Trind Ventures

What is Trind Ventures?

Trind Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in seed and pre-seed investments with a focus on startups within the software, education, business solutions, FinTech, retail and e-commerce, AI and big data, gaming and eSports, and analytics industries. The firm takes an active role in supporting entrepreneurial ventures with potential for long-term, sustainable growth and those with a strong community or consumer component. Trind Ventures employs a 'metrics first' approach, assessing and scaling companies based on quantifiable performance measures rather than industry buzzwords.

Their investment strategy includes initial funding between €110,000 and €1,100,000 with the capacity to follow on with up to €5 million per company. The firm's 'sweet spot' for investment is around €500,000.

Trind Ventures has a geographical emphasis on Northern and Central Europe but also considers opportunities beyond this core focus area. In addition to financial support, they provide portfolio companies with the benefits of over 20 years of business angel, founder, and VC experience to help founders succeed.

This encompasses diverse backgrounds across their team members, with specific industry interests such as HRtech, legaltech, and consumer-facing solutions. The team at Trind Ventures plays a hands-on role in operational guidance, strategic networking, and ensuring companies adhere to metrics-driven growth.

Their most recent fund has an assets under management total of €55 million. Trind Ventures is committed to sharing the experiences, both successes and failures, gathered from over two decades of supporting hardworking and smart entrepreneurs to help new teams grow and thrive.

What they say:

Trind Ventures is an Estonian fund, focusing on data-driven founders. We are investing from our second 55meur fund. Some of our notable portfolio companies include Neural DSP, Ready Player Me, and Nordcloud (exited).

What we look for: We invest in European software startups with a consumer or community component, such as marketplaces and platforms.

How we help: We are financial investor, trying to stay out of your way. However, we can help with how to scale a startup with data and with introductions to follow-on investors.