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Critical Ventures
Venture capital · Portugal · Europe
Critical Ventures is an independently managed venture capital firm that invests in deep-tech software for critical systems, including cybersecurity, AI/ML, defence, medical software, industrial automation and mobility. It leads or co-leads rounds from Seed to Series B with first cheques of €500K–€3M and works closely with founders, drawing on its origins in the Critical Ecosystem.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingCybersecurity
In its own wordsdeep techcybersecurityartificial intelligencedefencemedical softwareindustrial software
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Or find every investor that fitsCritical Ventures lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (36%), Industrial & Manufacturing (27%) and Cybersecurity (18%). 100% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside Advisors.Fund, Alsop Louie Partners and Anthemis.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Critical Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 12th | 7 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 85th | 14% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 67th | 36% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Advisors.Fund | 1 |
| Alsop Louie Partners | 1 |
| Anthemis | 1 |
| BMW i Ventures | 1 |
| BY Venture Partners | 1 |
| DEPO Ventures | 1 |
| Fireball Capital | 1 |
| Hexa | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 36% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 27% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 18% | 4% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Critical Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Critical Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Critical Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Critical Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
7 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almetra helps manufacturing teams understand and improve production line performance using AI and video capture technology. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Hackurity simulates real attacker behavior to help organizations identify and fix exploitable vulnerabilities in their systems and infrastructure. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Humanos continuously measures and reduces AI risk, builds a verified risk reputation, and uses it to unlock credit, insurance, yield and more. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Kirontech is a specialist claims and payment risk intelligence partner for health insurers and medical payers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Rhizome Labs is developing task-specific models designed for deployment beyond the lab, where resilience, transparency, and operational confidence matter as much as raw performance. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| RunSafe Security provides software transparency and exploitability reduction across the lifecycle of embedded systems. | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Twinzo provides a live 3D digital twin software for Industry 4.0 factories and warehouses to optimize logistics and management | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- critical-ventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 25 Jun 2026
- Companies checked
- 7
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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