# Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in Europe in October 2023 ## Club Italia Investimenti 2 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## 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. ## 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 ## Italian Angels for Growth - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care IAG is an angel investor network that offers access to its affiliates to early-stage venture opportunities. Its members to date have deployed over 22 million Euros to support 41 startups in the series seed/series A stage in many verticals, among which: Medtech, SAAS, e-commerce, Fintech, and high tech at large. Every investment opportunityat IAG is vetted by a professional team together with expert members of the group. Once invested, the company receives the support of up to two Investment champions, who bring their expertise to the table and help them succeed. ## Angelsquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Loyal VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries. ## Caixa Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations. ## JamJar Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage JamJar Investments is a venture capital firm that invest in high growth consumer brand businesses in both digital and non-tech.Its combination of operational, commercial and brand experience was honed over 14 years taking innocent from scratch to sale to Coca Cola for north of half a billion £. That journey means the company understand thejourney of entrepreneurs, the highs the lows, the challenges and some of the solutions. JamJar is the consumer Venture Capital fund run by the innocent drinks founders. ## Atomico - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world. ## LAUNCHub Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 2 - 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: 2 - 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. ## Midlands Engine Investment Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Software MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local Enterprise Partnerships(LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands. ## Rob Dobson - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS Rob founded Actix (actix.com) in 1991 and as CEO (1991-2005) grew it to over $50m revenue by 2005. More than 90% of the world’s mobile phone customers have their networks optimized by Actix software and Rob has worked with many of the world’s leading mobile operators and infrastructure vendors. In 2005 he sold a majority stake in the company toPE firm Summit Partners at a $100+m valuation. He has invested in a further 30+ startups and has had five very successful exits (he's not counting failures as they come with the territory). Rob is chairman of Robotical (robotical.io) and DevicePilot.com. He's also the founding chairman of Singletrack.com and a supporter of the unique orchestra SouthbankSinfonia.co.uk. As an inveterate tinkerer in software and hardware, he's fascinated by IoT, 3D printing and the maker movement (as you can probably see from his personal website (robdobson.com). Rob is a Fellow of the IET and has a 1st class honours degree in Electronic Engineering. ## Nils Glagau - Type: Angel - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Personal Health, Food Processing Nils Glagau ## Brandenburg Kapital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care With a track record of over 20 years in venture capital and experience from more than 200 investments in numerous companies BFB Brandenburg Kapital GmbH (BFB) is the most active equity investor in Brandenburg. BFB invests in fast-growing technology-orientated companies throughout the whole life-cycle. Target sectors are ICT/Digital Economy,Life Science, MedTech, Proptech, Industrial Applications. BFB invests in companies based in or with facilities in Brandenburg. The current VC fund is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) an Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB). ## Aonia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, B2B Aonia Ventures is investing in tech companies all over the world. Supporting entrepreneurs from the start of their projects ! Investing from 150k$ to 300k$ in early stage rounds. ## Milo Mitchum - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Winery, Online Games Milo Mitchum is a Los Angeles-based British music manager and Partner at Three Six Zero, an entertainment company responsible for selling tens of millions of records Worldwide, and guiding some of music’s biggest stars. Milo’s career in management, promotion, and as a record label executive, has given him an intricate understanding of today’sentertainment landscape at the highest level. He is known for his entrepreneurial approach to artist management, and has a client roster of some of the industry's most important cultural icons. ## Jonathan Goodwin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, Internet Jonathan Goodwin is the Founder, Partner & Head of Merchant Banking of Alvarium & he attended University of Nottingham. ## Kickston Partner - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: B2B, B2C, Gift Kickston Partner is a corporate Banking Company specialized in Technology. We are building a bridge between industrial companies and start-ups. Our mission is to help industrial companies executive to diversify and grow through start-ups. To do so, we help you address the technological market by selecting the best startups and setting up the rightrelation from partnership to investment and acquisition. On the other hand, our entrepreneur state of mind push us to help the one who wants to grow faster by raising their first round of financing. ## Fraser T. Smith - Type: Angel - Location: Taplow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Fraser T. Smith is an English record producer, songwriter and musician. ## Federico Cerelli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Federico Cerelli ## Robin Knox - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Network Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary. ## Robert Neale - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Winery, Consumer, Craft Beer Robert Neale ## Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee is an investment firm. ## Brownwyn Dunwoodie - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Brownwyn Dunwoodie ## Serena Cordero - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Serena Cordero ## Hubert Patricot - Type: Angel - Location: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Fashion, Fitness Hubert Patricot - Executive Vice President and President, European Group @ Coca-Cola Enterprises ## Nick Penny - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Winery, Consumer, Craft Beer Project Lead ## Connie Schwaderer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Connie Schwaderer ## Sam Plunkett - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Sam Plunkett ## Benjamin Darnault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Benjamin Darnault ## Ann Elliott - Type: Angel - Location: Great Linford, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Ann Elliott ## Jad Benabdelkhalek - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, FinTech, Payments Jad Benabdelkhalek - General Partner @ Golden Record Ventures ## Christian Mruck - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Winery, Consumer, Craft Beer Christian Mruck ## 8point8 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Mobile 8point8 Capital specialises in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A funding of high growth UK businesses. ## Comhar Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics Hands on business and capital investment support - Comhar Capital focuses upon direct capital investment for companies run by forward-thinking growth-orientated owner-managers. ## Marc Menase - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Advertising Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor ## Pendulum Holdings - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Consumer Goods, Consumer, FinTech Pendulum is an inclusive & strategic growth investing and advisory platform designed for a new generation of business builders and leaders. ## Co-FundNI - Type: VC Fund - Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Through Co-Fund NI £12.5million will be made available to invest alongside business angels and business angel syndicates (hereafter referred to as "private investors" or "syndicates") into eligible SME's based in Northern Ireland. When matched 45% public with 55% private investors on a deal-by-deal basis this will give anoverall "fund" size of £28m.This initiative is provided by Invest Northern Ireland and part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Invest for Growth and Jobs Programme 2014-2020. ## Distill Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery Distill Ventures provide investment and support for spirits entrepreneurs who want to create the global drinks brands of the future. They are an independent venture built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs – because they believe the most exciting innovation in the drinks industry is coming from founder-led brands.They created Distill Ventures tobe the perfect partner for ambitious entrepreneurs who are creating the global brands of the future. Between them, they have years of experience working with businesses of all types and they have a deep understanding of, and passion for, drinks. They know the challenges facing founder-led businesses and they are committed to using this experience to support your founding team and grow your brand. ## Imbiba - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Restaurants, Hospitality, Family Investors in leisure, entertainment & lifestyle growth brands. ## QVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf ## Whiterock Finance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: Organic, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Growth Loan Fund Invest NI and NILGOSC. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Bertrand Jacquelot - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Heinz-Werner Nienstedt - Type: Angel - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Rental, Travel Heinz-Werner Nienstedt - Chairman @ Nienstedt ## Max Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer tech and health-tech companies. Max Ventures primarily invests in digital commerce, digital media, fintech, and digital Health. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States. ## Charlie Carroll - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Charlie Carroll is Founder at Flat Iron. ## Karot Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Robotics, Cosmetics, E-Commerce Karot Capital : Investissements Early Stage dans l'Innovation, pour des entrepreneurs ambitieux et sans filtre sectoriel. # 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