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HIRO Capital
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
HIRO Capital is a founder-led venture capital firm that invests in technology companies. It describes itself as investing in the 'Superabundant future of Humanity' and believes Europe can lead the next phase of human evolution enabled by technology.
Invests inGamingEnterprise Software
Your fit with HIRO Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsHIRO Capital lists 33 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Gaming (36%), Enterprise Software (31%) and AI & Machine Learning (7%). It invests most often alongside Makers Fund, Samsung NEXT and Sony Innovation Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name HIRO Capital, 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 HIRO Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 33. 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 | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 58th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 66th | 36% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Gaming | 36% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 31% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Fintech | 3% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 3% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Makers Fund | 3 |
| Samsung NEXT | 3 |
| Sony Innovation Fund | 3 |
| AIC | 2 |
| Accel | 2 |
| BITKRAFT Ventures | 2 |
| Boost VC | 2 |
| Cathay Innovation | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3297%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 togetherCompare HIRO Capital 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 HIRO Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 25 Mar 2024 | Round Led |
Round details for HIRO Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in HIRO Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
33 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amilabs delivers AI solutions for various industries and companies. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| AMI Labs develops artificial intelligence systems that understand the real world and can reason, plan, and make predictions | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| FRVR publishes and develops instant games playable on various platforms, including the web and social and messaging apps. | GamingEnterprise Software | Mar 2024Round | Funding round | |
| DreamCraft Entertainment Inc develops a platform that simplifies game development for people without programming or art skills | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Edgegap provides matchmaking, game server hosting, and orchestration services for game developers | GamingCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
GamingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| FitXR develops a virtual reality fitness app | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Frameplay connects brands with people through play by providing in-game advertising solutions | Media & EntertainmentGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides free online games that can be played instantly without download. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Carv analyzes a user's skiing in real time and provides coaching to improve their technique | ConsumerHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Happy Volcano develops video games | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Incredibuild empowers teams to build faster, create better products, and have greater control over their dev processes. | GamingFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Islo provides infrastructure for safely running autonomous coding agents in real, secure dev environments. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Playbook provides a platform for fitness creators and coaches to turn their audience into recurring income | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Keen Games develop innovative and creative sandbox gaming experiences. | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Lightfox Games is working on a new mobile title with a massively popular, world-class IP and has developed other mobile games such as Rumble Club and Knight's Edge. | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| LIV provides a solution for recording, streaming, and sharing videos from XR applications | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Loric Games creates immersive survival experiences for players worldwide | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Machinations provides a game design platform for creating and simulating systems and economies | GamingFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Maintain Altitude is a games studio building Loop Drop, a rhythm game where you're the DJ | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- hiro.capital
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 25 Mar 2024
- Companies checked
- 33
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