Acton Capital

What they do

Acton Capital is a leading later-stage venture capital investor with presence in Munich and Vancouver. Since 1999, the Acton team backs startups in the fields of fintech, SaaS, consumer health, mobility & logistics, education or future of work on their way to market leadership. With over two decades of investment experience in tech-enabled business models, the team has invested 700+M EUR in more than 199 companies across five fund generations. Acton Capital invests worldwide, with a strong focus on Europe and North America.

What they look for

Acton’s core thesis is "Backing companies ready to scale, built to last." They focus on partnering with a select handful of mission-driven founders each year who have already identified and started executing on a sustainable business model. They look for proven business models, solid unit economics, and capital efficiency. They highly value "business model innovation" over pure technological invention-meaning they look for companies that apply existing technology in innovative ways to disrupt products, processes, or markets. They prefer companies founded by deep industry experts.

Stage

Series A, Series B+

Sectors

SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare, Consumer, Marketplace, Mobility and logistics, Cybersecurity, Legal and compliance, AI, Govtech and defence

Based

Munich, DE