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Highland Europe
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
Highland Europe is a growth-stage investment firm based in London and Geneva that spun off from Highland Capital Partners in 2012 to focus on European-rooted scale-ups. It backs product-led software and consumer companies and describes itself as currently investing its fifth fund of €1Bn.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssoftwareconsumergrowth stageproduct-ledtechnologyscale-ups
Your fit with Highland Europe
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Or find every investor that fitsHighland Europe lists 70 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 15 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 46% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Fintech (12%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (10%). 32% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Insight Partners, 83North and Battery Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Highland Europe, 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 Highland Europe's whole history. Rounds on record name 14 companies; its own site lists 70. 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 | 0% |
| Series A | 23% |
| Series B | 31% |
| Growth | 46% |
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 | 1 | 1 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 7 | 3 |
| '26 | 6 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 91th | 70 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 92th | 20% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 13 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 5% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Consumer | 8% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Insight Partners | 5 |
| 83North | 3 |
| Battery Ventures | 3 |
| HV Capital | 3 |
| LocalGlobe | 3 |
| Vintage Investment Partners | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Acton Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6897%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- 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 Insight Partners
Compare Highland Europe 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 Highland Europe| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Series B | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 19 May 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Series A | |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Series A Led |
Round details for Highland Europe
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Highland Europe's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
70 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides an AI-native platform for modern credit teams to access debt market intelligence, data, and analytics. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Abask sells craft and home design products | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| Adaptyv provides automated lab services for protein validation and design | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Alice develops and provides AI safety and security solutions | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Aug 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| AMCS provides software solutions for waste management, recycling, and transport operations | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company acquires and improves iconic digital products. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Brandwatch provides social media management and consumer intelligence services to businesses. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Camunda governs and orchestrates AI agents, people, and systems across end-to-end business processes with an open architecture | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides an automated cell therapy manufacturing platform | Healthcare & Biotech | Dec 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Cobalt provides a platform for continuous offensive security testing and offers various security services, including pentesting and vulnerability assessment. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Combo connects research, strategy and creativity to unlock what's next. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides consumer credit and financial services through its platform and products | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Contentsquare provides an AI-first experience platform for analytics and insights across user journeys | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides parametric insurance solutions to protect against climate and emerging risks. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Designs for Health offers research-backed supplement products and expert-driven care for functional wellness | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Domino Data Lab empowers enterprises to build and operate AI at scale with its Enterprise AI Platform | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ecorobotix develops and sells AI-powered precision agriculture technology, including sprayers that use artificial intelligence to detect and treat crops and weeds. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Series C+ | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- highlandeurope.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 31 Oct 2023
- Companies checked
- 70
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