Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco.  Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and ''check in'' at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support through every stage of your journey.  Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one.  You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.

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Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world's leading companies. We invest across four key themes - fintech, health, climate, and deeptech. Founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox and George Northcott, Founders Factory combines capital and bespoke support from a team of over 70 specialists with a broad network of corporates and established entrepreneurs. Founders Factory has backed over 300 technology companies globally. Corporate partners include Aviva, L’Oreal, Guardian Media Group, easyJet, Reckitt, Marks and Spencer, CSC Group, J&J, Deutsche Telekom, Fastweb, Pico Global, Mediobanca and Standard Bank.

Founders Factory

Force Over Mass Capital is an FCA regulated venture capital firm focused on early stage technology investments across UK and Europe. We invest in B2B innovation across four verticals, i.e. Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Industry 4.0. FOM cap operates both seed and scale-up funds to support early stage businesses through their growth journey.

Force Over Mass Capital

Sure Valley Ventures is an entrepreneur-led Venture Capital Fund that invests in early-stage software companies. Working in partnership with Shard Capital, a specialist broker and asset manager based in the City of London, Sure Valley Ventures specializes in investing in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), Financial Technology (FinTech), and the Internet of Things (IoT) Sectors.

Sure Valley Ventures

Notion is an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm that focuses on high potential businesses in the Cloud Computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) markets. It is an early-stage venture fund that focuses mainly on technology and cloud computing markets. The firm helps European tech companies fulfill their potential and achieve a massive scale. Notion invests early when it can build strong relationships and help to shape the future success of its companies. Notion Capital was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in London, England.

Notion Capital

Founded in July 2015, Elefund is a US-based venture capital firm with its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The firm has invested in several well-known companies whose products and services have benefited millions of people all over the world and created thousands of jobs.

Elefund

Colopl Next is the corporate venture capital of is Colopl, Inc, which is a leading Japanese gaming company. Colopl, Inc. is founded with the mission of “Entertainment in Real Life”, and constantly put its customer as first priority. Colopl Next is headquartered in Japan, but invests globally in a variety of internet businesses, with the commitment to support innovative entrepreneurs.

Colopl Next

DIP Capital is a venture capital firm that invests across Europe in disruptive businesses. DIP's first fund has €40m to invest in late seed-stage and growth companies, to support top entrepreneurs that have the most interesting disruptive business

DIP Capital

As former founders, we've raised money for our own startups, scaled teams from one to hundreds, and have an exhaustive network of former founders, investors, and domain experts. We've mentored and advised dozens of venture backed startups with multiple exits. We invest in companies across multiple countries and sectors.

Side Door Ventures

Kuvi Capital

Rocket Capital is a VC fund focusing on New Media Technology start-ups globally. We invest in pre-Series A, Series A & Series B companies and help founders scale in Asia.

Rocket Capital

SoftBank provides fixed-line, mobile telephony, internet, telecommunications, and digital television products. It is a multinational telecommunications and internet corporation focused on broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, the internet, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. The company operates through four segments. The mobile communications segment provides mobile communications services, produces and distributes online games for smartphones and other devices, offers mobile broadband services, provides supply chain solutions, handset protection, and insurance, buy-back and trade-in services, omnichannel solutions, and financial services, and sells mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and SoftBank smartphones. The Sprint segment offers mobile and fixed-line voice and data transmission services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. and sells mobile devices and accessories. The fixed-line telecommunications segment offers telecom services such as fixed-line telephone and data communications services to corporate customers and broadband services to individual customers. The internet segment is engaged in the operation of the Yahoo! Japan portal, the sale of internet advertising, the operation of e-commerce sites, the provision of membership services, the sale and marketing of data centers, the provision of online automobile-related information, and the operation of the internet affiliate system. SoftBank also generates and sells electricity from renewable energy sources; provides payment processing, invoice collections, and computation services for businesses; distributes video, voice, and data content via media; operates the IT information site ITmedia; provides solutions and services for online businesses; and operates online games and software downloads. Additionally, it is involved in the ownership of professional baseball teams, the operation of baseball games, the management and maintenance of baseball stadiums and other sports facilities, and the procurement of funds by issuing preferred securities.

SoftBank

Platina is an independent European investment firm focusing on two distinct areas : private equity and renewable energy infrastructure.  The Platina Equity Solutions team manages the private equity investment programme of families and foundations without some of the constraints of a closed end fund. Besides their ability to invest in traditional buy out, growth and development capital transactions, they also provide equity solutions to situations which have strategic or financial features or constraints which might deter traditional private equity investors.

Platina Partners

Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security, and new business models.

Animoca Brands

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

Kingsway Capital

The Sandbox is a decentralized, community-driven platform, where creators can make voxel assets and gaming experiences and monetize them on the blockchain. It features 3 main components: an NFT builder, a Marketplace, and Game Maker.

The Sandbox

Gemini Frontier Fund is a strategic venture fund focused on growing the crypto ecosystem through investment in early-stage crypto projects and startups.

Gemini Frontier Fund

HodlCo engages in building and backing the future of blockchain, gaming, and the metaverse.

HodlCo

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Atlas offers a platform for developers to craft detailed 3D models from reference images and text. The platform acts as a collaborative design partner for game developers and brands, reducing the time it takes to build virtual worlds compared to traditional methods. This also includes assets used in VR environments/simulations.It enables the generation of detailed 3D models directly from reference images and textual inputs. The software's core functionality revolves around transforming 2D imagery into three-dimensional worlds, offering a vast array of possibilities for game development and design creation.The platform was accessible only for enterprise and commercial use as of November 2023 and the company planned to initiate alpha testing for a public platform in the upcoming months.Key customers and partnershipsThe platform has found application among game developers and brands, including Consortium9, Shrapnel, and Square Enix.Funding and financialsIn February 2024, Atlas received a grant of EUR 4.5 million (~USD 4.8 million) from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). Funds were to be directed toward expanding Atlas's R&amp;D activities over three years, with specific allotments determined by the achievement of set milestones. The company previously raised USD 6 million in seed funding across two rounds in November 2023.Competitors: None under coverage (Atlas offers GenAI tools to streamline VR game content creation).

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 Atlas offers a platform for developers to craft detailed 3D models from reference images and text. The platform acts as a collaborative design partner for game developers and brands, reducing the time it takes to build virtual worlds compared to traditional methods. It enables the generation of detailed 3D models directly from reference images and textual inputs. The software's core functionality revolves around transforming 2D imagery into three-dimensional worlds, offering a vast array of possibilities for game development and design creation.&nbsp;
 
 
 The platform was accessible only for enterprise and commercial use as of November 2023 and the company planned to initiate alpha testing for a public platform in the upcoming months.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 The platform has found application among game developers and brands, including Consortium9, Shrapnel, and Square Enix.&nbsp;
 
 
 Funding and financials&nbsp;
 
 
 In November 2023, Atlas raised 
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 USD 6 million
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 in seed funding in two rounds. One round of USD 4.5 million was led by 6th Man Ventures and the other of USD 1.5 million by Collab+Currency. The funds were slated for expanding its developer solutions suite and constructing its self-service 3D AI creator platform. 
 In February 2024, the company received 
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 EUR 4.5 million
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 (~USD 4.8 million) through a grant from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) to expand its research and development activities over a span of three years, with specific allotments determined by the achievement of set milestones.
 
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Atlas builds cutting-edge generative 3D AI technology to enable the creation of assets & virtual worlds.

Admix is a monetisation platform for game developers that enables non-intrusive, programmatic product placements within their content. Admix is a programmatic platform for everything from immersive technologies to mobile games, selling their inventory to popular demand-side platforms and giving millions of advertisers the ability to buy game media in a couple of clicks.

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