C4 Ventures

What they do

C4 Ventures is a European venture capital firm positioning itself as operators backing entrepreneurs with a hands-on approach and deep understanding of portfolio companies’ businesses. It has backed 55 startups, including 12 unicorns, with over 20 exits and 2 IPOs over its 10-year history. The firm recently launched C4 Ventures III, a €100m fund aimed at supporting the next generation of European AI champions at early stage.

What they look for

C4 Ventures focuses on early-stage investments in European AI-driven companies, targeting themes such as the future of compute and physical AI including robotics, new space, and defense tech.

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sectors

AI, Climate, Consumer, Deeptech, SaaS, Govtech and defence, Cybersecurity

Based

Paris, FR