Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | VC |
Industries | Businesses Solutions |
Stages | Seed, Early Stage, Pre-seed |
Investing | United States • Germany • France • Italy • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Netherlands • Denmark • Portugal • Belgium • Austria • Estonia • Finland • Norway • Hungary • Poland • Turkey • Iceland • Lithuania • Ukraine • Luxembourg • Ireland • Czech Republic • Bulgaria • Romania • Slovakia • Slovenia • Greece • Cyprus |
Investment Range | $537,000 - $1,600,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $1,100,000 |
Assets Under Management | $70,000,000 |
42CAP is a seed-stage focused venture capital firm based in Munich, Germany, that invests in technology-driven companies across Europe with global ambitions. They prioritize seed-stage tech and data-driven B2B software companies, offering initial investments ranging from €0.5 to €3 million. The fund has a flexible investment range with a minimum investment of approximately €537,000, a maximum of €1,600,000, and a sweet spot around €1,100,000. As entrepreneurs turned VCs, the 42CAP team leverages their experience from founding and scaling two of Europe's largest software companies during the first internet wave to support the next generation of technology innovators. Their investment thesis centers on the belief that early-stage companies require not just financial, but also strategic and operational support to achieve global scale. 42CAP's current assets under management stand at around €70 million. Their portfolio includes a diverse array of data- and technology-driven businesses as well as sustainable ventures in sectors such as Elastic Block Storage, Accelerating Computing, Autonomous Commerce, Vector Database & Search, SaaS Cloud solutions, Battery Intelligence, Smart Manufacturing Software, and AI-driven Chronic Disease Therapy, emphasizing their commitment to innovation. The team comprises seasoned professionals like Thomas Wilke and Alex Meyer, who co-founded the prominent Marketing Tech Company eCircle, Julian von Fischer with expertise in the insurance and healthcare industries, associated Vincent Pistor with experience in venture capital and sales operations, and Moritz Zimmermann, a tech leader who co-founded SAP's first SaaS unicorn, Hybris. With their expertise, 42CAP positions itself as peers amongst entrepreneurs, valuing a deep understanding of the challenges facing startups and aiming to foster long-term partnerships for sustainable growth.
We invest in seed-stage tech- and data-driven B2B software companies across Europe with global ambition.