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We are a new generation of venture capital funders backing exceptional female founders and gender-balanced teams. SISTAFUND is a pan-European VC fund backing female founders and gender-balanced teams, building companies that challenge the status quo. With a target of €100 million, SISTAFUND will be deployed from pre-seed to Series A, mainly in France and Europe, with some investments in the U.S. SISTAFUND’s ambition is twofold: Drive the performance of backed companies, since start-ups founded or co-founded by women are 2.5 times more profitable investments than others (BCG study, 2018). Accelerate a new generation of diversified leaders, by supporting start-ups with at least one female co-founder

Founded by athletes, for athletes. We invest in the next generation of tech enabled startups at Seed & Series A. We implement an investment strategy that harnesses the privileged access to private deals afforded to elite professional athletes. We then add tangible growth by leveraging our network for early-stage companies. We are generalist Seed and Series A investors, writing initial cheques of £50,000 to £300,000 into high-performing early-stage businesses. We focus predominantly on the UK and Europe, but we remain open to exceptional global opportunities. We are not lead investors – instead, we co-invest alongside world-class VCs, collaborating on opportunities with market leading investors and founders.

ESG-focused fund, helping female-founders and gender-balanced teams in the BaltiNordics get access to capital to scale world-changing ideas

Sofia Angels Ventures is a EUR 13 million co-investment venture capital fund backed by the European Investment Fund to co-invest on deal-by-deal basis alongside private co-investors (angels, family offices, funds and other private institutions). Focus on tech startups at the early stage of development. Ticket size of EUR 200k – EUR 500k for first investment and up-to EUR 1.0m for follow-on investments. The management team consists of professionals with considerable financial, entrepreneurial and operating experience, who themselves are angel investors. The management team has invested its own capital in the fund. Strong network of angel investors creates a unique advantage in deal sourcing.

We believe that a sound financial system is crucial for our society. Therefore, we enable Fintechs to build a better generation of finance. Our mission is to invest in Fintechs democratizing access to financial products, empowering people to gain financial security and improving efficiency as well as sustainability. We manage a CHF 100m fund backed by TX Group, the largest private media group in Switzerland. We back our companies with hands-on support in the areas of Marketing, Tech and Cybersecurity.

Ethias Ventures is the venture capital arm of Ethias group. Investing in innovative start-ups relevant in insurance ecosystem is our leitmotif. Beyond investments, we create partnership opportunities with Ethias insurance business to accelerate your growth. Because we believe in win-win investments ! We are currently looking for European start-ups, with visible traction, and scale-ups in InsurTech and in the ecosystems related to insurance : Mobility, Health and Property. With Ethias Ventures, you can rely on our rich expertise and strong position in Belgian insurance market : • #1 Direct Insurer with 1.2 Mios B2C customers, 46.5K B2B customers (#1 public sector), • financial strength : Fitch rating A (May 2022).

Mercuri is the UK media and entertainment technology venture capital fund. It supports exceptional founders building technology enabled products for the new age of enterprise and the digital lifestyle of consumers in the UK. Mercuri lead funding rounds for start-ups that are impacting the rapidly evolving ecosystem at the intersection of technology, media and entertainment. Mercuri’s second fund, but first multi-LP fund, will focus investment into four specific areas - the creation, distribution, consumption, and monetisation of content and data. Investment targets B2B startups set to enhance the way in which we communicate and engage in a professional and personal context. The fund aims to make six new investments a year. Mercuri is a certified B Corp and the co-founder of VentureESG, and invests in portfolio companies that share its values through a commitment to robust data policies and safe, transparent AI.

Likeminded is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by a team of experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds in entrepreneurship and technology. The team specializes in supporting and investing in tech startups, providing them with the resources and expertise they need to succeed. Since its inception, Likeminded has made successful investments in various sectors and is dedicated to working closely with each company to provide guidance and support as they grow. The team is always looking for new opportunities to invest in and support ambitious startups.

blueworld.group is an investor of a new generation. With a heart for technological progress and innovation blueworld.group’s area of activity is investing, developing and optimizing. blueworld.group acts as an investor and innovator for ambitious growth companies and new business models in a wide range of industries. Therefore, blueworld.group works hand in hand with pioneering companies, their managers and employees to create outstanding performance as well as genuine and sustainable value. Always with the aim of harmonizing progress and sustainability in all dimensions.

The first NHS-founded and backed venture fund for digital health and MedTech. Accelerating the future of healthcare in the UK and beyond.

Schumpeter Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in start-ups in the FinTech, InsurTech and Cyber Security, focussing on building ecosystems with strong synergies.

Oxx partners with the most promising European B2B software companies at the scale-up stage. As a specialist SaaS investor, Oxx provides each entrepreneur with a support system of unique specialist expertise and network, and a culture of unfaltering partnership and absolute conviction. The firm’s strategy is built around the concept of “Go-To-Market Fit”, developing a structure for thinking about how to build a repeatable, sustainable growth engine that accelerates and propels the growth of SaaS companies. Oxx was founded by Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson in 2017 and is headquartered in London and Stockholm.