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New Renaissance Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$300K Checks)

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London, EnglandWebsite

New Renaissance Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in London, England investing in AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$300K checks and has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$300K
Portfolio
20 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML
HQ
London, England

Last verified: 2026-10-25

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $300K

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investment Thesis

An early-stage fund backing technology-driven startups in the cultural and creative industries, with a stated focus on visual arts, performing arts, new media, and cultural heritage. It is a strong thematic fit for tools used by animators, studios, and creative production workflows.

How New Renaissance Ventures invests

New Renaissance Ventures is a vc firm based in London, England. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML.

New Renaissance Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$300K per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

New Renaissance Ventures has backed 20 companies in our records, including Amble, Atlas.Design, Atorie.

Partners & Team

SZ

Severin Zugmayer

Founder

U

Unknown

GP

cultural and creative industries

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML

Funds

New Renaissance Ventures Fund II

$150M2021
actively investing

New Renaissance Ventures Fund I

$100M2019
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (20)

Other

AM

Amble

Revolutionizing language learning using AI.

AT

Atlas.Design

Gen 3D AI to enable the creation of virtual gaming environments.

AT

Atorie

AI-powered operating system for factory-to-consumer (F2C) fashion.

IC

Iconic

Building the tools and infrastructure for intelligent, living worlds.

JI

Jitter AI

AI-native creative platform to generate on-brand animated content at scale.

LU

Lumenate

Tech-assisted psychedelic meditation app.

MA

Maany

Maany is the operating system for autonomous AI execution.

MA

Massive Dynamic

AI-powered copilots for marketing and media operations.

MO

Mozart

AI DAW that enhances music production workflows at the speed of inspiration.

NO

Nodi

Kids screen-free device for kids for simple and safe consumption.

How to pitch New Renaissance Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $300K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Severin Zugmayer, Founder.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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