BACKED VC

What they do

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders, at Seed, in Europe. We provide founders with an extensive support system to catalyse their development as a company operators and leaders. Through our Founder Experience Platform and energetic portfolio community we help entrepreneurs across all areas of a startup: from talent management to business development, further fundraising and international expansion. Founded in 2015 by partners Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki, we invest across sectors including BioTech, Blockchain, Financial Services, Advanced Manufacturing, and more. Investments to date include Hutch, Thought Machine, LabGenius, THIS, Enterprise Alumni, and many more.

What they look for

BACKED VC partners with "outlier founders building generational frontier technology companies, who have made a fundamental technological or conceptual breakthrough". They aim to be the first institutional investor, providing capital, network access, and hands-on support to help founders scale globally. They seek "polymathic technical founders with a unique secret about their market" who possess authentic global ambitions and are taking on massive incumbents.

Stage

Pre-seed, Seed

Sectors

AI, Healthcare, Fintech, Deeptech, SaaS

Based

London, GB