Mitsubishi Corporation is investing mobility companies and funds worldwide. They company invest into companies with mature products. Marketplaces are especially interesting for them.
They prefer companies with over $20M in annual revenue.
They’re often the follow-investor on a round.
Sofokus Ventures invests into product-led digital startups on angel rounds. They prefer companies with recurring revenue and for which they are able to help with their expertise on building digital solutions.
CapMan Growth seeks companies with an already fast-growing revenue and whose goal is to double their revenue in the near future. They’re largely agnostic towards sectors and business types, focusing on the evidence of the company’s ability to grow.
They seek growth companies doing approx. €1M or more in recurring revenue (e.g. SaaS) or considerably more of non-recurring revenue.
They prefer to invest €5-10M tickets. In addition to direct investment, they are happy to bring their partner companies on board to larger investment rounds of up to approx. €20M.
They’re always a minority investor, often the lead (in Finland prefer to lead). They prefer to actively assist in growing the companies through a board seat and other ways.
Angelus Funding is a group of 45 international angel investors. They’re investing across the globe without any sector limitations. They seek startups that have traction with a clear path to revenue. They invest also in non-startups.
Contacts to Stephan Reckie, sreckie@angelusfunding.com.
Walerud Ventures is a family office of seasoned deep tech serial entrepreneurs in Sweden. They’re looking for Nordic and Baltic startups that a positive impact on the environment.
They’re a patient evergreen fund, investing a lot of their own time into operatively helping the companies grow and tackle the fundamental challenges along the way. They’re very well-versed in technology.
Health solutions and edtech are not in their interest area.
Focused on B2B and B2C startups, B2G is possible as well. They usually lead the initial investment rounds they participate in, occasionally invest solo. They seek a board seat in the companies they invest in.
E2MC Ventures invests into space startups in Europe and globally. E2MC = Europe to Mars Capital. They’re looking for any and all kinds of space-related startups, including e.g. clinical trials or production in space.
Signals is the startup ecosystem branch of Signal Iduna, an insurance from Germany with a presence in the DACH region and parts of East Europe.
They prefer B2B and applied tech, but deep tech or B2B2C are also possible. Software and marketplaces only. Prefer to co-invest or lead.
They invest within two categories:
Pre-seed
Ticket size €150k – 250k
Round size: €250k – 1M
Invests into DE, AT, CH.
Venture
Ticket size: €1M – 5M
Round size: €1M –
Global, with focus on Europe.
Looking for digital solutions and digital native brands, e.g. fashion/food solutions that use digital opportunities fluently in branding, customer acquisition etc.
They have multiple funds with different focus areas but many similarities as well. Most of their funds focus on Europe, North America and Asia (except India), with one focusing on Africa and Middle East. Most do not seek hardware solutions.
Seed fund
Ticket size: €100k – 2M
Global. Hardware ok.
Usually co-lead, or when outside DE/FR, follow.
Venture fund
Ticket size: €4M – 12M
Global. Lead or co-lead.
Growth
Ticket size: €10M – 50M
European. Lead.
Partech Africa
Invests into African and Middle East opportunities. Agnostic on most other factors on the company, such as stage and company type.
DAFH Capital invests money and labor on business and tech development of the first sellable product. They focus on software, but are also interested in hardware cases where the main value is in the software side.
Valo is a multi-stage, thematic venture capital firm seeking companies that apply digital technologies to the physical world and create economic value as well as long-term societal and environmental benefits. They focus on 5 global megatrends. They typically invest $2-15M tickets and prefer to lead/co-lead with an active role. They are based out of Palo Alto, California, USA.
Investment scope in brief:
The anchor LP of Valo is the Finnish energy company Fortum.