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VentureFriends
Venture capital
VentureFriends is an early-stage European venture capital firm that invests predominantly at Pre-Seed and Seed, with first tickets of €500k to €3m. It has raised four funds and reports €300m+ in assets under management, backing founders across Europe and MENA.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
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Your fit with VentureFriends
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Or find every investor that fitsVentureFriends lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 13 funding rounds, 8 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Fintech (25%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (6%). It invests most often alongside T-Life Capital, AlleyCorp and Heartfelt.
Counts come from funding rounds that name VentureFriends, 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 | 8% |
| Seed | 75% |
| Series A | 8% |
| Series B | 8% |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 4 |
| '26 | 8 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 84th | 83% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 95th | 26% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Fintech | 25% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| T-Life Capital | 5 |
| AlleyCorp | 3 |
| Heartfelt | 3 |
| 4Founders Capital | 2 |
| Innovestor | 2 |
| Lifeline Ventures | 2 |
| PROfounders Capital | 2 |
| Tesi | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers19100%
- 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 togetherCompare VentureFriends head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with VentureFriends| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 11 May 2026 | Series B | |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Round Led |
Round details for VentureFriends
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in VentureFriends' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |||
| Barte provides payment and artificial intelligence solutions for financial teams | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company maximizes the value of energy storage systems for its clients. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Carmoola provides car finance and related services, including flexible car loans and a car finance calculator. | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Embat provides a treasury management system for real-time control and cash management | FintechAI & Machine Learning | May 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| HarborLab provides a platform for managing port costs and DA for vessel owners and shipping companies | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Merx provides conversational commerce solutions for enterprise retail using WhatsApp and AI agents | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Huspy provides mortgage and property services to help individuals find and finance their new home | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kodesage provides AI-powered legacy modernization solutions to maintain and modernize legacy systems faster while reducing reliance on essential staff. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Measurlabs tests materials and products for various industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and construction materials. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2023Seed | Funding round | |
| NeuralTrust provides a platform for AI and agent security, offering products and solutions to protect agent interactions and secure AI operations. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Poindexter Labs is an AI capability and efficiency lab for teams building and improving frontier systems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Sybilion connects external world dynamics to the decisions that shape a company's margin, working alongside the systems the company already runs. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Synergi provides a technical aggregation platform for utilities, DSOs, and asset owners to manage and control distributed energy assets. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Blueground offers furnished apartments for rent on a short or long-term basis | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Unosecur provides identity security solutions using AI-powered technology | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Valeria HR provides digital labor management and automated payroll services for companies in Spain | Human Resources | Feb 2026Round | Page + round | |
| The company provides accounting, bookkeeping, and tax services to startups. | Fintech | Oct 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Plum offers various financial products and services, including savings accounts, investments, and pensions, to help users manage their money and achieve their goals. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- venturefriends.vc
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Sept 2023
- Companies checked
- 19
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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