Investors in Advanced Materials

VIGO Ventures is an investment group supporting cutting edge R&D photonic teams in technology development and commercialization. We make early stage photonics companies ready for round A investment. We are a part of a larger ecosystem and offer long term business support for our portfolio companies which, includes possible next round financing. We light speed your way to round A. With a photonics and hardware focus we offer investment up to €1,5 mln and a possible growth financing up to €10 mln.

We specialize in supporting visionary ventures during their formative phases, backing the brightest ideas that hold the potential to redefine industries. Our focus is on partnering with ambitious teams that are at the forefront of technological advancement. YouNick is an unique technology park where people come first – the employer, employee, scientist, and innovation originator.

The Vesna’s mission is to invest into deep tech projects and startups that will help solve our planet’s most urgent problems or tackle them in a more efficient and innovative way. We start at TRL4 on and are not stopping when it comes to growth. We will do this by accessing cutting-edge technologies through our core partnerships with research institutions, and transfer these technologies out to commercially viable products in companies/start-ups by our investment strategy that is in a light of our hands-on startup know-how and full investment lifecycles. Portfolio companies will closely work with industry partners and expert network, especially our Advisors to shape their best path to success.

Ground Capital empowers entrepreneurs by channeling their innovative energy into structured, impactful ventures. They invest in high-growth potential ideas targeting billion-dollar markets, with a focus on innovation, grit, groundbreaking uniqueness, good timing, and great returns, primarily in Europe across sectors like AI, data economy, computing, space technology, and advanced materials.

The independent venture capital firm specializes in industrial high technology transfer and seed and early-stage investments. It focuses on translating technologies from academic and research institutions into internationally competitive products through startup companies. Emphasizing deep science and technology transfer, the firm establishes strong partnerships with universities, research centers, and technology transfer offices to identify and support promising projects. Their investment strategy targets disruptive technologies with sustainable competitive advantages based on intellectual property and specialized know-how in key enabling technologies such as nanotechnology, advanced materials, photonics, micro and nanoelectronics, industrial biotechnology, and information and communication technology. The firm excels in developing industrial startups from proof of concept through pilot plant or prototype stages to pre-industrial phases, preparing them for further funding from traditional venture capital and private equity investors upon market launch.