFacilities (acq. Kraken), Omnipresent, Orca AI, Ravelin, sprout.ai, Thought Machine, Trouva and Vinehealth. ## VAM Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Fashion, Music, Dental Siamo una partnership di imprenditori, manager e professionisti di Private Equity che investono ## Wellington Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Wellington Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences companies, focusing on Digital Media, Software, Electronics & Photonics, Resource Efficiency, and Biotech/Life Sciences. It is committed to providing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to fund their strategies. We typically leadfinancing rounds ranging from € 0.5 million to € 20 million. Depending on the maturity of the company, its own commitment can go as high as € 15 million.Wellington was established in 1998 and has offices in Munich, London, and Zurich. ## Plus Eight Equity Fund LP - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Music, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment Founded in 2014, Plus Eight Equity Partners is an early stage venture capital firm that has partnered with electronic music industry leaders to invest in groundbreaking music technology companies. The Principals of Plus Eight have over 100 years of combined experience in electronic music and music technology. Plus Eight possesses deep institutionalknowledge and relationships within these industries. The firm specializes in sourcing propriety investment opportunities and building value through organizational development and organic growth. Plus Eight drives significant momentum in its portfolio company investments by leveraging its robust network in music, technology, finance, operations and manufacturing. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Demium Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Demium is a talent investment company founded in Spain in 2013 with the aim of supporting the best professionals and helping them to carry out successful projects, always with an eminently digital and technological component. In November 2020, it's asset management company, Demium Capital, started operating with a first €50M fund to invest inmore than 75 early-stage startups per year (pre-seed/seed), becoming the most active venture capital fund in Spain. Startups such as Hannun, Voicemod, Swipcar, Citibox, Singularu or Landbot, among others have been created in the incubator. The company is present in five countries: Spain, Portugal, Poland, Ukraine and Czech Republic ## Almi Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Wellstreet - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Retail Wellstreet is an innovation and tech ecosystem that includes an investment company, a strategic consultancy firm and a venture building incubator. ## Balderton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn. ## Pioneers Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Linz, Oberosterreich, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce Pioneers Ventures is a EUR 10M early-stage VC fund empowering outstanding startups with its global network of corporates, industry experts, and entrepreneurs. Besides the financial component it provides startups with an extensive support program. ## Best Horizon - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Music, Gaming, Shipping Best Horizon is a venture capital platform that provides financing, mentoring, and access to their contact and partner network. They have invested in ICT startups for more than a decade. They also have a portfolio of half a hundred companies in Portugal, Spain, USA, Brazil, and the Netherlands. ## SFC Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence SFC Capital, the UK's most active seed investor (PitchBook, 2020), provides capital and support to British startups. By combining its Angel Network and Seed Funds, SFC has created a unique model that allows investors to get exposure to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, either directly or through a diversified portfolio curated and managedby SFC’s expert team. In 2020, SFC received a £10m allocation from Business Investments as part of the Regional Angels Programme in support of SFC's mission to back promising early-stage companies from every corner of the UK.SFC Capital is an Appointed Representative of SFC Capital Partners Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 736184). ## Index Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security. ## Impulse VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce Fund for technological internet companies ## Sony Innovation Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. ## Karma Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology karma.vc is an early stage venture capital fund focusing on seed and early stage technology companies in Europe. ## Act Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## ENISA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology ENISA is a public company under the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, through the Directorate General of Industry and Small and medium-sized enterprises which, since 1982, actively participates in the financing of viable and innovative business projects. ## Visionplus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet WE HELP YOU TO GROW FASTER! ## LC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things We’re an early stage European venture capital firm partnering with globally minded founders.We’re supportive, founder focused, and aim to work together with you as a close and collaborative team of independent thinkers. Along with the support of our entire network, each member of our team brings their own personal experience to the table. Thefirst ticket is up to 200K€ and the total investment in a given startup can be up to 1M€.We decide investments quickly, allowing the founders to get back focusing on growing the business. Our team and network of international mentors help young startups to scale quickly and to prepare for the next rounds.Our partners have been investing in tech-based startups since 2000 and have a portfolio of more than 100 companies in the USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. ## Octopus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back. ## Universal Music Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Music, Mobile, Media and Entertainment Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide. It discovers and develops songwriters, and owns and administers copyrights to musical compositions for use in recordings, public performances, and related uses such as films and advertisements; and sells artist and music branded products through multiplesales points including online, fashion retail, and live performances worldwide. ## Armilar Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing Armilar Venture Partners is Portugal's leading venture capitalist. An independent VC with a 20-year-old history, a high-performance track record and an international footprint, Armilar is a deep-tech investor in ICT, HealthTech and CleanTech. ## Openfund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Travel, E-Commerce Openfund is a new seed capital venture, focusing on start-ups around software, mobile and the web. Based in Athens, Greece, the Openfund brings together an exceptional team of executives, an extensive list of advisors and a number of passionate investors to provide everything a team of entrepreneurs needs to turn ideas into products and success. ## Cambridge Innovation Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics Cambridge Innovation Capital backs life sciences and technology companies with an affiliation to Cambridge, Europe’s capital for innovation. As a preferred investor for the University of Cambridge, they have unparalleled access to investment opportunities in the ecosystem.Since our inception in 2013, they have raised £275 million to invest indisruptive, deep-tech businesses in sectors including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, therapeutics, medtech/diagnostics, digital health, and genomics/proteomics. ## Lanai Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce Lanai Partners is an angel group that invests in digital startups in Spain. The company partners with business leaders that specialize in different areas of expertise to analyze all type of industries and create the maximum value their investments. Lanai Partners was founded in 2016 and is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ## Innovacom - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, Telecommunications For over eighteen years, Innovacom has helped launch innovative telecommunication and information technology startups such as Business Objects, Cobalt Networks, Gemplus, Infovista, Intershop, Kelkoo, LastMinute.com, Micronas, Soitec, and Tumbleweed. ## SparkLabs Global Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology SparkLabs Global Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers seed-stage investment services to firms in the SaaS, healthcare, education, IoT, fintech, mobile, commerce, HR, gaming, security, and VR industries. It was founded in Dec 2013 and is based in California.Exceptional entrepreneurs, that are building strong, category defining companiesat highly advantageous valuations – can be found anywhere. The company has a team that is highly experienced in finding such talent and helping our entrepreneurs to develop, grow, network, and scale into other markets throughout the world. ## ESRG Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Music, Video, Gaming ESRG Investments specializes in a vast range of financial services. The group is able to offer independent and integrated cross border financial structuring. It plans and implements concepts for institutional clients and investors that require tailor-made solutions reflecting their specific requirements. ESRG specializes in mutual funds based intax neutral jurisdictions, UK taxation, UK pension administration, film bridge financing, property, land development, sports and leisure, and media. ## EIIS Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Music, Media and Entertainment EIIS Investment is a joint venture company owned by Goodbody and Baker Tilly. ## Daphni - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition. ## Dumont Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion DuMont Venture Holding GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2007 as a subsidiary of M. DuMont Schauberg - a leading media corporation based in Germany. DuMont Venture is actively seeking high-growth potential companies in the Digital Media and IT segments, and financially and strategically supports the development, market launch, andinternationalization of its partners.DuMont Venture invested in successful companies like plista, rebuy, Picanova, lieferando, Learnship, navabi, ZooRoyal, movingimage, northworks, farbflut or Fairrank. ## P101 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree ## Creative England - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, SaaS We are here for those who dare to imagine: imagine a fairer, more prosperous world, achieved through the power of creativity. ## Passion Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Passion Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in London. ## Newfund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey. ## Northzone - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Northzone is a venture capital fund with a perspective shaped by lives as entrepreneurs. Since 1996, they've made over 175 investments and invest from Seed to Growth. They've partnered with the founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, Hopin, and hundreds of others to build category-defining businesses. They've raised €1bn inSeptember 2022. ## WeLikeStartup - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Augmented Reality WeLikeStartup is a crowdfunding platform. WeLikeStartup brings startups their initial financing by the pre-sale or fundraising capital and provides investors to support entrepreneurship and job creation in France while providing services tailored to their security concerns and liquidity. Created by a recognized entrepreneurs and financeprofessionals team is WeLikeStartup Financial Investment Adviser, registered with ORIAS ( Unique Register of Insurance Intermediaries, Banking and Finance ), Member of the CNCIF ( National Chamber of Investment Advisers financial ) and Associate Partner of the first Business Angels network in France ( Investessor ). # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co