{"id":2418,"name":"2XN Ventures","slug":"2xn-ventures","website":"https://2xn.vc/","hqGeo":"New York, NY","stageFocus":["Pre-Seed","Seed"],"sectorTags":["SaaS","AI / ML","Other"],"excludedSectors":["FoodTech"],"checkSizeMin":250000,"checkSizeMax":1000000,"thesisSummary":"2XN Ventures backs disruptive SaaS startups leveraging AI for business efficiency and workflow transformation.","thesisNarrative":null,"logoUrl":null,"aumUsd":120000000,"submissionUrl":null,"linkedinUrl":null,"twitterHandle":null,"portfolio":[{"companyName":"Stilt","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":"Tech-enabled FinTech","investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Causal","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":"Collaboration SaaS","investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Beacon Mobility","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Beacon is a digital supply chain and freight platform. Our mission is to help businesses simplify and optimise their supply chains with end-to-end visibility, payments, and insights.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Byte Marketplace","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Byte is a low-cost food distribution service provided by automated kitchens.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Cambridge Quantum","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Cambridge Quantum is creating waves of change in the world through next generation technologies in the realm of quantum computation.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"CELUS","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Celus accelerate innovations in electronics design, creating a transparent environment between component suppliers and engineers to achieve more design wins and reduce development time.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Darktrace","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Darktrace AI interrupts in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, including ransomware, email phishing, and threats to cloud environments and critical infrastructure.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Divido","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"A fast and flexible platform for lenders, retailers and channel partners to deliver retail finance.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Guard Knox","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"We are a technology and engineering company specializing in E/E products and solutions for the automotive market.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Hopin","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Hopin is the all-in-one event management platform for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"kompasbank","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"We want to offer Danes a new bank that is simple and transparent.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"kvantify","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Quantifying the future. Prepare to harness the power of quantum computing.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Labster","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Labster is the world’s leading platform for virtual labs and science simulations.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Lenus","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Helping health and fitness professionals build a strong and sustainable online business.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Monta","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"The most reliable, scalable and seamless EV charging solution.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"NoTraffic","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"NoTraffic has set out on a mission to harness next-generation technology to bridge the innovation gap and make the roads intelligent and safe.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"OctiFi","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"OctiFi is a B2B2C technology platform that makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to offer on-demand instalment solutions to their customers.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Oxford Ionics","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Oxford Ionics are creating high performance quantum computers by combining trapped ions with their unique noiseless electronic qubit control technology.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Plum Guide","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Plum Guide is not just a booking platform. It's a benchmark for quality.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Quantinuum","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Our world-class scientists are leading a technological revolution that will change the world.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"QuantrolOx","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Building Machine Learning Based Software for Quantum Control.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Sparrow Quantum","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Sparrow Quantum is a quantum technology company designing, developing, and manufacturing light-matter interfaces for photonic quantum applications.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"StudySmarter","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"The FREE app that supports you in reaching your learning goals whatever the subject.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Swarmia","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Swarmia was founded to help every team achieve that visibility, culture of continuous improvement, and tooling to make it happen.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Tajir","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Pakistan's first app-based platform for retailers.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"tana","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"21st century workspace. This cape lets you fly.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"The Org","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"The Org is a network of public org charts for employees at fast-growing startups.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Trade Ledger","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Trade Ledger is a purpose-driven company. It helps small businesses succeed, so they can sustain and create jobs.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"uLesson","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Get The Learning App for Better School Grades.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"United Fintech","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Financial services will change more in the next decade than it has in the past century.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"UrbanKisaan","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Get Fresh Fruits & Veggies Directly from Farmers.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"vivino","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"Trusted by millions to discover and buy the right wine every time.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"WealthKernel","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":"WealthKernel is a supplier of investment infrastructure for companies looking to offer digital investment services.","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null}],"partnerCount":5,"partners":[{"id":8947,"name":"Kris Kaczmarek","title":"Investment Director","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktkaczmarek","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":8946,"name":"Niels Nielsen","title":"Co-Founder","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielsnielsen2xn","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":12779,"name":"Evgenia Sopochkina","title":"Principal","seniority":null,"focusTags":["PropTech","Artificial Intelligence","Talent Management"],"linkedinUrl":null,"twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":"Evgenia is a Principal at 2xN. Evgenia is an entrepreneur and VC investor with a finance background. Prior to joining the team in April 2021, she worked at Round Hill Ventures, a London-based PropTech VC. She also co-founded and managed for 3 years a start-up in Paris, France – an Artificial intelligence solution for talent management. Evgenia started her career in finance, working 6 years for Barclays, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole, in M&A, audit and consulting. Evgenia is French and holds a Master in Management Grande Ecole degree from HEC Paris and an MBA from London Business School.","recentPosts":[]},{"id":12777,"name":"Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen","title":"General Partner","seniority":null,"focusTags":["Quantum Technology","Education","Work","Mobility","Marketplaces","Deep Tech"],"linkedinUrl":null,"twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":"Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen was General Partner at Balderton Capital in London from 2015-2021 through four funds. He joined after spending a decade in Silicon Valley where he was with Uber and Dropbox. Since 2012 his venture track record includes two IPOs (Uber, Dropbox) and 11 acquisitions. Lars joined Balderton from Uber which he joined when the company was operating in less than 20 cities. His role as Vice-President resulted in strategic alliances. Lars joined Uber from Dropbox as one of the company’s first 25 employees. As Head of Mobile, his growth deals with Samsung and other mobile OEMs helped Dropbox reach its first 100 million users. Prior to that Lars held positions at Voicesignal (acq. Nuance), Skyhook Wireless (acq. TruePosition), Ness Technologies (acq. Opentable), 3Jam (acq. Skype) and T9 Tegic (acq. AOL). More than a billion people have used the software and services distributed as a result of mobile growth partnerships led by Lars. His venture investments include Voi (Raine), Labster (A16Z), Hiya (Ericsson), Cambridge Quantum Computing (HON), Hopin (A16Z), Opensea (A16Z), Yassir (YC), Beacon (Eric Schmidt), The org (Sequoia), Octant (A16Z), Zycada (Khosla), Monarch Money (Accel) and Kukua (Tencent), Dubsmash (acq. Reddit), Tempow (acq. Google), Rahko (acq. Odyssey Therapeutics), Pocket (acq. Mozilla), Blue Bottle (acq. Nestle), Marble (acq. Caterpillar). Lars, who is Danish-Portuguese, grew up across Africa and served with the Royal Danish Guards. He holds a MBA from London Business School, where he also serves on the Board of Trustees, an MSc from Oxford University Keble College and a BSc from King’s College, London. He lives in London with his wife and three children.","recentPosts":[]},{"id":12778,"name":"Johan Maunsbach","title":"Partner","seniority":null,"focusTags":["Private Markets Investments","Legal and Operational Processes"],"linkedinUrl":null,"twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":"Johan is a Partner & Chief Operating Officer at 2xN. Johan has a background as a lawyer qualified in Sweden and England & Wales, and he has spent most of his career working with investments in private markets. After working in private practice, he spent the past 10 years at Partners Group based in Switzerland, the U.S. and London, where he was the Head of Investment Operations. Prior to joining 2xN, Johan was a Partner & COO at GP Bullhound. In his work within the asset management industry Johan has had a particular focus on various private markets investments globally, including directs (lead and co-investments) and fund investments (primaries and secondaries) across private equity, venture capital & real assets with particular expertise in building and managing legal, transaction management and operational teams and developing their processes. Johan is Swedish and holds an LL.M. degree from Uppsala University.","recentPosts":[]}],"funds":[],"activity":{"lastInvestmentYear":null,"investmentsLast12Months":0},"investorType":"vc","preferredApproach":"cold outreach ok","prefersFounderType":null,"oneClickPitchEnabled":false,"relatedFirms":[{"id":13023,"name":"Volition Capital Fund","slug":"volition-capital-fund","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://www.volitioncapital.com/","stageFocus":["Pre-Seed"],"sectorTags":["SaaS","AI / ML","Developer Tools","Other","Security"],"hqGeo":"Boston, MA"},{"id":13350,"name":"AI-Finspace Ventures","slug":"ai-finspace-ventures","logoUrl":null,"website":null,"stageFocus":["Seed"],"sectorTags":["Fintech","AI / ML","Healthcare","SaaS"],"hqGeo":"New York, NY"},{"id":7722,"name":"Sheesha Finance","slug":"sheesha-finance","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://sheeshafinance.gitbook.io/","stageFocus":[],"sectorTags":["AI / ML","Developer Tools","Fintech"],"hqGeo":null},{"id":547,"name":"Cocoa VC","slug":"cocoa-vc","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://www.cocoa.vc/","stageFocus":["Pre-Seed","Seed"],"sectorTags":["Fintech","SaaS","Other"],"hqGeo":"San Francisco, CA"},{"id":13762,"name":"NeuroNet Ventures","slug":"neuronet-ventures","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://neuronetgpo.com/","stageFocus":["Seed"],"sectorTags":["AI / ML","Other"],"hqGeo":"Chicago, IL"},{"id":12531,"name":"TechLens Seed Fund","slug":"techlens-seed-fund","logoUrl":null,"website":null,"stageFocus":["Pre-Seed"],"sectorTags":["SaaS","Other"],"hqGeo":"Boulder, CO"}],"featuredIn":[{"slug":"pre-seed","displayName":"Pre-Seed Investors","pageType":"stage"},{"slug":"saas","displayName":"SaaS Investors","pageType":"industry"},{"slug":"seed","displayName":"Seed Investors","pageType":"stage"},{"slug":"ai","displayName":"AI & ML Investors","pageType":"industry"}],"fundraisingResources":[{"slug":"what-vcs-actually-look-for-pitch-deck","title":"What VCs Actually Look for in a Pitch Deck"},{"slug":"find-right-pre-seed-investors-b2b-saas","title":"How to Find the Right Pre-Seed Investors for Your B2B SaaS Startup"},{"slug":"Finding-Investors-For-Startup-In-2026","title":"How to Find Investors for Your Startup in 2026 (Without Cold-Searching Databases)"}],"overviewNarrative":null,"portfolioNarrative":null,"seoTitle":null,"seoDescription":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-05-04T05:03:39.043Z"}