42CAP
Venture capital · Germany · Europe
42CAP is a venture capital firm that backs AI founders building B2B software companies. It focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in AI infrastructure and applications across Europe.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsaib2b softwareai infrastructureai applicationsenterprise software
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Or find every investor that fits42CAP lists 52 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 14 funding rounds, 9 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 71% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Enterprise Software (16%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (11%). 36% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside Entrepreneurs First, 10x Group and Begin Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name 42CAP, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not 42CAP's whole history. Rounds on record name 14 companies; its own site lists 52. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 71% |
| Series A | 14% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 3 |
| '26 | 10 | 6 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 85th | 52 companies |
| Recent activity | 95th | 10 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 71% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 95th | 25% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 56th | 32% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 97th | 12 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 7% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Entrepreneurs First | 3 |
| 10x Group | 2 |
| Begin Capital | 2 |
| Benhamou Global Ventures | 2 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| IBB Ventures | 2 |
| ISAI | 2 |
| Industrifonden | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5198%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Entrepreneurs First
Compare 42CAP head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with 42CAP| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for 42CAP
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in 42CAP's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
52 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accure provides battery analytics for energy storage operators | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Adverity connects and governs marketing data for use in decision-making and AI applications | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Alp Bio's platform combines tonsil organoid technology and state-of-the-art protein AI to assess and reduce immunogenic risk in therapeutic antibodies before they can impact patient outcomes. | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Apollo Minerva is a defense technology company that builds next-generation battlefield software designed for real-world use. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Arc Intelligence provides a KI-controller for SAP, DATEV, and other ERP systems to analyze and report data | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| askEarth makes geospatial data actionable for everyone using its Agentic AI for geospatial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Candis provides digital invoice management for companies | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Marble provides an AI-powered platform for fraud and AML compliance automation | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Codesphere provides a platform for cloud management and digital sovereignty | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Cognee provides an open-source agent memory platform to help agents recall what a company knows | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Crosser provides a real-time integration platform for building and deploying pipelines with low effort and low complexity. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| C4T provides automated customs clearance software | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| DBtune optimizes PostgreSQL performance using Agentic AI for autonomous optimization | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Deepslate offers a speech-to-speech model for building voice AI applications | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Oct 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Desktop Commander gives AI chat access to your computer, allowing it to read files, run commands, and see results | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Emporix provides a platform for autonomous commerce execution, including automation and orchestration of commerce processes | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Enlyze provides a platform for manufacturing data management and infrastructure | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Flowlity provides supply chain management software | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Frenetic provides electronics and is involved in magnetics design. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Galtea provides AI evaluations for regulated industries | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- 42cap.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 52
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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