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Venture Friends (micro-fund)

VC
Athens, GreeceWebsite

Venture Friends (micro-fund) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Athens, Greece investing in SaaS, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 15 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.0M
Portfolio
15 companies on record
Partners
13 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Other, AI / ML, Enterprise, Fintech, Real Estate, Marketplace, Consumer
HQ
Athens, Greece
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-04-11

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

13 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage European fund backing product-led software with strong teams, often outside the major hubs.

How Venture Friends (micro-fund) invests

Venture Friends (micro-fund) is a vc firm based in Athens, Greece. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other, AI / ML, Enterprise, Fintech.

Venture Friends (micro-fund) typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

Venture Friends (micro-fund) has backed 15 companies in our records, including Workable, capalo ai, embat.

Partners & Team

LJ

Lily Joo

Venture Partner

AA

Apostolos Apostolakis

Managing Partner

VA

Vicky Alexiou

Vice President of Finance

PP

Pavlos Pavlakis

Principal

GD

George Dimopoulos

Co-Founder

FT

Fivos Tsoukatos

Principal

AO

Alistair Owen

Principal

A

Apostolos

Founding Partner

MP

Maria Piotrowska

Senior Associate

GK

George K

Partner

GK

George Karabelas

Principal

AL

Anna Lauring

Partner

GD

George D

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other
AI / ML
Enterprise
Fintech
Real Estate
Marketplace
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

WO

Workable

B2B SaaS
CA

capalo ai

AI & ML·Energytech
EM

embat

Fintech

Fintech platform for real-time treasury and liquidity management for medium/large companies.

VA

valeria

AI & ML
BA

barte

ME

merx

AI-first conversational commerce
HU

huspy

Proptech
PL

plum

Fintech
BL

Blueground

Proptech platform

Furnished apartment rental platform for digital nomads.

IN

instashop

Marketplaces

On-demand grocery delivery platform.

How to pitch Venture Friends (micro-fund)
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lily Joo, Venture Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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