Investors in Ai

Ahren is a deep tech and deep science investment firm set up by Alice Newcombe-Ellis alongside co-Founding Science Partners. Together, these Founders created companies and/or technologies that are today valued in excess of $100BN combined. The firm was established from first principles with a mission to be disruptive as an investment institution, with a new model – genuine partnership between the creators of deep technology and deep science, and commercially active, long-term capital, to harness tremendous global talent and build and exponentially accelerate the next generation of great enterprises. Ahren’s Portfolio companies include AI21 Labs, Graphcore, Zapata Computing, ZOE, Phaidra, Heirloom Carbon, and Bicycle Therapeutics among others. Ahren has >$800M AUM and has team members in Cambridge (UK), London, and Boston.

Our vision is of a Regenerative Economy where people can thrive while respecting social and planetary boundaries. In line with its mission «we finance the solutions for a regenerative economy», Quadia targets companies which have positioned their strategic development on products and service that contribute to a regenerative economy. These transformative companies operate in the areas of clean energy, sustainable food and circular products & materials. Since its creation, Quadia has financed over 40 companies, projects and investment funds for the equivalent of EUR 200 million. Quadia is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Kvanted is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in Northern European companies with industry-changing software and hardware solutions. Our investment philosophy is rooted in accelerating industrial decarbonization and digital transformation, driven by powerful tailwinds from increased demand for industrial automation, sustainability, and supply chain resilience. As the next Industrial Revolution introduces new growth possibilities through groundbreaking technologies, we recognize the innovation potential of traditional European industries.

Leadblock Bitpanda Ventures (LBV) is a EU-based investment fund focusing on digital assets start-ups. LBV focuses on the growth drivers underpinning the next crypto cycle: the middleware and application layers, and user-oriented interfaces contributing to Web3's mainstream adoption.

The flagship initiative of the investment programmme will be the Circularity Fund, to which SHEIN will provide the launch capitalisation of €200 million. Building on SHEIN’s existing programs to advance R&D and innovation in circularity for the fashion industry, the Fund will support start-ups and businesses throughout Europe and the UK that are developing next-generation technologies and solutions by: Investing in early-stage start-ups working on textile-to-textile recycled materials innovation and related areas. Entering into offtake agreements or other commercial partnerships with more mature start-ups with existing production capacity in textile-to-textile recycled materials or new and emerging preferred fibres. SHEIN will be the cornerstone investor of the Circularity Fund and is inviting businesses, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds globally to co-invest in the Fund.

We built a unicorn with +1000 FTE and secured €400 million in capital investment to drive our vision forward. On this journey, we've encountered both challenges and triumphs and we want to help you miss out on some of the mistakes we know all too well - we've been there. We are founders.

The Merantix AI Fund builds and invests in category-defining early-stage AI-native companies, always seeking the largest exponential lever through AI as a general-purpose technology. We strongly believe in and focus on vertically integrated business models, data flywheel effects, multidisciplinary founding teams, societal impact, and leveraging the European industry sovereignty.

We complement our own research and development capabilities with those of external researchers, startups and other partners to bring innovative products and services to market more quickly. As part of our open innovation approach, we also invest into startup companies and organizations through venture capital (VC). We have a long track record of leveraging VC investing to help us to stay on top of the latest food industry trends. Today, we focus on three investment pillars - health science, innovation and sustainability - to drive new business and support our path to Net Zero, with businesses and technologies that can be deployed across our value chain. Through VC funding, we provide catalytic capital to support pioneering ideas on their launch and growth journey. Our investment strategy is predominantly based on a fund of funds approach, where we invest in VC funds with a proven track record and industry expertise.

We back growth-stage ventures in verticals including esports, e-commerce, biotech, artificial intelligence, robotics and technology hardware. We also make private market investments into companies with a clear path toward an imminent IPO.

Paladin Capital Group is a leading global investor that supports and grows the world’s most innovative companies through venture investment, expansion, and growth capital. We are headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices in London, Luxembourg, New York City, and Silicon Valley. We seek out diverse investment opportunities across the US and worldwide. Paladin is a leader in investing in technologies, products, and services focused on dual use in both commercial and governmental markets with a strong value-add culture. Paladin Cyber Fund: Our most recent fund focuses on Digital Infrastructure Resilience, investing globally in advanced technologies and solutions which enable, monitor, manage, and defend critical infrastructure that is dependent on cyber space. The Fund is actively investing and has closed eleven investments.

Prosegur Tech Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Prosegur. Prosegur Tech Ventures’ investments do not have any geographical limitation and, though flexible when analysing each investment, the ticket ranges from a minimum investment of 300 thousand euros to a maximum of 3 million euros. To date, investments have been made into two Israeli cybersecurity companies, one operating under the “command & control” platform and the other applying cognitive computing techniques with a special focus on GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). In addition, Prosegur Tech Ventures has invested in a Brazilian FinTech specialized in the reconciliation of retail collections and capable of processing more than 18 million transactions per month. A Spanish AdTech (technology applied to marketing) specialist, through the incorporation of artificial intelligence, in the optimization of leads for the generation of sales (L2RM). And finally, a German company that develops augmented reality-based solutions in industrial applications.

For 20 years, Adara Ventures has partnered with exceptional early-stage European founders targeting global B2B markets. ‍ The fund has a target size of €120 million to invest in cutting-edge technologies and solutions that accelerate the energy transition in Europe. After 20 years of a successful track record in deep tech investments across Europe, Adara is naturally expanding to tackle one of the European economy's most complex challenges: balancing the Energy Trilemma to create an energy system that is reliable, affordable, and sustainable.