Recently Added Investors – Northern Europe

Main Capital is a strategic investor with an exclusive focus on Enterprise software companies in the Benelux, DACH and Nordics regions. We have a long-term, value-added investment horizon centered around successful partnerships with founders and management teams. Our common goal is to create operational and strategic value, and build large and healthy software groups driven by solid business fundamentals.Within the software sector, we are the most specialized company for management buyouts and later-stage growth capital. With an experienced team of financial- and operational professionals we have over €450m in assets under management for investments in mature, profitable and growing product software companies that disrupt markets and trigger change.Since 2003 we successfully support and closely collaborate with our portfolio companies to realize their full potential through focusing on sustainable growth through strategic product market positioning and selective buy-and-build, partnerships and internationalization strategies.

Main Capital Partners is a strategic investor specializing in management buyouts and later-stage growth capital for profitable enterprise software companies. The firm recently closed two new funds, Main Capital IX and Main Foundation III, totaling 5.25 billion EUR to support buy-and-build and internationalization strategies. Historically focused on the Benelux, DACH, and Nordic regions, the firm has expanded its geographic scope to include North America and the UK.

Kleiner Perkins is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. They were early investors in many significant companies, including Amazon, AOL, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Google, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Segway, and Sun Microsystems.For five decades, Kleiner Perkins has partnered with some of the most ingenious founders in technology and life sciences, helping them make history with their bold ideas. Through twenty venture funds and four growth funds, we’ve invested $10 billion in hundreds of companies including pioneers such as Amazon, Genentech, and Google. Today, Kleiner Perkins continues to help founders and their bold ideas make history investing in companies like Desktop Metal, IronNet, Ring, Spotify, Slack, and Peloton.The firm's four founding partners were Eugene Kleiner, Tom Perkins, Frank J. Caufield, and Brook Byers.

Kleiner Perkins is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that recently secured $3.5 billion in new capital across two distinct vehicles: KP21, an early-stage venture fund, and Select III, a late-stage growth fund. The firm has raised 20 venture funds and four growth funds to date, deploying over $10 billion into technology and life sciences companies globally. Recent investment activity focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and consumer technology across Seed through Series B and growth stages.

The European Tech Champions Initiative 2 is a fund of funds launched by the EIF to support growth-stage investors across Europe. It aims to back 100 mid-size (€300m-600m) and mega funds (€1bn) to bridge Europe’s late-stage funding gap.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has launched the European Tech Champions Initiative 2 (ETCI 2), a 15 billion EUR fund of funds targeting growth-stage venture capital across Europe. The vehicle aims to support approximately 100 mid-size and mega-funds ranging from 300 million EUR to over 1 billion EUR to address the region's late-stage funding gap. This initiative covers Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, focusing on institutionalizing the European technology investment landscape.

Futurepresent is a venture capital firm investing in AI platforms and infrastructure across the United States and Europe, focusing on Physical AI, Applied AI in complex industries, and infrastructure.

futurepresent, a venture capital firm operating across North America and Western Europe, has launched its inaugural $300 million fund. The firm targets early to mid-stage investments from pre-seed to Series B, focusing on artificial intelligence infrastructure, enterprise transformation, and industrial applications. Its current portfolio includes 14 companies specializing in AI technologies for the physical world and digital infrastructure.

Air Street Capital is a venture capital firm investing in AI-first technology and life science companies in Europe and the US. They invest as early as possible and enjoy iterating through product, market, and technology strategy from day 0. Their common goal is to create enduring companies that make a lasting impact on their markets.

Air Street Capital is a venture capital firm focused on AI-first technology and life science companies across Europe and North America. The firm recently closed its third fund at $232 million to lead Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds as a solo general partner fund. Investment activity centers on early-stage opportunities where AI is central to the core product or research methodology.

Venture Capital firm investing in innovative deep-tech & digital enterprises across Europe. We have a 20-year track record of supporting talented tech entrepreneursin developing ambitious & disruptive companies in a variety of sectors. Led by a diverse, and experienced team of professionals located in Paris and Milan, 360 Capital Partners has $300M of assets under management and an active portfolio of over 50 companies.

360 Capital Partners is a European venture capital firm managing approximately $300M in assets across more than 50 portfolio companies. The firm targets deep-tech and digital investments from Pre-Seed to Series B stages throughout Europe, with primary offices in Paris and Milan. Recent fund activity includes an 85 million Euro close for its Poli360 2 technology transfer fund, which targets early-stage deep-tech startups and university research partnerships within the Italian market.

Credo Ventures is a Prague- and Krakow-based venture capital firm founded in 2010, investing in exceptional founders from Central and Eastern Europe and their diaspora at the earliest stages. They are a first-cheque investor, backing ambitious CEE founders globally.

Credo Ventures has closed its fifth fund at $88 million to continue its focus on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region and its global diaspora. Operating from Prague and Krakow, the firm serves as a first-check investor for technology startups across Europe, prioritizing founders with regional ties to CEE.

Hayfin Capital Management is a leading alternative asset management firm. Since the firm’s founding in 2009, Hayfin has invested over €46.5 billion of capital through its private markets strategies, in over 500 companies. Hayfin focuses on delivering best-in-class risk-adjusted returns for its investors across four strategies: Direct Lending, Special Opportunities, High-Yield Credit and Private Equity Solutions. Hayfin has a diverse international team of over 200 experienced industry professionals with offices globally, including headquarters in London and offices in Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Stockholm, San Diego and Tokyo.

Hayfin Capital Management is an alternative asset management firm focused on direct lending, special opportunities, high-yield credit, and private equity solutions across Europe and North America. The firm recently closed its fourth direct lending fund at over 6 billion EUR, with total capital expected to reach the 7 billion EUR hard cap. Since its 2009 inception, Hayfin has deployed more than 46.5 billion EUR across 500 companies, typically participating in Series B and Series C financing rounds.

Possible Ventures is a Munich-based, international micro VC firm dedicated to backing mission-driven teams that leverage frontier technologies to address humanity's most pressing challenges. The firm focuses on investing in startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, utilizing an extensive global network of over 200 entrepreneurial investors and more than 250 established founders. Their investment areas encompass deep tech and techbio sectors, including health, life sciences, climate, energy, cybersecurity, space, and dual-use technologies. Notable successes include early investments in companies like Sorare, Anydesk, Immutable, Cognigy, Holidu, and Linearity, as well as deep tech pioneers such as Marvel Fusion, ToZero, SeeQC, Reverion, Enveda, and Automata.

Possible Ventures is a Munich-based micro VC firm currently raising its third fund with a target of EUR 60m, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage investments across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. The firm targets frontier technologies within the deep tech and techbio sectors, including climate, energy, health, and dual-use technologies. Notable portfolio companies include Sorare, Marvel Fusion, and Immutable, supported by an investment network of over 450 founders and entrepreneurs.

Climentum Capital is a venture capital firm backing early-stage B2B hard tech companies to build the industrial backbone of a resilient Europe. As an Article 9 fund, they focus on decarbonization across high-emitting sectors including Industry, Renewables, Food & Agriculture, Buildings, and Transportation, tying returns to verified climate impact.

Climentum Capital is a Denmark-based venture capital firm targeting Seed and Series A investments in European B2B hard tech startups focused on industrial decarbonization. As an Article 9 fund, the firm invests across the industry, renewable energy, food and agriculture, buildings, and transportation sectors, specifically linking financial returns to verified CO2 reductions. The firm is currently raising its inaugural fund, Climentum Capital Fund I, which has a target size of EUR 75 million and is expected to complete its tenth investment by late 2023.