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Prototype Capital
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Prototype Capital is a pre-seed investor that writes first-round checks of $200k to $400k into European startups, and may help set up larger rounds if needed. It also produces content, a newsletter and YouTube videos, and works on policy efforts aimed at improving Europe's startup ecosystem.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsfrontier techroboticsautomationengineeringpre-seedeurope
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Or find every investor that fitsPrototype Capital lists 26 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Robotics & Hardware (10%) and Fintech (10%). 44% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Remote First Capital, Sequoia Capital and Abstract.
No funding round on record names Prototype Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Prototype Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 26. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 10% | 1% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Remote First Capital | 3 |
| Sequoia Capital | 3 |
| Abstract | 2 |
| Accel | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| FoodLabs | 2 |
| General Catalyst | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 62th | 26 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers26100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Remote First Capital
Compare Prototype Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
26 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company produces an autonomous one-wheeled security robot | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Allonic is fully automatizing the design and production of complex robotic bodies | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Belfort processes sensitive data without ever decrypting it, at speed and scale, for various industries including defense, finance, and healthcare. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for building and managing online communities, including features such as discussion spaces, live events, and course hosting. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Crew provides a platform for building and managing enterprise agents to automate work | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Dust connects a company's knowledge, tools, and teams to create, share, and run agents across real workflows using multiplayer AI for human-agent collaboration. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for deploying apps and agents on virtual machines | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dx gives R&D leaders a common picture of the delivery lifecycle across engineering, product, and design, with insights on where to invest and the impact AI is having. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds industrial foundations for large-scale deployment of unmanned systems to protect people and critical infrastructure. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hyperdrives provides electric drive systems designed to set a new benchmark for performance-to-cost. | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Isembard accelerates manufacturing for companies, particularly those involved in producing complex products like rockets, drones, and satellites. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lightpanda develops a fast, lightweight browser engine for automation, crawling and AI agents | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Litona develops and supplies high-quality sodium-ion battery cells | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Luma Labs creates AI agents for creative work, such as generating video, image, audio, and text content. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| NILO allows users to create and play games in their browser with friends | GamingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Opal Electronics produces electronics for demanding customers. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| PierSight Space develops and provides synthetic aperture radar systems for maritime and defense surveillance | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for global payroll, employer of record, and contractor management | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Rivet provides tax preparation and accounting services to companies and individuals. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Sensmore develops and implements automation and intelligence systems for heavy machinery in industries such as mining and aggregates. | Industrial & ManufacturingRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- prototypecap.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 26
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