Investment Strategies

Venture Capital

Our venture capital strategy focuses on early-stage investments in visionary startups with high growth potential. We aim to empower founders with the resources, expertise, and network necessary to bring transformative ideas to market and accelerate their path to success.

Focus Areas:

We target disruptive companies within Deeptech (including Climate, Health, ICT, and Hardware) and AI sectors, aligning with Europe’s strengths and market needs.

Follow-on Investments:

We maintain a 40% allocation for follow-on funding, reinforcing our commitment to backing our portfolio companies through successive growth stages.

Active Support and Growth:

Ventures.eu offers tailored operational support, leveraging our Dealflow.eu network of corporates, advisors, and other stakeholders to facilitate growth and market expansion.

Investment Criteria:

Ventures.eu invests between €200K and €4M per startup, with an emphasis on scalable solutions and strong founding teams. Our team conducts rigorous due diligence, assessing each opportunity’s market positioning, innovation potential, and scalability.
Investment Strategies

Success Stories

Our Team’s previous selected success stories include Marketsite, Bitsight and more! We’ll identify new top opportunities and target returns of 4x.

Product data management platform

  • ROI: 35x multiple (est.)
  • Latest valuation C70m

Cyber risk management tool

  • ROI: 15x multiple (est.)
  • Latest valuation $2,4Bn

Low-code platform for enterprise apps.

  • ROI: 14x multiple
  • Secondary transaction

Cloud-based e-recruiting tool

  • ROI: IOX multiple
  • Acquired by XING

Developer-focused job platform

  • ROI: 9x multiple
  • Acquired by XING

R&D data cloud for Lifesciences

  • ROI: 9x multiple
  • Valued at an est. $180m ($80m series B)
Investment Strategies

Growth and Buyout

In our growth and buyout strategy, we identify mature companies that demonstrate clear pathways to scale and profitability. This approach allows us to drive sustainable growth and maximize shareholder value through strategic capital and operational refinement.

Target Sectors

We focus on sectors that benefit from structural growth and technological disruption, including Health, Renewable Energy, and Enterprise Technology. Our pan-European focus, particularly in Portugal, positions us well to capitalize on regional market dynamics.

Investment Range and Terms

Our growth investments vary in size and structure, offering flexible capital solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of each business.

Value Creation

By partnering closely with founders and management teams, we work to refine business models, strengthen operational efficiencies, and drive market expansion. Our experience in corporate scaling and network of industry experts allow us to make high-impact contributions to our portfolio.

Exit Strategy

We work collaboratively with portfolio companies to define and execute exit strategies, including mergers, acquisitions, or IPOs, with a focus on optimizing returns for all stakeholders.

Our Investment Process

Ventures.eu takes a systematic, data-driven approach to identifying, vetting, and managing investments. Through Dealflow.eu’s platform, we access a broad pipeline of EU-backed startups and innovations, and we rely on proprietary tools for screening and evaluating opportunities. Our investment process encompasses in-depth due diligence, post-investment monitoring, and strategic support to maximize portfolio performance.