top AI investors and their European startups - 2023
In 2023 we have tracked about 2500 investors active in financing AI-based startups from Europe.
That's about 1000 more than in 2022 - somewhat normal, since all the rage of the past 18-24 months has been AI.
We had a deeper look at who did what and produced a cheat sheet showing the most active AI investors and a list of 200 startups they've backed, available below.
Let me know what you make of it.
Most active AI investors in Europe in 2023
OVERALL
- 🇺🇸 YC
- 🇸🇬 Antler
- 🇬🇧 Seedcamp
- 🇺🇸 Techstars
- 🇩🇪 Heartfelt
- 🇫🇷 Kima Ventures
- 🇩🇪 Tiny VC
- 🇺🇸 FJ Labs
- 🇬🇧 Notion Capital
- 🇫🇮 Inventure
- 🇩🇪 HTGF
- 🇬🇧 EF
- 🇬🇧 Hoxton Ventures
- 🇬🇧 Octopus Ventures
- 🇫🇷 Elaia
- 🇺🇸 Sequoia Capital
FRANCE
Most active AI investors:
- 🇫🇷 Kima Ventures
- 🇺🇸 YC
- 🇫🇷 Elaia
- 🇺🇸 Sequoia Capital
- 🇫🇷 Newfund
- 🇬🇧 EF
- 🇫🇷 Super Capital
- 🇫🇷 Motier Ventures
- 🇫🇷 UI Investissment
- 🇫🇷 Raise Ventures
- 🇬🇧 No Label Ventures
- 🇬🇧 Local Globe
- 🇫🇷 ISAI
- 🇫🇷 Polytechnique Ventures
- 🇮🇹 Auriga
AI Startups (33): *YC startups not included (click on name to see them)
- Ava App
- Aviwell
- Callyope
- Cargo France
- Command AI
- Dust France
- Fentech
- Fleeti
- Fragment
- Gladia
- Greenbids
- Guided Energy
- Hiboo
- Inarix
- i-Virtual
- Kestra
- Locuta
- Mimbi
- Mistral AI
- OpsMill
- Osium
- Pricemoov
- Quack AI
- Resolve Stroke
- Rollstack
- ShareID
- Sonio
- Spore Bio
- Swaap
- Verteego
- Thinkeo
- Wildsense
- Zeliq
THE UK
Most active AI investors:
- 🇺🇸 YC
- 🇬🇧 Seedcamp
- 🇬🇧 Mercia
- 🇬🇧 Portfolio VC
- 🇬🇧 Notion Capital
- 🇬🇧 Fuel Ventures
- 🇬🇧 Hoxton Ventures
- 🇬🇧 Octopus Ventures
- 🇬🇧 EF
- 🇬🇧 SFC Capital
- 🇺🇸 FJ Labs
- 🇺🇸 Techstars
AI Startups (37): *YC startups not included (click on name to see them)
- Arcane Intelligence
- Automata
- Avantia
- Biographica
- CellVoyant
- Cogna
- Cordless
- Decently
- Dijuno
- Eilla AI
- Enzai
- Fifth Dimension
- Finster AI
- Fluent
- Flowla
- Harriet HR
- Jenesys
- Kinnu
- Koios
- Konfir
- Magic ID
- MM App
- Medwise.ai
- Orbital Witness
- Pencil Biosciences
- Quantly
- Reach Industries
- SeeChange
- Soveren
- Spendkey
- Sylvera
- Valink Therapeutics
- Verisian
- TitanML
- Triple TechnologyTuza
- Twig
- Xonai
NORDIC COUNTRIES
Most active AI investors:
- 🇫🇮 Inventure
- 🇳🇴 StartupLab Founders
- 🇸🇪 Chalmers Ventures
- 🇳🇴 Skyfall Ventures
- 🇳🇴 Sondo
- 🇸🇬 Antler
- 🇺🇸 YC
- 🇸🇪 Almi Invest
- 🇩🇰 PreSeed Ventures
- 🇩🇰 Dreamcraft Ventures
- 🇸🇪 Industrifonden
AI Startups (39):
- 🇳🇴 Aiba
- 🇸🇪 Algeno
- 🇳🇴 Anker DB
- 🇸🇪 Anyo Labs
- 🇸🇪 Apica
- 🇩🇰 Avallone
- 🇫🇮 Capalo AI
- 🇸🇪 CodeScene
- 🇭🇺 Commsignia
- 🇳🇴 Curipod
- 🇳🇴 Databutton
- 🇳🇴 DeckMatch
- 🇸🇪 EmbeDL
- 🇸🇪 Encube
- 🇳🇴 Fairsight
- 🇩🇰 Hakio
- 🇸🇪 Hopsworks
- 🇩🇰 Humani
- 🇸🇪 Inceptron
- 🇩🇰 Jabbr
- 🇳🇴 Pistachio
- 🇩🇰 proemial
- 🇸🇪 Realforce
- 🇫🇮 ReOrbit
- 🇩🇰 Rig dev
- 🇸🇪 Skattio
- 🇩🇰 spektr
- 🇳🇴 Smartwatt
- 🇫🇮 Starcart
- 🇳🇴 Strise
- 🇳🇴 Surfact
- 🇩🇪 UltiHash
- 🇳🇴 UX Signals
- 🇪🇪 Value.Space
- 🇸🇪 Vesiro
- 🇸🇪 Viking Analytics
- 🇩🇰 Teton.ai
- 🇸🇪 Trustrace
- 🇩🇰 Wayfare.ai
GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND (DACH)
Most active AI investors:
- 🇺🇸 YC
- 🇩🇪 Heartfelt
- 🇩🇪 HTGF
- 🇩🇪 Bayern Kapital
- 🇩🇪 FTTF
- 🇩🇪 seed + speed ventures
- 🇩🇪 La Famiglia VC
- 🇩🇪 TGFS
- 🇩🇪 Possible Ventures
- 🇺🇸 Techstars
- 🇦🇹 aws Gründerfonds
- 🇩🇪 HV Capital
AI Startups (49): *YC, Techstars and Plug and Play startups not included (click to see them)
- 🇩🇪 Artificient Mobility Intelligence
- 🇸🇪 Asker Tech
- 🇩🇪 askui
- 🇩🇪 AwesomeQA
- 🇩🇪 BirdsView GmbH
- 🇩🇪 Cyber Insight
- 🇩🇪 ConstellR
- 🇨🇭 Covalo
- 🇩🇪 Dealcode
- 🇩🇪 deepeye medical
- 🇩🇪 DGG
- 🇩🇪 Driveblocks
- 🇩🇪 Eaze
- 🇨🇭 EthonAI
- 🇩🇪 Fabrikatör
- 🇩🇪 flowsight
- 🇩🇪 Floy
- 🇩🇪 GlassFlow
- 🇩🇪 Greater Moment
- 🇩🇪 hema to
- 🇨🇭 Helio
- 🇩🇪 Helsing
- 🇩🇪 Iqonic
- 🇩🇪 Impossible Cloud
- 🇦🇹 Infrared City
- 🇪🇪 Inspectle Food
- 🇩🇪 Kertos
- 🇩🇪 Kipu Quantum
- 🇩🇪 Langfuse
- 🇩🇪 MiViA
- 🇩🇪 MotionMiners
- 🇩🇪 nuvo
- 🇩🇪 oculai
- 🇩🇪 Orbem
- 🇩🇪 Pinpoint
- 🇦🇹 Prewave
- 🇸🇪 Prompt Studio
- 🇩🇪 ryver AI
- 🇩🇪 Selfapy
- 🇩🇪 Spoke.ai
- 🇩🇪 sovity
- 🇩🇪 Vectoflow
- 🇨🇭 Viboo
- 🇩🇪 VisionAI
- 🇦🇹 Visplore
- 🇬🇧 ThisThat
- 🇦🇹 Tilebox
- 🇩🇪 Toolify
- 🇩🇪 traide
AMERICANS
Most active AI investors:
- 🇺🇸 YC
- 🇺🇸 Techstars
- 🇺🇸 FJ Labs
- 🇺🇸 Sequoia Capital
- 🇺🇸 Plug and Play
- 🇺🇸 Pioneer Fund
- 🇺🇸 Khosla Ventures
- 🇺🇸 a16z
- 🇺🇸 GC
- 🇺🇸 Lightspeed Ventures
- 🇺🇸 Insight Ventures
- 🇺🇸 Gradient Ventures
- 🇺🇸 Acequia Capital
- 🇺🇸 Rebel Fund
- 🇺🇸 Accel
AI Startups (51): *YC, FJ Labs, Techstars and Plug and Play not included (click to see them)
- 🇺🇦 AiSDR
- 🇩🇪 Aily Labs
- 🇬🇧 Arcane Intelligence
- 🇩🇪 askLio
- 🇫🇷 Ava App
- 🇬🇧 atla ai
- 🇬🇧 Calimero Network
- 🇬🇧 Condukt
- 🇬🇧 Context ai
- 🇫🇷 Cycle App
- 🇩🇪 Daedalus
- 🇫🇷 Dust France
- 🇨🇭 EthonAI
- 🇵🇱 ElevenLabs
- 🇬🇧 Elyos Energy
- 🇩🇪 Flower
- 🇫🇷 Gladia
- 🇬🇧 Gensyn
- 🇬🇧 Granola
- 🇫🇷 Guided Energy
- 🇩🇪 Helsing
- 🇩🇪 Iqonic
- 🇬🇧 Jitty
- 🇬🇧 Kinnu
- 🇬🇧 Klu ai
- 🇨🇭 Lakera
- 🇩🇪 Langfuse
- 🇬🇧 Loci AI
- 🇪🇸 Luzia
- 🇬🇧 MediSearch
- 🇫🇷 Mistral AI
- 🇪🇸 Onum
- 🇫🇷 Osium
- 🇬🇧 Phare Health
- 🇬🇧 PhysicsX
- 🇬🇧 Quaisr
- 🇨🇭 Quazel
- 🇨🇭 Rapidata
- 🇬🇧 Soveren
- 🇬🇧 Sylvera
- 🇬🇧 Synthesia
- 🇬🇧 Valink Therapeutics
- 🇳🇱 Versed
- 🇨🇭 Viso
- 🇩🇪 tacto
- 🇳🇱 Tidalflow
- 🇬🇧 Tortus
- 🇬🇧 Tractable
- 🇩🇪 Truemetrics
- 🇩🇪 Weflow
- 🇺🇦 Zibra AI