30 Best Venture Capital Investors in Manufacturing (in 2024)
The Manufacturing sector in Europe is seeing true innovation. At the heart of this story are investors who recognize the transformative power of the industry and are keen to champion the companies working on problems worth solving.
This list is the result of tracking investment activity across +2,500 venture capital investors in Europe, and only includes funds that have invested in at least 5 Manufacturing startups in the past 12 months. If you're a startup in th space, an investor diversifying into new sectors, or someone keen on tracking the pulse of industry-specific investments, this list is a must-see.
Tracking:
Last update to the database: April 9, 2024. See changelog.
Investor Rankings are calculated using our Seedtable score – a 1 to 100 score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points (like the size of their fund or the quality of the companies they invested in) to signal the strength behind an investor. A score closer to 100 indicates an investor is worth watching closely.
List of 30 top VCs in Manufacturing
Download our full database of +1,000+ investors62Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Stockholm, New York
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed, Series_h, Series_g, Debt Financing
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Check size
$100k - $40M
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Mobile and 40 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Wagestream (
75), MImo ( 68), Finom ( 68)
62LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Mobile and 50 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Qogita (
68), Travel Perk ( 68), Sylvera ( 64)
67We back Europe’s best global tech companies, before the rest of the world believes
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Check size
$1M - $5M
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Industries
Health Tech, Manufacturing, Biotech and 33 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Fluent (
64), Baseimmune ( 64), Cogna ( 59)
62Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Check size
$1M - $50M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Health Tech, CPG & Consumer Goods and 33 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Pigment (
79), Travel Perk ( 68), Ledger ( 59)
57Kindred is an early stage venture capital fund based in London that practises equitable venture.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Check size
$500k - $1M
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Industries
Manufacturing, Fintech, Biotech and 31 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Lottie (
59), Pollen ( 59), Paddle ( 59)
56Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
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Offices:
Menlo Park (HQ), San Francisco, Tel Aviv
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Crypto & web3, AI and 42 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Blockchain.com (
68), Mistral AI ( 64), Stability AI ( 59)
60Bpifrance is the bank (and fund) of entrepreneurs.
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Debt Financing, Pre Seed, Series_g, Series_i, Series_h
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Industries
Health Tech, Manufacturing, Biotech and 46 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Quandela (
68), Bioptimus ( 68), Aqemia ( 68)
62Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
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Offices:
Menlo Park (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Pre Seed
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Industries
Health Tech, Manufacturing, AI and 25 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Eligo Bioscience (
64), Tortus AI ( 59), Recraft ( 59)
56BNP Paribas is the leading bank in the European Union.
- Offices:
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series D, Series E, Series F, Debt Financing
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Industries
Manufacturing, Ecommerce, Biotech and 19 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
BlaBlaCar (
79), GREENERWAVE ( 64), H2 Green Steel ( 64)
54SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Mountain View
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series_g, Series_h, Pre Seed, Series_i
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Mobile and 49 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Travel Perk (
68), Dice ( 64), Robin AI ( 64)
59Kima Ventures investes $150k in 100 new deals per year.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Check size
$0k - $150k
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Industries
Fintech, Ecommerce, Mobile and 61 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Usual Labs (
68), PhotoRoom ( 68), HyLight ( 64)
59Heartcore is a venture capital firm that invests in founders building category-defining consumer internet brands.
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Offices:
Copenhagen (HQ), Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed
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Check size
$300k - $6M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Manufacturing, Proptech & Real Estate and 34 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Travel Perk (
68), Nūmi ( 54), FINN ( 54)
51Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs.
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Offices:
Zürich (HQ), Zürich (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Data and Analytics, Business Intelligence and 39 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Blockchain.com (
68), Uncapped ( 64), Neko Health ( 59)
64Balderton Capital is a Early-Stage Venture Capital Investor.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Debt Financing
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Check size
$1M - $20M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Mobile and 50 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Wagestream (
75), PhotoRoom ( 68), Scalable Capital ( 64)
56Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
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Offices:
Palo Alto (HQ), London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed, Series_g
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Check size
$1M - $20M
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Industries
Fintech, Mobile, Ecommerce and 47 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
BlaBlaCar (
79), Qogita ( 68), Filigran ( 64)
56Seedcamp is a European seed fund that identifies and invests early in founders attacking global markets.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre Seed
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Check size
$300k - $2M
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Industries
Fintech, Business Intelligence, Data and Analytics and 53 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
MImo (
68), Metaview ( 68), Curve ( 64)
54Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Industries
Health Tech, AI, Manufacturing and 60 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Factorial HR (
75), Condukt ( 64), Robin AI ( 64)
50BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders, at Seed, in Europe.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
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Check size
$500k - $5M
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Industries
Fintech, Manufacturing, Biotech and 37 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Thought Machine (
59), Pollen ( 59), Lopay ( 54)
71Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm. The firm is located in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry. It has backed companies that now control $1.4 trillion of the combined stock market value.
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Offices:
San Mateo (HQ), London
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Industries
Robotics, Manufacturing, Ecommerce and 20 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Pennylane (
68), Guided Energy ( 64), tacto ( 64)
50Future Positive Capital is an investment firm that invests in deep tech companies.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), London
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Investment Stage
Series A, Series B, Series C
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Check size
$300k - $1M
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Industries
Energy & Nuclear, Manufacturing, Climate Tech & Green Tech and 10 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Ouihelp (
54), Brilliant Planet ( 50), Cervest ( 43)
54Creandum is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the companies of tomorrow.
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Offices:
Stockholm (HQ), Berlin, London, San Francisco
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Mobile, Mobility & Transportation and 48 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Factorial HR (
75), Packfleet ( 64), Monta ( 64)
51We support visionary founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise. Partners to UK early-stage B2B software and healthcare leaders.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Industries
Data and Analytics, Business Intelligence, Health Tech and 36 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Mondra (
59), Accelex ( 59), kennek ( 54)
50Entrepreneur First brings individuals together and helps them find an idea, start a company and raise money.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Paris, Berlin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre Seed
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Industries
AI, Health Tech, Business Intelligence and 47 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Tortus AI (
59), Automata ( 59), Gensyn ( 59)
62Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
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Offices:
London (HQ), San Francisco, New York
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, AI, Business Intelligence and 51 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
DataSnipper (
68), Superlinked ( 64), tacto ( 64)
51European venture capital firm focused on digital & deep tech startups, from early to growth-stage.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ), Toulouse, Barcelona, Tel Aviv
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Pre Seed
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Check size
$300k - $15M
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Industries
Health Tech, Data and Analytics, AI and 38 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Aqemia (
68), Gleamer ( 59), HarfangLab ( 59)
6483North is a global venture capital firm with more than $1.8B million under management.
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Offices:
London (HQ), Tel Aviv
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Manufacturing and 27 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Vertice (
64), Paddle ( 59), Orbem ( 54)
57Daphni is a venture capital fund investing in user-oriented, early stage startups with the European DNA and strong international ambition.
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Offices:
Paris (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
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Check size
$500k - $1M
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Industries
Ecommerce, Fintech, Mobile and 23 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Dema.ai (
64), Kolet ( 64), Welfaire ( 59)
54Molten Ventures - previously Draper Esprit - is the first European tech-focused VC not tied to
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Offices:
London (HQ), Dublin
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
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Check size
$2M - $50M
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Industries
Fintech, Data and Analytics, AI and 45 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
IMU Biosciences (
64), Lyst ( 59), Ledger ( 59)
50JME Venture Capital focuses on late seed and series A of Spanish companies with a technological base.
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Offices:
Madrid (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Edtech, Ecommerce and 37 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
TaxDown (
64), Bankflip ( 54), Harbiz ( 54)
51Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
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Offices:
London (HQ)
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Investment Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Pre Seed
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Industries
Fintech, Data and Analytics, Business Intelligence and 41 more.
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Top investments in Manufacturing
Vortexa (
64), Cogna ( 59), Fiat Republic ( 59)