Investors in Ar

At Lightbird, we partner, early in the journey, with companies that lead with distribution. We believe that establishing this from the beginning is the only way to stand out in today’s market.

We invest in rapidly growing European internet, mobile and software companies that address large market opportunities and have over €10 million in annualized revenues. Our capital enables management teams to accelerate growth and build a lasting, valuable business.

Europe's First Cheque Fund | We support and partner with the most ambitious pre-seed startups from Europe and European founders abroad, often as their first investor. (The APX portfolio is now managed by HEARTFELT)

Sprints provides growth capital to category winning, technology enabled companies. We make long-term focused investments in companies that have strong market positions and are managed by excellent teams with a passion to over-deliver to all their stakeholders. We have a long-term partner mindset in everything we do. It influences how we work with our investment partners, our portfolio companies, teams and co-investors. We work closely with our investments to support them in building durable market leading positions.

We are an early-stage diversity VC fund. We back underrepresented founders and diverse teams developing frontier technologies and solving vital issues We seek misprized opportunities. We favour startups generating market-leading returns with scaled impact and dominating the fastest growing global markets. We specialize in catalysing cross-border innovation between Europe and Asia (South Korea, India) for our portfolio companies. We believe in investing in the technology of the future and a better world for all. We prioritize investments in companies with a Deep Tech approach or Fintech solutions in the early stage, from pre-seed to Series A. We are not only a fund but also an institution fostering next generation of emerging VCs and GPs as well as founders. We are one-of-its-kind in Europe providing true change from the top-down and the bottom-up with the initiation of Simsan Academy. Join us during the exciting time of this revolution in VC we are leading!

At Rosberg Ventures, we have proudly added an in-house $75m VC Fund of Funds alongside Nico Rosberg's existing serial angel investing. With our FoF we serve as a bridge between Corporate Europe and the world's leading startups: By pooling capital from Ultra-High-Net-Worth German and European families with significant local corporate interests and committing it to the global incumbent VC firms. This enables great diversification, which is key in venture capital. On our mission of value creation and through our global network, we then selectively establish collaboration between startups and these corporates, creating win-win scenarios: customers and growth for startups and accelerate transformation for local corporates.

At PUSH, we are committed to combat climate change and transform healthcare. Our initial investments are typically at pre-seed or seed stage with the potential to follow-on. Focus areas are health and future of the planet in Europe, especially Austria and Germany.

We are an early-stage venture capital fund based in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Stockholm. We invest Europe-wide and have active investments in the Benelux, DACH, and Nordic regions. We are fully funded and ran by experienced entrepreneurs. We value eye-to-eye conversation, transparency, and complete teams. As investors, we specialize in models, rather than particular industries or verticals. We have more than a decade of experience in scaling marketplace, platform, and SaaS companies. Our sweet spot is pre Series-A We are proud of our colorful portfolio of over 40 investments (and awesome founders!) with strong exits including IENS (exit to Tripadvisor in 2015), Radionomy (exit to Vivendi in 2016), CheapCargo (exit to PostNL in 2017), United Wardrobe (Exit to Vinted in 2020), and Catawiki.

Allianz X invests in digital frontrunners in ecosystems relevant to insurance and asset management. In just a few years, it has grown to a portfolio of more than 25 companies and AuM of over 1.5 billion euros. Allianz X has counted 12 unicorns among its portfolio so far. The heart and brains behind it all are a talented team of around 40 people. As one of the pillars of the Allianz Group’s digital transformation strategy, Allianz X provides an interface between Allianz Operating Entities and the broader digital ecosystem, enabling collaborative partnerships in insurtech, fintech, and beyond. As an investor, Allianz X supports mature digital growth companies to take the next bold leap and reach their full potential.

We are an early-stage VC dedicated to investing in technology companies that have the potential to enable or disrupt major industries. Our strategy centers on getting involved early, primarily focusing on Seed stages, with occasional Series A initial investments. We only invest in cases in which we are confident to take the lead, but we don’t always have to do so. We feel comfortable in strong consortia with other VCs and business angels.

The Techshop is a new asset management company dedicated to Venture Capital. The first Fund will invest in radical B2B, digital and early stage innovations. The Techshop was born from the desire to amplify our contribution to Italian technological and entrepreneurial development. Over the last 10 years, we have observed how new digital companies have become the main vectors of innovation in the industrial fabric of leading nations and how crucial the “Early Stage” stage is in the acceleration process of startups. This role of digital has strengthened during the economic and social crisis caused by the pandemic and will be crucial for the restart of the global production system. Our recipe is based on a careful selection of talented teams, to whom we will offer capital in increasing quantities and the tools of our “tech workshop”: mentorship, managerial support and access to a large pool of experts. In Digital, the success of a startup is determined by the quality and tenacity of the Founders: the team is the product. We aim to stimulate their potential, challenging them to think big and on a global scale. OUR CREED #VISION We believe in creating value through the investment of active money in talent and technical know-how #MISSION We aim to generate financial returns aligned with the best European Venture Capital funds #VALUES We are driven by Passion, Continuous Training, Rigour, Team Spirit and Respect for people #ECOSYSTEM We want startups to choose us and co-investors to follow us: «We won't let them down!» #INCLUSION We have already made several investments in startups co-founded by women and we want to continue on this path With the aim of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into our processes