# Top 50 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Europe in October 2023 ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 15 - 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. ## Venrex - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 13 - 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. ## Foresight Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations. ## LAUNCHub Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Cabiedes & Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion Cabiedes & Partners is a Spanish venture capital firm that provides seed funding and early-stage and later-stage investment services. Cabiedes & Partners was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. ## P101 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 8 - 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 ## Isai - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and theirexperience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions.Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France. ## 468 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 468 Capital is a Berlin and San Francisco based technology investment firm. We support leading software, AI and internet growth companies across multiple investment stages. ## Saarbruecker 21 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce They are a group of friends and internet/tech entrepreneurs who first met ten years ago in Saarbruecker Strasse 21 in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. All of them started successful businesses, they are founders and share a passion for building great companies. As active business angels, they also invest in young startups, either individually orcollectively as a group. They provide seed funding for killer-founders and great ideas. But way more important: they help to avoid mistakes that they have already made . They introduce to the right people. They provide with all the experience that they have. Not just talking about it but helping hands-on. ## Fuel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies. ## Partech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## M Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Software M Capital is an independent investment company with +€500m AuM. A unique hub where entrepreneurs can have an equity finance and quasi-equity as well as a permanent support to accelerate their growth. In 2020, M Capital has funded over 200 French companies. ## HV Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies. ## SquareOne - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce We invest in B2B tech entrepreneurs who are obsessed with solving complex problems in huge markets at pre-seed and seed stage ## Big Sur Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet BSV invests early, commits personally and team up with exceptional founders to help build extraordinary companies. What we do: Seed Phase, Technology Based & Investments. ## Angels Den - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors. ## Mobeus Equity Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail Mobeus is a leading equity investor in UK-based SMEs. We partner with talented and determined management teams of businesses with strong growth potential. ## Index Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Praetura Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Praetura Ventures has been supporting entrepreneurs with more than money since 2011. Click to find out more about how we can help businesses and investors. ## DN Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit). ## Club Italia Investimenti 2 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital. ## Naxicap Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Retail Naxicap Partners is a financial partner responsible, active and present along with its holdings. Their concept of partnership is to provide their participants and their managers substantial support in periods of expansion as in times of difficulty, with lines of action to be effective and practical. ## The FSE Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region. ## Nauta Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - 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). ## Wellstreet - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Angelsquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence AngelSquare is a venture capital firm that prefers to provide seed and series A investments to companies operating in the fintech, SaaS, artificial intelligence and software sectors. ## 360 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Early stage european VC investing on ClimateTech, DeepTech, Mass Consumption and Business Automation. ## Business Growth Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing BGF invests in hundreds of businesses from an evergreen balance sheet. But we offer more than just growth capital. Find out what makes us different. ## Enterprise Ireland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Seedrs - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs. ## Octopus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Otium Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce In 2015, two independant investment teams were created in Paris inside Otium Capital, Pierre-Edouard Stérin's family office:* Otium Venture, focused on Seed investments in Tech companies (€40m invested in 14 companies among which Payfit, Doctrine, Owkin...)* Otium Brands, focused on Seed & Series A investments in Consumer GoodscompaniesIn 2019, the two teams spun off to become independant investment firms:* Otium Venture became frst* Otium Brands became Eutopia ## Redalpine - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care Redalpine is one of the leading European Venture Capital investors with a focus on highly scalable start-ups. The firm's mission is to help talented entrepreneurs turn an ambitious vision into reality by providing money, experience, coaching, and a strong network. The firm is focused on seed and early-stage investments in disruptivetechnologies in tech and health tech. Redalpine launched its first fund (Redalpine Capital I) in 2007, following the founding partners’ track record of some excellent trade sales and IPOs as serial entrepreneurs and professional angel investors. In 2021 Redalpine closed its sixth fund (Redalpine Capital VI) and currently has approx. USD 1 Billion in AUM. The highly interdisciplinary Redalpine team supports more than 70 portfolio companies with operational and sector-specific expertise and with a rich international network.Redalpine started with its first fund (Redalpine Capital I) in 2007 based on the track-record of some excellent trade-sales and IPOs as serial entrepreneurs and professional angel investors. Redalpine sucessfully launched Redalpine Capital II in 2012 and Redalpine Capital III in 2016. The funds are registered in Luxemburg and backed by dozens of experienced entrepreneurs and investors representing various countries, and a broad range of industries. ## Forward Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Forward Partners is a venture capital firm in London specialising in technology businesses focused on eCommerce, marketplace and applied AI early-stage startups. ## True. - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail A unique model for investing, innovating & growing ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups. ## Balderton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Quadia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail Quadia is a regulated investment manager specialized in social and environmental finance. With more than CHF 70 million invested in over 20 companies, Quadia is a leading and pioneering impact investor. Our core investment thesis centers on sustainability as a pillar of risk management and economic valuation. It targets significantly impactfulcompanies which have positioned their products and services to meet a growing demand which is influenced by an irreversible paradigm shift. This paradigm shift is driven by worldwide interdependent social, environmental and economic stakes. ## Point Nine - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages. ## Eutopia VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce Eutopia is a fund for consumer startups. We back founders who are rethinking the way we eat, shop, sleep and feel. We are backing 26 startups ## Livingbridge - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Consulting Livingbridge is an independent private equity firm, based in the UK, the US and Australia. They have £1 billion ready to invest over the next 5 years and they invest anywhere from £2 million to £70 million in fast-growing companies. The Livingbridge team have been backing businesses together for twenty years.They have done it over a hundredtimes, turning many into household names both at home and abroad. They understand that for business owners it’s more than just business. They get growth.With UK offices in London, Birmingham and Manchester and an Australian office in Melbourne, Livingbridge have teams on the ground locally who can provide support to their portfolio companies on a daily basis. ## ETF Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Renewable Energy, SaaS ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience. Its funds come from institutional investors, global corporations, and family offices. The firm creates value by investing in and supporting great European companies that deliver Sustainability Through Innovation. ## Iron Wolf Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Infrastructure, Manufacturing We are here to make you succeed! Iron Wolf Capital is an international venture capital firm with an experienced team of professionals with global outlook and strong roots in the Baltics. and a mandate for helping entrepreneurs realise their ideas into successful businesses. ## La Famiglia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US ## Earlybird Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe. ## Alven - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm that backs European category-defining startups with global reach starting at Series A or Seed stage ## Hambro Perks Ltd. - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Secondary Market, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Financial Services Hambro Perks partner with founders and entrepreneurs to support growth businesses at all stages of investment cycle. Hambro Perks has specialised and dedicated investment teams, working across a number of funds. In addition to their flagship Venture, EIS and co-investment funds, Hambro Perks offers a number of specialist differentiated investmentstrategies, including Hambro Perks Environmental Technology, Special Situations, and Access, which invests in venture secondaries. ## Active Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace Active Partners is a consumer-focused investment firm that partners with visionary founders to build the iconic brands of tomorrow. ## Boost Heroes - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Apps Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments. ## Hummingbird Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Supporting Exceptional entrepreneurs. We value emotional intelligence as much as data, growing internal culture as much as growing revenue, and forming strong, personal bonds with founders. We recognize patterns where other don't. # 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