Investors in Ai

212 backs bold, growth-stage tech companies across Turkey, CEE, MENA and the diaspora. Currently, the fund manages €86M of committed capital and 19 active investments. 212’s time-tested strategy is to advance B2B tech solutions with demonstrated traction, a precise product-market fit, and founders who are ready and eager to scale internationally. As a firm believer in investing in teams, 212 has built a diverse and dynamic team over a decade while establishing and utilizing a robust presence in Istanbul, Doha, and San Francisco. ‘Test Local, Go Global’ is 212’s guiding principle. 212 does more than invest in the region and aims higher than going global. It is a personalized venture capital firm with deeply rooted global networks that bring in growth partners to help expand and guide the ecosystem. The forward-thinking initiative ‘212 Growth Partner’ program is one initiative that supports and provides value-add services to portfolio companies. Over two funds, 212 has created +$2B in value investing in early-stage technology startups. Acclaimed winners from Fund I include Iyzico and Insider. Iyzico exited in 2019, returning the fund’s entire invested capital. Insider, a Sequoia-backed company with a female founder, is the first B2B unicorn to come out of Turkey. To date, Fund II has invested in 16 remarkable companies: 123 Form Builder, App Samurai, Artboard Studio, Avatao, Chooch, Fazla, MallIQ, Marti, Meddy, Metrobi, OMMA, SmartMessage, Trio Mobil, Bolt, Wellbees and Socradar.

Blockchain Founders Group (BFG) is the driving force behind web3 innovation. As a company builder, we bring together a team of blockchain visionaries, experienced entrepreneurs, and industry experts, all committed to nurturing emerging talent. Our BFG acceleration programs serve as your springboard for launching blockchain startups, transforming concepts into reality in just 2-3 months. Each cohort develops 5-8 unique web3 ideas, and selected projects will be financially supported with 70,000 - 100,000 EUR, along with access to our extensive network.

Embryo Ventures is a London-based venture firm that backs visionary founders building transformational companies at the seed stage. We place relationships at the fore and are committed to bringing powerful ideas that purposefully challenge current thinking and practice to life.

Generali Ventures is underway: with a dedicated commitment of €250 million, we aim to identify and invest in high-growth opportunities, particularly in the insurtech and fintech sectors. Generali Ventures is more than just a venture capital initiative: it is a testament to our commitment to innovation and our drive to transform the insurance sector. We are dedicated to staying at the forefront of emerging technologies and providing our customers with the best possible service. The initiative was designed to address challenges arising from the sector’s rapid evolution, evolving customer needs and significant global trends.

Marathon caters to those who are willing to go after the seemingly impossible. Those who persevere in the face of adversity. The ones who will ultimately get to redefine entire industries. We aim to bring together everyone who can enable founders to realize their ambitions. We are network builders as well as company builders. Creators of value who are able to see where interests align. We stand for limitless ambition, uncompromising integrity, radical openness and giving back to our community. Marathon is a long-term venture and we are just getting started.

J&T Ventures is an early-stage Prague based Venture Capital fund, which invests into promising startups from the CEE and SEE region. Our strategy is industry agnostic, but we primarily focus on companies in seed stage with proven product market fit. Our average ticket size is between 0.5m EUR - 3m EUR.

ING Ventures is the venture capital arm of ING, making minority investments in early and growth stage companies that have a strategic relevance to ING. It targets series A to D stage companies with differentiating technology, a solid team, market traction and a proven solution to impact ING’s business and enable ING’s clients to access innovative and best-in-class services.

Hellen's Rock is a single family office with diversified assets under management. Its venture capital fund partners with innovative doers and thinkers who have the know-how and vision to build game-changing companies. Our investments are driven by the overarching goal of inspiring and improving the lives of current and future generations. We support people who share our goal of exploring new ideas to build a more connected world - a world where everyone has access to wellbeing, education, finance and entertainment. Our Founder, Sacha Dragic, is a serial entrepreneur from CEE who gained valuable experience in launching a wide range of initiatives before founding the Superbet Group - a European market-leading multi-billion business that attracted one of the world's largest private equity funds - the Blackstone Group - to invest €175 million to accelerate Superbet's global business expansion.

We are a venture capital fund investing in truly innovative, seed & early-stage company founders with roots in Turkey and Central/Eastern Europe.

Pentech Ventures is a leading early-stage software investor looking for opportunities to help build breakout companies in emerging market spaces, with particular focus on AI and ML. Founded in 2001, the firm has raised over £150m across three funds and has a long track record of guiding small founding teams from pre-launch to international scale. Pentech’s four partners are ex-operators with deep tech backgrounds and an immersive understanding of the businesses they invest in. Pentech Ventures invest in teams who believe they can build a category leading software company. Our main areas of interest are around use of advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; and advanced Infrastructure such as Blockchain; and verticals that are enabled via the efficient use of AI and new infrastructure approaches, such as FinServ, Health, Mobility and Enterprise Transformation. We consider both B2C and B2B opportunities.

Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators who are applying our experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. We are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe, and we believe that the critical differentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders. We take pride in the calibre and success of all of our founders and teams including but nowhere near limited to GoCardless, Tray.io, Mendeley, Digital Shadows, urban, Adzuna, Smarkets, Ravelin, Nested, Tide, Spill, Marshmallow, Butternut Box,, PolyAI, Lendable and Monzo Bank

Pact is an early stage tech fund backing mission driven founders with global ambition. We have over 40 years’ experience building purpose driven businesses in Asia, Middle East and India, and a strong track record investing in them in the UK and Europe. Pact invests in pre-seed and seed-stage companies under three themes which we call our ABCs - Access, Betterment, and Climate - Access: democratising access to products and services - Betterment: solutions for personal and professional wellbeing - Climate: technology targeting sustainability and climate solutions