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Venture Friends (micro-fund)

VC
Athens, GreeceWebsite
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.

Meet the Team

LJ

Lily Joo

Venture Partner

VA

Vicky Alexiou

Vice President of Finance

AA

Apostolos Apostolakis

Managing Partner

PP

Pavlos Pavlakis

Principal

GD

George Dimopoulos

Co-Founder

FT

Fivos Tsoukatos

Principal

MP

Maria Piotrowska

Senior Associate

A

Apostolos

Founding Partner

AO

Alistair Owen

Principal

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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