Investors in Sharing

QUBIS Innovation Fund, managed by QUBIS Ltd, is the commercialization arm of Queen's University Belfast. We are dedicated to nurturing early-stage ventures rooted in innovative technologies emerging from our university's research ecosystem. Specializing in sectors such as life sciences, engineering, physical sciences, and ICT, our fund provides critical seed and early-stage funding to propel these startups towards commercial success. Beyond financial support, we offer strategic mentorship and operational guidance, leveraging our deep ties within the university and broader innovation community. By bridging the gap between academia and industry, we play a pivotal role in translating groundbreaking research into tangible products and services that drive economic growth and societal impact. Our collaborative approach accelerates the growth of emerging businesses while strengthening the innovation ecosystem in Northern Ireland and beyond.

United Kingdom Pre-Seed / Seed
€1.5M-€3M

adVentures breed innovative startups that create value, ultimately contributing to the common good. At adVentures, we breed innovative startups that create value, ultimately contributing to the common good. We create ventures that enable efficiency and collaboration on a global scale. By combining technologies and entrepreneurial talents, we strive to overcome unanswered challenges.

France Pre-Seed / Seed
0-€100k

i4Trust

Accelerator

i4Trust primary goal is to accelerate the development of innovative services centered on new data value chains. Data Spaces for Effective and Trusted Data Sharing. A collaborative initiative boosting the development of innovative services related to data value chains in multiple sectors and geographies in Europe.

Germany Pre-Seed / Seed
0-€100k

Via ID

VC Firm

Via ID is a business accelerator that supports in the long term projects related to sustainable mobility. Via ID offers a complete ecosystem for the entrepreneurs that choose to join it, providing incubation, financial support, expert advice and strong synergies with leading providers of mobility solutions. Today, Via ID has an incubator in France

France Pre-Seed / Seed
0-€100k

MobilityFund

VC Firm

MobilityFund is a global partnership of founders & funders with deep experience transforming the mobility sectors. They work with startups and incumbents disrupting the connectivity, autonomy, shared mobility, energy and logistics sectors, across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Their 20 plus partners help accelerate, invest, and acquire across the disruptive mobility landscape.

Germany Series A/B
€100k-€1.5M

Equinor Ventures

Corporate VC

Equinor Ventures invests in and supports innovative companies to shape the future of energy. Equinor Ventures is Equinor’s corporate venture arm dedicated to investing in ambitious early phase and growth companies. We believe that the innovation, creativity and agility of start-ups can drive change, and transition the energy industry towards a low carbon future.

Norway Pre-Seed / Seed, Series A/B
€100k-€1.5M

Via ID

Corporate VC

Via ID is a business accelerator that supports in the long term projects related to sustainable mobility. Via ID offers a complete ecosystem for the entrepreneurs that choose to join it, providing incubation, financial support, expert advice and strong synergies with leading providers of mobility solutions. Today, Via ID has an incubator in France (Paris and Lille), but also an office in San Francisco, in Singapore and shortly in Berlin. The Dexia Group is being managed in a run-off manner in accordance with the orderly resolution plan validated by the European Commission in December 2012.

France Pre-Seed / Seed, Series A/B
€100k-€1.5M

Adjuvo

VC Firm

Adjuvo is an experienced membership network of Angel investors who support and commit capital to innovative early-stage British companies. From former Directors of large public companies to successful founders and entrepreneurs, our membership consists of over 170 individuals with expertise across private and public industry sectors and organisations of scale. With a portfolio of over 20 businesses, potential portfolio companies will be innovative, high-growth businesses led by outstanding founders who have the desire to work collaboratively with us and other co-investors.

United Kingdom
0-€100k

Founded in 2018 Nordic Secondary Fund is the first and only fund in the Nordics to exclusively invest in secondaries. The Private Equity “Secondaries” asset class is an attractive alternative investment with high yields and is a source of diversification for investors to mitigate overall risk. Nordic Secondary Fund’s investment focus is exclusively on Nordic and Baltic companies, where the founder and key employees are domiciled. All startups have a proven and scalable business model, locally as well as globally.

Denmark Series A/B
€1.5M-€3M

RubyLight

VC Firm

RubyLight consists of experienced tech entrepreneurs that founded a new technology investment fund in 2010. Their passion is to help fast growing internet and mobile startups to scale and expand globally.

Latvia Pre-Seed / Seed
€100k-€1.5M

Red-stars invests in and manages companies that provide essential products and services for digitalization. They focus on mission-critical offerings in the Life Sciences sector. Their expertise ensures these companies meet the highest industry standards.

Austria Pre-Seed / Seed
€1.5M-€3M