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2C Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage cleantech VC based in Tallinn investing in renewable energy, circular economy, water management, and waste reduction startups across the Baltics and Nordics.

Tallinn
ClimateTech · Renewable Energy +4
Nordics-Baltics-Focused · Early Stage

55 North

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Copenhagen-based VC exclusively focused on the quantum technology stack: computing, sensing, and communication. Stage-agnostic with global reach and European emphasis.

Copenhagen
Quantum Computing · DeepTech +4
Nordics-Focused · Global VC

Accel

Seed Series A Series B

First partner to exceptional teams from inception to growth

Palo Alto · San Francisco +2
AI/ML · Cloud/SaaS +8
Global VC · Multi-Stage

Acclimate Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Oxford-based Solo GP fund backing early-stage deep tech startups in AI compute, energy infrastructure, and climate tech across the United States and United Kingdom.

Oxford
ClimateTech · DeepTech +5
Solo GP · Early Stage

Adapt Nation Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed investor backing entrepreneurs building climate and sustainability solutions across carbon capture, energy storage, materials, and ecosystems.

Chicago
ClimateTech · Sustainability +6
Climate-Focused · Early Stage

AENU

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Berlin-based climate tech VC backing Seed founders across Europe in the energy transition, industrial decarbonization, and resilience.

Berlin
ClimateTech · AI/ML +4
Founder-Led · Climate-Focused

Afore Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-Seed VC fund backing product-oriented founders at day zero of their journey.

San Francisco · New York +1
Hardware · Security +15
Pre-Seed · Pre-Traction

Alpine Space Ventures

Seed Series A

Insider-led VC exclusively backing early-stage space companies across the full value chain: components, satellites, ground infrastructure, and data.

Munich
SpaceTech · Hardware +3
SpaceTech-Focused · Operator-Led

BMW i Ventures

Series A Series B

Investing in high-performance companies shaping mobility, manufacturing, sustainability

Mountain View · San Francisco +1
Future of Automotive · Mobility +12
Future of Automotive · Mobility

Brick & Mortar Ventures

Seed Series A

San Francisco-based VC investing in software and hardware companies disrupting architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management globally.

San Francisco · Paris
Architecture · Engineering +9
Thesis-Driven · Operator-Led

British Design Fund

Seed Series A

UK fund backing early-stage purpose-led product design and hardware businesses

London
Purpose-Led UK Product Design and Manufacturing Businesses · Consumer Products +4
Impact-Focused · Early Stage

Butterfly Ventures

Seed Series A

Leading seed-stage deep tech VC supercharging disruptive ideas in Nordics

Oulu · Helsinki +3
Deeptech · Hardware +5
Nordic · DeepTech

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C4 Ventures

Seed Series A Series B

European operator-led VC founded by ex-Apple and Microsoft executives, backing Series A companies in compute, physical AI, and enterprise software.

Paris · London
DeepTech · AI/ML +7
Operator-Led · Early Stage

CAAP Création

Pre-Series A Series A

Corporate VC subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Alpes Provence backing deep-tech startups in Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse and Hautes-Alpes from pre-Series A to Series A.

Aix-en-Provence
AgTech · HealthTech +5
Corporate VC · Early Stage

Chalmers Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Deep tech investor and venture builder affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology; invests pre-seed to growth in university spinouts across the Nordics

Gothenburg
DeepTech · BioTech +6
Venture Studio · University Spin-outs

Clean Growth Fund

Seed Series A

London-based £101m climate VC fund backing UK cleantech innovators at Seed and Series A across energy, transport, industry, buildings, agrifood, and circular economy.

London
ClimateTech · Energy +5
Impact-Focused · B Corp Certified

Cloudberry Ventures

Seed Series A

London-based deeptech fund led by a former Google executive backing industrial, compute, and financial infrastructure startups with €1–2M tickets from Seed to Series A.

London
DeepTech · AI/ML +5
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Coinvest Capital

Seed Series A

Evergreen VC fund co-investing with business angels in Lithuanian startups

Vilnius
Aerospace · Defense +14
Sector Agnostic · Corporate VC

Cottonwood Technology Fund

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage deep tech fund backing IP-driven hard science startups in the US Southwest and Northern Europe across photonics, materials, quantum, and medtech.

Denver · Santa Fe +2
DeepTech · HealthTech +7
DeepTech · Early Stage

Drysdale Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed fund from the co-founder of Motier Ventures (92 investments including Mistral and Poolside), now writing up to €500K checks from day zero.

Paris
Business Solutions · FinTech +9
Early Stage · Founder-Led

EIC Fund

Seed Series A Series B

EU-backed venture capital fund supporting European deep tech startups from seed to growth across 25 countries, with over €4 billion capitalisation and €1.4 billion deployed.

Brussels
DeepTech · AI/ML +8
Corporate VC · Europe-Focused

Extantia

Seed Series A

Berlin-based climate tech generalist VC backing early-stage European founders in hardware and software across energy, industry, agriculture, and beyond.

Berlin
ClimateTech · Energy +7
Europe-Focused · Climate-Focused

Future Positive Capital

Seed Series A

Deep tech investor solving planetary-scale challenges

Paris
European Companies · Planetary Challenges +11
European Companies · Planetary Challenges

Hard2beat

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed VC backing Polish deep tech startups in cybersecurity, biotech, medtech, dual-use, and developer tools. Up to 3M PLN initial check.

Wrocław
DeepTech · Cybersecurity +8
Founder-Led · Early Stage

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